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The best day ever
There’s precious very little that can shoot down my typically weather-influenced mood from “peachfully good” to “soppingly grumpy” today. Nope, the grey-as-carbuncles sky which looms above me and the 70mm+ of rain which is pouring down has some serious competition up against it if it wants to get me into a state of gloom typically associated with such climate conditions.
Strike one against it was the call from my accountant announcing the generous return I would be getting from filing my taxes this year, which is, of course, pipingly delicious news. Strike two is the concept of a new iMac metamorphosing into the realm of reality; a big, big joymaker right there. And strike three, the clincher, the event that blows depressing, oppressive weather into oblivion is the release of a new CSS song for us all to download, listen, and love.
Yes, folks, the Brazilians have decided to go organic, ditching all things electronic for Rat Is Dead, a witting guitar-heavy cruncher which slips in-and-out of ecstatic moments of melodious chant-alongs, toned outbursts, and frenzied sonic scrambles. Did I say “guitar heavy?” Because I can’t emphasise enough how precious the guitarwork is to the song, managing hooky guitar choruses to create its appeal, which then mutate into moments of careful picking, only to shift into to fits of frantic strumming which delve into wails of feedback, yet without drowning out the song’s affable, perky nature. A perkyness which compels you to chant “rat is dead” real loud with the lot of ‘em.
This song, this great song, it’s more than just a taste of their upcoming Donkey LP in July. It’s a nail of sunshine sealing the murky coffin of any mood swings today.
MP3: CSS - Rat Is Dead
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