#AlternateFridayMusic for May 8 2026 the theme is "energized"? Okay sure
Artist: Shriekback
Album: Oil & Gold (1985)
Song: Malaria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBg5SoHajoI
I guess we doin' a different kind of prompt now? w/e
There are many reasons that "Oil & Gold" is still top of my albums list after all these years, and one of them is the 1-2-3 punch that kicks off the album, kinetic songs propelled mostly by Dave Allen's basslines and Carl Marsh's near-shouted vocals. It's a close call between this one the the second track, "Everything That Rises But Converge". (I guess maybe "Fish Below The Ice" sinks to mere "menacing" levels.)
I'm living in a neon house! I'm living in avalanche road! I'm living in hangover city!
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