Reads & Readings

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Maverick City Music

Maverick City's 'Fear is Not My Future': Trading Dread for a Name

A gospel anthem that trades a list of life's worst outcomes for a single answer, insisting that Jesus, not circumstance, defines the future

Editorial Desk · Sep 20

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The Stranglers

Golden Brown: A Waltz Dressed as a Love Song

A courtly waltz that dresses up heroin as a devoted lover, using medieval imagery to make dependency sound like romance

Editorial Desk · Sep 20

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Airbourne

Airbourne's 'Kid In A Candy Store': The Sweet Arithmetic of Wanting More

A rock and roll transaction dressed up as fantasy: a working man keeps spending his paycheque on a sex worker he calls Candy Rose, knowing exactly what it costs

Editorial Desk · Sep 19

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Billy Strings

Billy Strings, 'Burn the Other End': The Sound of Running Yourself Empty

A portrait of burnout as self-inflicted arson, sung by someone who keeps working, keeps giving, and keeps lighting the far end of a candle already burning down

Editorial Desk · Sep 19