sidebody almost didn't make my top ten for 2024. I first heard the Somerville band's album full time job shortly after it was released in May of this year. I enjoyed it, but it slipped off my radar like many new releases do. I revisited the album when it was announced that they were playing with Hallelujah the Hills in November, and I ended up liking it even more. I became enamored with the band after that show, and each time I listened to full time job, I got more and more into the album. It's a quick one, only lasting seven songs in a little over sixteen minutes, but something about sidebody's mixture of art rock and fun that I can't resist. I was still a little hesitant to add it to my top ten of the year since sometimes my flavor of the month albums don't hold up as well when I revisit them down the road, but sometimes I wish I had put them up higher on my end of the year list. But sidebody fandom may not officially be a cult, I have a feeling they're the kind of band that is going to just get deeper and deeper in my psyche as time goes on. If you have a spare sixteen minutes today, you could do a lot worse than listen to full time job.
Songs of note: "he's dead," "quantumly entangled," "not no," and "sponge time"
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