Tax day has gone and with it went whatever anxiety came with crunching numbers on a year’s worth of finances. Now’s a pretty good time to take a moment and celebrate getting past that hump, right? I’d suggest giving a listen to “Taxes” by Chicago duo the Guys, aka Fya Starta and Smelly LP. The tune’s got a syrupy, twilight euphoria, and when the MCs proclaim “we don’t think about no taxes when we walk into the store” I can’t help but be reminded of the sudden feeling of freedom that comes once I’ve successfully filed all that paperwork—taxes have a way of hovering over my head for months like a grey cloud, so the strange feeling of relief I get when I’m done with them is euphoric in a way you generally don’t associate with filling out government forms. Sure, the Guys aren’t talking about W-9s on “Taxes,” but right now it works as well as the duo’s Pokémon reference in the chorus (“I treat my money like a Poké Ball and throw it on the floor / Ben Frank, I choose you”).
