With the new year upon us, we’ve decided to finally discuss the only song that has ever made sense to discuss on the last week of the year, The New Year by Death Cab For Cutie. Gibbard and the boys have an insane way of dragging your entire day into the gutter after just one verse of any of their songs, and The New Year holds no punches. If you’re looking to feel melanchonly and introspective as absolute hell at a New Year’s party that you didn’t want to go to in the first place, this song and video are for you.
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Best New Songs of 2021 Playlist on Spotify
Best New Songs of 2021 Playlist on Apple Music
Songs of the week:
That Funny Feeling by Phoebe Bridgers (Bo Burnham cover)
Come Heroine by Touché Amoré
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For the first time in 5 years, we record an episode LIVE in front of a virtual studio audience! Pat watched a super long documentary about The Beatles, Tom definitely does not, they both start new Christmas traditions with their growing families, and they (we?) take compliments and accept gifts weirdly. How very Irish Catholic…
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Richard Scarry’s The Animals’ Merry Christmas
Our Episode with Jess Scutella
Songs That Remind Me of *Equip Sunglasses by Hot Mulligan Playlist on Apple Music
Songs That Remind Me of *Equip Sunglasses by Hot Mulligan Playlist on Spotify
Songs of the week:
Mystery by Turnstile
Stubborn Love by Seaway
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Look, every modern, original Christmas song is terrible. They’re all so bad, in fact, that we had to go out of the decade just to find a remotely wintery song worth talking about. But the emo gods have blessed us with Neck Deep’s December, of which there are THREE VERSIONS!
There seems to be a trend with super depressing Christmas/winter songs coming from the bands we love, and boy does Neck Deep deliver, “Pain is never permanent but tonight it's killing me” and whatnot.
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December by Neck Deep ft. Chris Carrabba Music Video (pt 1)
December (again) by Neck Deep ft. Mark Hoppus Music Video (pt 2)
Life’s Not Out to Get You on Apple Music
Life’s Not Out to Get You on Spotify
Gold Steps by Neck Deep Music Video
Songs of the week:
Dad Vibes by Limp Bizkit
Lonely & Pathetic by LØLØ
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Our first foray into the early 2000’s insanity that was Christian metalcore, Christ-core for short, lands us at the “Reinventing Your Exit” music video by a band that has recently renounced their religious affiliation, Underøath.
They’re Only Chasing Safety walked so that albums like Someday Came Suddenly could sprint at freak-like speeds. Still, there’s something about Underøath’s first effort with new vocalist Spencer Chamberlain that has yet to be replicated by any band since. The screams are brutal, the singing is transcendent, the shirts are tight, and the belts are bright in this masterpiece of a music video. So buckle up and bring a friend because it’s dangerous business walking into this week’s episode.
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Reinventing Your Exit Music Video
Our Interview with Shane Drake
Seeing a studded belt in Hot Topic for the first time
Songs of the week:
Valentine by Snail Mail
Better Man by Taylor Swift
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Y’all have been begging us for an American Hi-Fi song for ages now, and we aim to please. Flavor of the Weak is a super great song, VERY guitar forward, the riff slays, the hi hats are compressed, Nintendo takes some strays (or so we thought), and it’s just a super fun, super catchy song. And we won’t even hold the fact that they can’t spell “week” against them.
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Flavor of the Weak Music Video
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Documentary
The Party in the USA Episode with Motern Media
Songs of the week:
Pitch Black by Heart Attack Man
Laurel Canyon by Calling All Captains
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