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Trying to capture the voice of a time and place or generation is always a tricky task. Even the most talented musicians and songwriters can end up releasing songs that remains tied to that time and place rather than achieving timelessness. PRETTY AWKWARD’s Get Weird, however, will not suffer that fate. I …

Lately it seems as though American pop music has become entirely focused on lyrical emissions over instrumental expressiveness, but I would be lying if this seemed to be the case with Pretty Awkward, particularly when I listen to their new single “Bored.” Released as both a track and a music …

Delightfully mild but strong enough to push forth a groove the size of a skyscraper, the vocal harmony that we find in the center of the mix of “Misfits” is as much an embodiment of youth as the attack utilized by Pretty Awkward in this new single is. “Misfits,” while …