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StreamXsonick Subway is by no means one of their finest efforts, but it's still a decent track, I think. I think the key to it is the contrast between the jerky, agitated guitars (and the mixing) and the very calm delivery of the vocals; the whole thing is about confusion, mainly over feeling like you're the victim when you know you shouldn't have to, which necessarily means discordant elements such as insecurity, paranoia, fear, etc etc. It's not a great tune,but it's not intended to be; it's a performance piece, an attempt at representing a set of feelings specific to a time, and I think it's presented rather well. I also consider it to be perfect within the concept of the NYCG&F album.
There's something in the tune that I'm sure reminds me of an old XTC track, but I can't for the life of me think what it might be.
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