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Angry Mom Records: A Decade of Musical Diversity, Affordable Vinyl In Ithaca
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Angry Mom Records has served as a hub for affordable, diverse music in Ithaca.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/alt/)
Angry Mom Records has served as a hub for affordable, diverse music in Ithaca.
I was fortunate enough to discover AWOLNATION early, and I continued to listen until their first album, Megalithic Symphony, caught the attention of the masses. With this, I abandoned them out of pretentious spite. Years later, I am happy to say that Aaron Bruno and company haven’t lost their ability to create unique, genre-noncomforming music. If AWOLNATION was a lesser band, they may have simply tried to recreate the sound and success of their smash-hit “Sail.” However, Here Come the Runts sees Bruno dramatically shift his instrumentation, following in the footsteps of ’80s-era rockers. This is echoed in the album’s thematic focus — Bruno’s “runts” are the successors to Springsteen’s working-class Americans, those that are pushing on despite the stress and struggle of modern America.