02 · SECTION
THE SONGS
The ones worth a thousand words each.
Not a tracklist — a set of arguments. The singles, the deep cuts and the one that does not hold up, each given the thousand words it deserves. We write about the words; we never reprint them.
What a Single Has to DoThe mechanics of the band's most durable singles: intro length, where the hook lands, and why an upright bass changes what a chorus can be built on.3 MIN READ
The Two-Chord ProblemHow a band with a limited harmonic palette generates variety — rhythmic displacement, dynamics, arrangement — and where the strategy runs out.4 MIN READ
Songs That Became Different LiveArrangements that mutated on stage: tempo drift, extended breaks, and the parts that only exist because a room needed filling.4 MIN READ
The One That Does Not Hold UpAn honest argument about a song the archive's author thinks fails, with the reasoning shown.4 MIN READ
Writing About a Country Without a FlagHow the band's Australian subject matter works as writing — specificity, place names, register — discussed about the words rather than by reproducing them.3 MIN READ