Anti-fun.
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Jonathan Bogart: As goofy and difficult to take seriously as Nellie McKay’s stabs at a contemporary pop sound (e.g.), which is part of its charm. Piano-driven funk is always going to get my attention, and if you can sound like a ’90s slacker doing rock-star posturing to make his friends laugh, all the better.
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Iain Mew: Calling yourself End of the World: kind of emo. This song: imagine if emo bands still sung about everything being shit, but also decided to demonstrate their seriousness through slow jazz-rock! The results being far less hilarious than expected is a triumph of sorts for Sekai no Owari’s competence, but I preferred the garish ridiculousness of “Dragon Night”.
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Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy: Hoo boy, nope
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Alfred Soto: The phased wah-wah fooled me, but it’s still got the (mild) funk, thanks to those rolling piano lines. And Sekai writes good clunky lyrics: “Righteousness is the thing that I hate,” yessir.
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Thomas Inskeep: Indie pop that thinks it’s a lot more clever than it actually is, with a beat stolen from a Luscious Jackson song circa ’95.
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Cédric Le Merrer: This made me go back and listen to Fun Loving Criminals, which I really liked as a 13 year old. Guess what I found out: they were pretty wack too.
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Ramzi Awn: Don’t tell me you’re going to be the anti-hero, just be the anti-hero.
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