Manning Fireworks
by MJ Lenderman
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This album has been added to 4 private lists and 13 public lists:
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2024
JamesManning Fireworks turns burnout, awkwardness, and small-scale disappointment into something weirdly triumphant and deeply funny. Lenderman’s songwriting is packed with offhand details and deadpan lines that reveal emotional weight almost accidentally. The guitars drift between ragged country-rock looseness and noisy indie melancholy without sounding self-conscious about either tradition. Songs like “She’s Leaving You” and “Joker Lips” feel unhurried in a way that lets the emotional texture gradually sink in. The album avoids both irony and sentimentality even while balancing humor and sadness constantly. It sounds like someone learning how to survive disappointment without hardening completely.
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Best 5 of 2024
stumpnuggetIt feels like a time capsule. It's sarcastic and funny. It's reference heavy. I really love it. Lyrics and Music are both A+.
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Best of 2024
Jason DettbarnMJ Lenderman can do no wrong it seems. Not only is his solo work excellent, his band Wednesday made my top list for 2023. He also worked with Waxahatchee this year (see below) and Indigo De Souza (see last year's list.)
Southern/country-tinged slacker rock, like if Pavement was from the south.
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