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Y’all. I fucked up. The taste of MJ Lenderman bros who wanted to you-know-what to Mr. MJ Specialman left a bad taste in my mouth. I had a moment of weakness. I tried to take other people’s opinions seriously and convince myself that 1) Wednesday were a good band 2) Boat Songs wasn’t recorded in a toilet. Mistakes happen. I declared, “Never will I listen to 11-year-olds and washed-up rock critics who have never heard of Whiskeytown again!!” (Obviously not an endorsement of Whiskeytown, calm down.) But then I heard “She’s Leaving You,” scratched my pristine chin, and checked out And The Wind (Live and Loose!), the album where all MJ newcomers should start. My third eye opened. I get it now. MJ has always been a great songwriter. He’s just now finally figured out how to record these dang songs. “She Leaving You” hits all my right buttons. Has anyone sung “Vegas is beautiful at night” and made it sound so believable and pretty? This new album is wonderful and I can’t wait to talk more about it and spend these late summer nights cooking outside to MJ. Wednesday still sucks.
-Brady Gerber
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