i think i may have missed this not once but twice this year, and it's a good reminder of why i spend so much time sorting through show listings.

it's a shame i missed them, but the bands they were opening for - ted leo, titus andronicus - are both well known acts that i wouldn't even think about going to see, and i consequently didn't bother researching the opening bands. if they had played at a smaller venue, i would have certainly caught this. but, i need to keep a closer eye out....

the record is a little generic at points, but this is one of two or three types of music where i don't spend much time worrying about that - it just needs to actually be good and this does that.

they could turn the vocals down a hair. my ideologically rigorous, enlightenment-era approach to anarchism sort of clashes with her post-nihilist anti-intellectualism, but whatever; that's academic, mostly.

that means that i won't grade this too high, but it also means i'd enjoy seeing it more than most of the stuff in the list.

https://controltop.bandcamp.com/album/covert-contracts