Yesterday Pittsburgh's the Gotobeds released their debut album, Poor People Are Revolting, on Austin record label 12XU (prefaced by a full-album stream on NPR late last month). The foursome have drawn plenty of comparisons to Brooklyn hotshots Parquet Courts in their brief history, thanks mostly to their keen ability to write hooky, tight slacker punk with jagged-but-jangly guitar lines and vocals that have been spiced with a couple tablespoons of misanthropy.…
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