March 31, 2009

89. Young Marble Giants: The Final Day

An early 1980s style synth plays a friendly series of riffs (that sound even better in the live version), while some workmanlike guitar strumming goes on along-side (that sounds worse in the live version). Light-voiced female vocals quickly tear through a song about nuclear war making rich people poor too, so PF500 plays up the "whispers communicate urgency at least as well as shouts" angle, but the song really just feels not quite developed. There's a reason most songs last more than 100 seconds. This one should've done more.

RATING: 60.

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