one if my top 3 albums of 2023, if you like albums with super dense production, some 2000s pop vibes, optional lore, and sprinkles of midwest emo, check out this album
MP has done it again… perhaps with my favorite album yet. blending their punk influence with catchy hooks ie. title track of the album, tows the line between a song for moshing and something that could be on the radio. MP displays they are masters of contrast and in finding the perfect tension between soft and heavy. flanger-ed out guitar solo in “nothing like” hits deep in my body… fans of indie rock, punk, shoegaze, folk even, will enjoy
currently experiencing the calm before the storm of major life changes, and i've realized that it's better to accept the fear then let it consume you. maybe a little obvious, but still :)
wanna really kick it old school? buy some physical media simply based on cover art/general chatter you've heard. helps if you do this at a thrift store so you're not totally screwed over. you can go off internet chatter, but once in a while try to find something completely random. it can be really fun.
i go to breakfast once a week at our local old-school diner at 6am with him and a whole crew of other characters. he's a retired desert tortoise data collecter (got paid to walk in the rural california drylands all may) and he turned 70 last year. he's one of the only people who will ALWAYS call me out on my shit, and as someone who has trouble reading people, that's pretty nice :)
