Gang of Youths, "The Heart is a Muscle"
Ever since I woke up this morning, I've been listening live to Australian radio station JJJ's annual Hottest 100 countdown. It's been wonderful, stepping into an alternate universe where groups like Touch Sensitive, Dune Rats, and Jungle Giants are a really big deal (they all have "hits" on my MP3 player, but it's different hearing them on an actual radio station). They're up to the Top 30 right now, and I still haven't heard this song, but I expect it's coming up--Gang of Youths cleaned up at Australia's ARIA awards this year, and for good reason. Songs like "The Heart is a Muscle" are fucking epic; though it's nearly 6 minutes long, it's dynamic and rousing in the same way that early Arcade Fire songs were.
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