Soon deadpan spoken word outbursts are intermingling with her hooks, the whole jumble of noise unmooring you even as it carries you unceasingly forward like a storm front that refuses to dissipate. The song traces back to Katie Alice Greer’s revulsion toward Charlie Wilson’s War - “think of the movie Team America, except the filmmakers weren’t joking,” she writes - and you can hear her barely contained contempt in the way she belts out the melodies here: “Like all great pornography, the story is touching! It’s something that I wanna see!” On “Good Time Charlie,” that means funneling their frustrations with a laughably bad Tom Hanks propaganda flick into a spin cycle of pounding toms, squealing synths, and humongous Pete Townshend windmill power chords. The group’s unique twist on rock music has always resisted easy categorization, and these new singles find them continuing to stretch themselves in exciting ways. Priests – “Good Time Charlie”ĭuring the rollout for their new album The Seduction Of Kansas, Priests have been insisting that, despite their roots in the DC DIY scene, they are not a punk band. Anyway, check out the 5 best songs of the week below. At least it’ll be another night of getting “Shallow” inextricably stuck in your head one way or another. And because the universe needs to balance itself, or skew towards general disorder, get ready for Bohemian Rhapsody to win at the Oscars and a torrent of aggrieved tweets and thinkpieces to follow. Two weeks ago, something good happened: The Grammys were actually on-point for once and awarded Kacey Musgraves Album Of The Year for Golden Hour. This week’s countdown is below, and you can listen to a playlist of all our 5 Best Songs on Spotify. Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week (the eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight).
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