It has been longer than usual since my last post due to work obligations. TOP DOLLAR hasn't played outside of their home base of NYC much, but it feels like everyone who comes through and plays with them has something to say about how blown away they were, or how they were one of the best bands they saw on tour. TD plays rippingly fast, straightforward and catchy but highly dynamic hardcore. They aren't trying to revolutionize anything, and they aren't LARPing as some particular 80's or 90's band either. They write really good, unpretentious songs that draw from myriad types and eras of US hardcore and that shift in unpredictable directions, build up and break down, and boil over with relentless energy. There's a wide universe out there of stale, musically cut-and-paste bands out there, and Objects of Misfortune cuts right through it all without any navel-gazing or affectation. An extremely hard balance to strike but one that seems to come completely natural to these guys. I've been listening to this record about ten times a day for weeks now and it's definitely up there for one of my favorite things to come out in 2025.
Fav tracks: Constant Desire, Distanced
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