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Worriers – Imaginary Life (Don Giovanni Records)
4/5
THE debut album from Brooklyn pop-punk outfit Worriers, Imaginary Life throws a hand grenade into the largely apolitical independent music scene.
Written and sung by Lauren Denitzo, the politically charged quasi-anthems have an infectious urgency and edge much like fellow US guitar bands Sleater-Kinney or Ex-Hex.
Yes All Cops takes a pop at the police — “I’ve learned not to trust anyone/ least of all men in blue uniform” — and the silence of the bystanders to US gun culture.
Elsewhere, Good Luck is a caustic finger-pointing tirade about growing up and moving to the country while They/Them/Theirs brilliantly questions the gender binaries that the dominant ideology forces upon us.
With most of the songs coming in at under three minutes the record is a real jolt to the system. Confident, literate and angry, this is music that means something — music, in short, to live your life to.
