While Real Hair is comfortably familiar, it's no carbon-copy of what their debut full-length Major Arcana brought us last June. It embraces some different songwriting qualities that provide a distinction from what has come before, and their musical progression doesn't come at the cost of sacrificing what has made Speedy Ortiz so appealing to date: loud, intricate 90s-fuzz guitars and Sadie Dupuis' sharp lyrics and vocals.
Sibling nicknames often stick for too long (visions of “Bubba!” yelled across the office). For Arleigh Kincheloe, “Sister Sparrow” was a lucky draw, now a natio... Read More...
