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by Dan
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Japanther is a band that I never gave a chance. I had categorized them under "flighty hipster joycore" and written them off. But the problem with categorizing something is that you're always wrong. That's not to say it's not flighty hipster joycore, it is, but if you place something in a negative category it's always going to seem a little crappy. But this is not crappy, so why is it in the crappy section? Because a category is like a genre, it's a lasso that allows you to keep from going crazy or becoming dead bored with repetition, but it's hardly an essence. This is the essence; drums like a thousand heartbeats, a sweaty-backed guitar, and a teenage thump-stomping anthem chorus. At 2:58 it's the second-longest song on Skuffed Up My Huffy by a second, because these sprint-on-the-spot major-ragers don't and can't last much longer. Strike a match, watch it burn, bursting, out. [Buy] Posted by Dan at August 16, 2007 4:54 AMComments
hey, just letting you know that the mp3 link doesn't exist. hurry up! i can't wait to hear it! :P Posted by cathy x. at August 16, 2007 6:16 AMsees words "hipster" "joycore" "lasso", downloads. [download works] loves it. Posted by Mike Smith at August 16, 2007 12:35 PMreminds me a lot of fleetwood mac, and i'm not even kidding. Posted by Sean at August 16, 2007 3:19 PMI was so sad 'cause I forgot the Url of this site and it's bookmark, now where I've found it again I am surprised with such a cool song my week end is saved! Posted by Neslihan at August 18, 2007 1:52 PMgreat song thanks Posted by the constant skeptic at August 18, 2007 3:16 PMPost a comment |
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Montreal. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto, where he is editor in chief of The Mark. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by . 
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