888 first won over the alternative world with the hit single ‘Critical Mistakes’ in 2015, and the Denver based band who previously played in metal bands deliver a heavy groove over lush keyboard lines and swagger drums. The lyrics apparently allude to people hiding their everyday sturggles and saddness while trying to save face and not be vulernable or at least, that’s how I took it. You may have heard it today on 101WKQX in Walt’s Vault IN 3PM hour.
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