Speedy Ortiz - "Puffer"
Photo by Daniel Topete Photography Where the hell did this song come from? It's been almost 2 years since I first discussed Speedy Ortiz on If It's Too Loud... , calling them "... Liz Phair [fronting] a supergroup with members of Pavement and Dinosaur Jr." You would never connect that description with their new song, "Puffer." "Puffer" is still 90s as all hell, but has a bizarre Sneaker Pimps slinky vibe to it, and am I detecting a little, teeny bit of Britney Spears behind that? It's all layered over noisey, feedback heavy guitars, and it's good ( really good), but holy hell I never would have expected this to come out of them 2 years ago. You don't usually get a band this early on in their career to make such an intense and major sound shift. If they do, it's usually a giant mistake, but this doesn't feel like a bad move. "Puffer" just grooves. To make everything just that much more strange, the song premier...