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Buy Nothing Day
Pop · 2010

Buy Nothing Day

A sun-drenched collision of 60s girl-group harmonies and distorted garage-rock fuzz. A defiant, Technicolor burst of pure indie-pop adrenaline.

December 14, 2010 · Memphis Industries

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Buy Nothing Day sounds like a vintage postcard of a summer carnival that has been left in the sun until the colors began to bleed and the edges started to fray. It is a brilliant collision of two worlds: the sample-heavy, maximalist kitchen-sink production of Ian Parton and the hazy, surf-inflected cool of Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. The result is a track that feels both massive and intimate, utilizing a wall-of-sound approach that piles distorted guitars on top of driving, live-sounding percussion and shimmering glockenspiel melodies. It is the sonic equivalent of a sugar rush with a gritty, lo-fi aftertaste.

Moments Worth Listening For
The moment the fuzzy, overdriven guitar riff first locks in with the driving, live-sounding drum beat
Bethany Cosentino’s vocals hitting the chorus with a hazy, reverb-soaked 1960s melodic sensibility
The bridge where the instrumentation thins out slightly, allowing the chime-like bells to cut through the distortion

How does Buy Nothing Day sound next to the rest of The Go! Team's catalogue?

Harmonies+2.2σ

The vocals lean far further into harmonies than the rest of the catalogue.

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