First Listen: The Districts, 'A Flourish And A Spoil' — npr.org

The Districts' new album, A Flourish And A Spoil, comes out Feb. 10. Ryan Farber/Courtesy of the artist hide caption The Districts' new album, A Flourish And A Spoil, comes out Feb. 10. Countless bands perform a variation on the medium-uptempo edge-of-rage eruption perfected by the likes of the Pixies and Green Day. It's become so ubiquitous, you almost don't have to listen: It's possible to get a headline-news sense of the song without fully apprehending the words. The spike in the guitar attack and the rawness of the vocal help telegraph the outline of a narrative: Here we are in the aftermath of a relationship in turmoil. Trust is broken. Someone's been wronged. Wounds are fresh.

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