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Jun 4, 2026So yes, there are songs about serious subjects, but that doesn’t make them any less infectious and bubbly.
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Jun 4, 2026Every Single Muscle comprises the same beautiful and raw poetry Willmett (vocals/guitar) and Harris (vocals/bass) are adored for writing; the duo have merely adjusted the tempo and kilter of their riffs to reflect their new project's faster pace.
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Jun 8, 2026Even if they do sound tighter and more controlled as a unit than they have before, The Bug Club still sounds disheveled and spontaneous enough to be mining the human anatomy for one-liners.
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Jun 4, 2026Every Single Muscle feels like a step in the right direction. Rather than just bludgeoning the listener over the head with the same type of song over and over again, it ebbs and flows, rises and falls, and generally shows the kind of range that makes album length projects work.
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UncutJun 4, 2026It's knowingly daft in parts, and clearly the band are having a good time, but beyond the irony and sometimes silly lyrics lies a group with impressive chops who can pull off this jagged post-punk as seamlessly as sugary indie-pop. [Jun 2026, p.26]