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Riff: Sleater-Kinney – “Surface Envy”

Dec 12, 2014

We win, we lose/Only together, till we break the rules/We win, we lose/Only together, till we make the rules

from Surface Envy lyrics by Sleater-Kinney

It’s hard to make punk-colored garage rock remotely unique or enticing after decades of over-farming in the genre, but this “rule-breaking” follow-up single succeeds thanks (once again) to jagged guitar stabs and empowering screams; [LISTEN].

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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