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Wasn't Everything Great?

from The Real Giving Up by Spelling Reform

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Unwritten band rule: The most single-y song is a single. Hence: "Wasn't Everything Great?" A total bop, this second single from Spelling Reform's upcoming third LP "The Real Giving Up" checks all those "Is it a single?" boxes. Up-tempo? Yes. Sounds (mostly) happy? Uh-huh. Has a chorus? … Mostly. We’re serving up harmonies over (almost) the whole song from bassist Tom Howley, a big (in the best way) piano line from keyboardist Jim Gannon, rock solid timekeeping from Mark Rybaltowski, and lots of fun overdubs (arpeggios left and right) from Dan Wisniewski to keep those ears perked. I’m not dancing – you are.

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I’m coming for that invisible hand that I thought I knew so well back then when I flit around like a light and absorbed. Wasn’t everything great till it wasn’t anymore?

And how could you know that I was never new? And I cared about you even when you told me to crawl into a hole and die. Looking back, that might have been a good plan.

And so I have changed. Is that such a surprise? You’re still showered in light. At least something is right. While I fumble through quite a miserable dare in a cold quiet room that’d be sad if I cared.

And how could I know that you wanted me to see that you cared about me even though I told you to figure out how you could go to hell? So I guess I’ll be joining you below.

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from The Real Giving Up, track released September 26, 2023

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Spelling Reform Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nasal indie rock, stutter-stop power pop, pleasantly bent indie pop.

New LP "The Real Giving Up" out now.

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