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Maybe it’s bitterness, or creeping cynicism, or simply the fact that
every new thing I hear has to measure up to the ever-larger pile of
stuff I already know and love, but the older I get, the harder it is
for anything to simply blow me away. Bottom of the City blows me
away. From the opening one-two punch of “City City” and “Brown Cloud”
to the epic “Anti-Suicide,” the Jim Jims have incorporated and
synthesized a brilliant blend of punk and post-punk, no wave and New
Wave into one breathtaking statement of pointy guitars, insistent
rhythms, desperate vocals and gritty production. If there’s a better
record released locally this year, it’s going to be an unbelievable
year for music in the Mile High City.
