Andy Partridge of XTC has been slowly releasing volumes of unreleased material in collections called Fuzzy Warbles. Now it’s time for the release of the 8th in the series, and man what a treat it is.

MP3: Andy Partridge - Sonic Boom
I needed this song when I was 17. Around that time I would always have to wait until my parents were at work to turn my guitar up and rock out. Once I discovered the best way to learn the Cars’ songs was at full volume, it was all over. So as such, I wound up just like Andy in “Sonic Boom:” enjoying one of the few times where your home feels like yours. Now if only I’d had this song back then, I would have known that I wasn’t alone. Kids finding refuge in music is nothing new, but you’d never know it from “Sonic Boom.” Partridge perfectly captures the ‘dreaming teenage heart’ at its simultaneous highest and lowest.

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