If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Alvin Lindblom The latest from Sweden's Girl Scout starts off as your pretty standard indie pop/rock song that is all the rage now. "Monster" is a little folky, and could have just been a great alt-pop kind of song. And then the guitars and drums come charging in and it turns into the best alt-rock song from 1995 released in 2023. It's a perfectly done loud/quiet/loud kind of song, but with the pop hooks of bands like Letters to Cleo, Weezer, and Veruca Salt. This is a very sweet spot for me personally, so I'm all in for this one. It's a catchy chorus, pounding drums, and fuzzed out guitars. I have no idea how Swedish rockers of today so perfectly captured my college years, but well done! Singer Emma says of her band's new song: "Monster is about leaning into your unsympathetic side; being well aware that you’re the bad guy in the dynamic but you’re in too deep so you might as well just go for it. As destructive as it is, I think most people ...