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the basis of those celebratory performances

It's a stance the band has assumed unflinchingly on subsequent albums like 2010's Come Around Sundown and 2013's Mechanical Bull

it's a slightly veiled homage to S&M

Tijuana Panthers Halfway to Eighty industry shirt "Big Jack" made it toOn Halfway to Eighty, riff heavy anthems like "Helping Hand" are courtesy of Wachtel, while art rock thrashers like "Slacker" are Shaheen's handiwork, and smirking punk numbers like "False Equivalent" are Michicoff's. ("What good can it bring now? Were barely evolved" sings Michicoff on that last song, a squall of guitars swirling around his trembling tenor.) When you keep an ear out for them, you can hear each distinct personality in the songs, but