Speedy Ortiz: “Scabs”
Written By Michael Gutierrez

Boston’s favorite local indie band that’s no longer local (actually, that’s a long list) Speedy Ortiz returns with the full-length Rabbit Rabbit. The repeating lyrical trope of our highlighted track “Scabs” is the negative imperative: “Don’t talk to me!” Relish and enjoy the deconstructed pop jigsaw in a song that feels like it’s going forwards, backwards, up to the attic, and down to the cellar all at once. Kind of feels like a pro-union, anti-scab anthem. We hear what we want to hear…
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