The song moves as swiftly as “New Rose” and even includes a similar echo of boogie ... But the chorus is dark—dark of lyric and of ascending doom chord sequence—as is the story of dystopian oppression ...
the oppression of individual personalities to conform while in school. Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! One of the more oblique protest songs on the list, Black Francis ponders the destruction ...
November 12, 2024 • We update our running list of the year's best songs with more calming sounds from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi, the electronic artist Jon Hopkins, Muno singer Katie Gavin's new ...