Trophy Wife - "Paragraph"
Photo by Renee Newman Trophy Wife formed at Berklee School of Music and are now based in Brooklyn. (We try not to hold that against them too much...) Their latest single, "Paragraph," shows off every reason to love the band as much as we do. This is pure 90's style indie and alt-rock, with just the slightest traces of modern alt-pop thrown in to keep it sounding fresh. The song builds with a sense of menace lurking just beneath the surface, and slowly gets louder and more noisy as it goes on. To me it sounds like a mixture of Nirvana meets Liz Phair. McKenzie Iazzetta's vocals have never sounded more vital than on "Paragraph," pairing with a hypnotic guitar in a way you won't be able to resist. McKenzie Iazzetta says of her band's latest single: "I was spending a lot of time on listing out all the ways I wished I was or the ways I was failing at being them. ' Paragraph' was my way of reflecting on how ridiculous it was. ' Paragraph...