Better Yet Podcast Host Tim Crisp On A Highly Anticipated Debut Album That Surpassed All Expectations

A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.

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C.H.E.W., Feeding Frenzy C.H.E.W. are hands-down one of the best bands in Chicago. See them live once, and you’ll have no choice but to agree. Feeding Frenzy, their debut LP, was highly anticipated, and still the band surpassed all expectations. The first side blows by at a blistering pace, but on the second side, C.H.E.W. expand outward, shattering the mold. Guitarist Ben Rudolph came over for a Better Yet interview just after Feeding Frenzy came out in September, and it was one of my favorites in recent memory.

Another Michael, “About” This song by Philadelphia band Another Michael builds itself up from its swelling two-chord opening, then relaxes into a soft and graceful closure. The lyrics are quick and clever but also have a down-to-earth sweetness and vulnerability. After I heard “About” for the first time, I immediately wrote out the words so I could play it over and over again myself—it’s got one of my favorite combinations of lyrics and melody. It’s the lead track of the recent EP Land, another incredible release from Topshelf Records.