My Top 2000 Songs #1055: That's What You Always Say

This cut off The Dream Syndicate's 1983 full-length debut The Days Of Wine And Roses (reworking a rawer version from the prior year's debut EP) sounds like a great lost garage rocker, discovered on a dusty 45 found in the back of a record shop 15 years after its release. A basic bass riff gradually adds some jangle, and then some buzzsaw guitars--simple yet riveting, like some rare track by the Standells or the Leaves, given just enough of an early 80s Paisley Underground punch-up to keep it fro...
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Published on August 11, 2025 06:38
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