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Organ vocalist Katie SketchIt's been a long time since a song has grabbed me like this. But the lead track, "Brother," (lyrics, sound clip) from Grab That Gun, by female Canadian quintet The Organ, has really got me: the bouncy bassline, the Debbie-Harry-channeling-Morrissey vocals, the eponymous organ, and most of all, the rough, detached, but inexorable sense of dread. As Pitchfork put it:

For many bands, Smiths and Joy Division invocations are about cheap thrills and scoring easy points. The Organ's enthusiasm is a bit more sincere-- the band affect their moody aesthetic as if it were a genetically inherited disorder.

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