exciting!!excellent!!: “online!!ok”

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Wastes no time. Why waste time when the instant gratification of vintage game soundz is only a press of a button away? Our highlighted track “online!!ok” by exciting!!excellent!! is surprisingly restrained for a piece of music that involves so many exclamation points. A meditation on the joy of hanging with friends. Or is it with lovers? Who can tell? Anyway, not just a Code Red phreakout. Tidy, tight, chips the tune right. Off you will watch me die.

Stream, share, buy to your heart’s content.

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