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197. Lucy Dacus Night Shift (2017)
from the album Historian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WDZdT04ls4

Key lyrics:
I feel no need to forgive, but I might as well

Some songs hit at the perfect moment. Night Shift came to my attention while in the midst of my divorce, and few breakup songs speak better to the messiness of the experience. Lucy Dacus hits so perfectly on a sense of not wanting anything to do with someone while simultaneously feeling incapable of moving beyond them. This particularly resonates due to its sense of an inescapable ex my ex-spouse and I agreed to finish out our lease together, which lasted for nearly a year. The idea of taking the night shift reminds me of heading straight from work to the houses of various friends just to have a space to regain my sense of self away from them.

Of course, Im never the type to overvalue emotional resonance Night Shift is a truly excellent song in its own right. What starts as the sparsest of indie rock slowly builds into a cathartic explosion. While Lucy Dacus showcases some excellent lyricism here, the key moment comes with the repetition of the final lines, her voice rising each time until she lets loose with a shout after a stunning guitar solo. This finale is one of the greatest moments of pure rock during the last decade. Night Shift is a masterful slow burn.

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