Districts, "Violet"
Sad-but-true confession: I've never been a big fan of American indie (Amerindie) music, even though I've lived near two hotbeds of the genre: Athens, GA and Bloomington, IN. With a few big exceptions (like Future Islands, who I saw back in Bloomington), most Amerindie sounds kind of boring and samey to me. But The Districts are one of the happy exceptions for me. I think the dramatic vocals in this song, seemingly perched just on the tip of a total freakout, are what sell it for me. That and the ominous lyrics: "What doesn't last gets stuck in your throat/ What doesn't last gets swallowed whole."
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