Artist: Brand New
Song: Jesus Christ
Album: The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
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Why this song is awesome:
That’s one helluva album cover, and one helluva line:
Do you believe you’re missin’ out / That everything good is happening somewhere else? / But with nobody in your bed / The night’s hard to get through
Band: Silverchair
Song: Those Thieving Birds (Part 1)/ Strange Behaviour / Those Thieving Birds (Part 2)
Album: Young Modern
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Why this song is awesome:
Songs are special for the same reason that people are special: they surprise you. This song sounds like nothing you’d expect from Silverchair. A haunting melody, an enormous echo on the bass drum, and harmonies that still give me chills.
Remember when every girl in grade 8 went nuts for Daniel Johns? I was jealous then, and I’m jealous now. I wish I could write a line as beautiful as “Those leaving words / Hang strong from an emptiness.” That’s the kind of shit that keeps pre-teen girls up late at night.
