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Ode

How would I describe Lay's Streats of the World..Taco you ask? I bet you didn't guess they'd smell like taco seasoning. Do the chips differ from standard flat Lay's? Na, they're pretty typical, on the lighter side of crunchy..no ridges, no skins, pretty sterile. Do they taste like 'plain' chips with a light sprinkling of taco seasoning? Yuppers. There's also a faint onion seasoning way in the background. The seasoning was pretty uneven throughout the bag. I'm not sure if these are still in production, if not..well, you're not missing out on a whole lot.

(now don't let my indifference towards the chips taint your opinion of the below music. I didn't really try to tie the two together this week)

It took me way too long to acquire MakeWar's sophomore album Developing a Theory of Integrity. It ended up in my bandcamp wishlist a while ago but I just never got around to listening to any of it, then finally a couple months ago I was scrolling down the list and thought, "well, no better time than the present" and pressed play on Ode. Well gee golly, that song is worth the purchase of the album in itself. It's one of those weirdly uplifting songs although it's not necessarily a sun shinny day lyrically. Lyrically they fall into that boozy negiposicore..err midwestern..scene. Sonically they're somewhere between midwestern pop punk and early-to-mid 2000's 'emo' (TBSish), I think the emo influence shows up more-so on the tracks that aren't streaming on their bandcamp. And oddly enough as I went to write this I read the description on their bandcamp which also references TBS (so it's not just me). So if you like Festy pop punk or early-to-mid 2000s emo..or both, then you'll probably really enjoy MakeWar. Ya dig?

Stay hydrated,
MARC  

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