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Amuse-Bouche playlists are EP-sized and feature a single artist. I’ll post them when I am fully obsessed with an album or an artist. Consider them a lower barrier-to-entry version of an album that comes with the strongest recommendation I can give.

Today I’m listening to Sports Team’s “Boys These Days”. It was released in May of 2025 and is the third release from the England-based Indie Rockers.

“Bang Bang Bang” was my introduction to the group and it won me over on the first listen. What’s not to love about Social Distortion style Cowpunk? Then I dove into the lyrics. For a bunch of Brits, it’s impressive how adeptly they aped Country Western stylings but I’m especially fascinated by their keen knowledge of American gun politics. Check out these lyrics:

“He don’t get hard unless he takes his gun to bed,

And little Jimmy gets a B in math, two shots in the head,

Washington gets dinner dates and fancy IPAs,

And Newtown still gets robo-calls from the NRA”

“I’m In Love (Subaru)” is a Yacht-Rocky companion song for Hobo Johnson’s “Subaru Crosstrek XV”, but for the Impreza-driving set.

“Sensible” is Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” for the 2020s.

“Maybe When We’re 30” is just a little insulting for anyone born before 1996. But there’s a lot there to laugh at too.