"Like a lot of the songs on this album, this has sat with me for years and taken many different shapes. I couldn't really leave this one alone. It just kept coming back in my head. I hadn't played it in years, and then when I played Chicago with Alan Sparhawke, I made a last minute decision to come back to this song as a sort of comfort, and that opened me up to reconsidering the arrangement and form."
"The key for unlocking it was the pedal steel: it's kind of about playing it in a non-traditional way, strumming it more like a normal guitar rather than using traditional pedal steel moves but the main riff of the song is built largely about idiomatic idiosyncrasies/quirks with my pedal steel and electronics setup. To some extent this song lyrically is about knowing you shouldn't have romantic feelings for a friend but it's also about not doing a very good job hanging out with people."
Weekly music coverage includes new-album reviews across genres, indie roundups, metal release notes, music news, track premieres, and daily roundups of newly released songs. Playlists update weekly with current favorite tracks. Producer and multi-instrumentalist mari rubio announced a new album under More Eaze titled Sentence Structure in the Country, due March 20 via Thrill Jockey, and released the single “Bad Friend” featuring Wendy Eisenberg. The single returned to the artist after years and was reshaped around pedal steel played in a non-traditional, guitar-like way and electronics quirks. Lyrically the song addresses forbidden romantic feelings for a friend and struggles with social alienation and fitting in, with specific references to difficulties while living in Texas. Philadelphia band Doll Spirit Vessel returned with new music following their 2022 debut.
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