"Portions for Foxes" is a series of weekly posts, each about one song by a woman or a band led by a woman. See the introduction for more.
This is one of the older songs in this series this year, going all the way back to 1994. Magnapop was a great, somewhat grungy power pop band of that era - like a lot of my favorites, I thought they should have been vastly more popular than they ended up being.
This is my favorite of their songs, a loud fast rush with singer (and co-songwriter) Linda Hopper nearly chanting, in a low almost flat tone, above very loud guitars. It has that jangly power-pop energy, driven by louder, grungier instrumentation, to make an intense rush of sound that comes to a perfect ending moment.
I think there's some pop-psychology going on here, but I've never spent a lot of time to tease it out: loud fast songs can be explicated, but they can also just be enjoyed. There's clearly some anger-management going on, though - and the singer is talking to the one with the anger problem:
And then turn away
Lay it down for the last time
Surely show your rage
This is yet another song that dives in, takes over, rearranges a bunch of things, and then slams back out. It does all that wonderfully, and I hope you enjoy it.
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