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I've heard some of the new Liz Phair album, having been a fan for a hundred and thirty years. What did I think of it? Well...

I suppose I should give a little background first.

I suck at hearing lyrics in music. Suck at it. You play me a song, and I listen, and I try, but I kind of space out if I'm trying to listen to the lyrics. It's why I either like music without any lyrics, or at least without any comprehensible lyrics (I love jazz, opera, etc., but hate musicals, most showtunes, etc.), or songs with very simplistic musical accompaniment, so I can actually hear the lyrics. (The Beatles, They Might Be Giants, most 80s punk, and, of course, early Liz Phair)

So, when friends recommend stuff like Radiohead, I Just Don't Get It. They say the lyrics are good, but I just kinda...disappear when I listen to it, and not in a good, transcendental sort of way. I just lose consciousness for a while or get distracted.

As a result, I can't get into the new LP album (hah), because the drum-machine synth-pop in the background distracts me from the lyrics, which may or may not be quite good. The only song (of the four or five I heard) that I could really stand up for is H.W.C., which I absolutely loved, and I fully predict will become a gay dance-club remix favorite.

Plus, it has The Best Chorus Ever.

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