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Perfect Pussy's I have lost all desire for feeling exists as an honest-to-goodness demo tape, the kind of anachronistic detail that makes you want to develop a "They came out of nowhere!" narrative—but the truth is that they come from nowhere's outer reaches in Syracuse, NY, made up of former members from Shoppers and SSWAMPZZ. The two minutes of "I" filter the life & death stakes of an early Japandroids song, Ponytail's incomprehensible exuberance, and Life Without Buildings' frantic phonetics through no-fi murk, which requires an energy you can't even think about possessing.
Besides, on "I", Meredith Graves has enough on her mind already. "My best friend is back in town/ There's a bad taste in my mouth/ Her eyes fell low heavy with shame and cum," she yells, and it's unclear who, exactly, is responsible for what. The only important thing here is that a betrayal has occurred and there's no chance of forgiveness, just the hope of forgetting. I initially misread the title of this song as "I" (as in the letter, not the number), and it made sense at the time: this is the sound of a person trapped and willing to go to any length to get the fuck out.  |
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