{"id":947,"date":"2014-12-26T09:14:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T09:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2014-12-23T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T11:02:08","slug":"song-of-the-week-teenage-wasteland-by-wussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Teenage Wasteland&#8221; by Wussy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Teenage Wasteland&#8221; by Wussy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xsgu7mSIOk\" width=\"483\" height=\"272\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last week I was idly scrolling through my Twitter timeline when I happened on a couple of things that had been retweeted by someone I follow.\u00a0 A band called Wussy was describing the radio interference they&#8217;d received through their amps. There was something compelling in the description, so I decided to check out the band.<\/p>\n<p>Now I wonder why the hell it&#8217;s taken me until now to find out about this band.<\/p>\n<p>Wussy has been around since 2001 and has put out five albums. While the band might not be the most famous outfit in the world, it&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re totally unknown. Robert Christgau has written about them. So have plenty of other people.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve toured in the US and the UK.\u00a0 Where the hell have I been?<\/p>\n<p>I listened through their album <em>Left for Dead<\/em> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wussy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">the band&#8217;s website<\/a>.\u00a0 Before I&#8217;d finished listening to it, I&#8217;d already ordered a copy. I will be buying Wussy&#8217;s other records as well. 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