DISTRICTS - Popular Manipulations LP outsider but that trio stuck out

but that trio stuck out like sore cocks in their respective eras

the Melodians

stuttering lyrics and asymmetrical phrasing

revealing layers and depths that Parker often pushed toward the middle

It is unpredictable but groovy

DISTRICTS - Popular Manipulations LP outsider but that trio stuck outIts not uncommon for musicians to grow and evolve between releasesbut even by those standards, the Districts Popular Manipulations is stunning. The Pennsylvania borne bands third full length represents an exponential leap in sound and cohesion, an impressive and impassioned burn with a wide scope that threatens to swallow everything else surrounding it. Perhaps its a clich to say so, but while listening, you might find yourself wondering why people