Against Me! returns with electrifying promo single โ333.โ โ333โ serves as the first snapshot from the forthcoming album, Shape Shift With Me.
Theyโre back โ Against Me! that is! Laura Jan Grace and company certainly know how to rock, and single โ333โ is no exception. โ333โ serves as the promo single for the forthcoming albumย Shape Shift With Me.ย Shape Shift With Me follows the bandโs critically-acclaimed, personal Transgender Dysphoria Blues.ย Transgender Dysphoria Blues was originally reviewed on Brent Music Reviews. An updated version appears here on The Music Hype.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues aside, the focus here is โ333.โ โ333โ opens with a pummeling drum groove.ย Enthusiastic guitars enter, establishing a major key โ who wouldโve thought? Unsurprisingly, Graceโs vocals are aggressive and fiery with passion. The melodic lines are incredibly rhythmic, with Grace quasi-singing and quasi speaking.
The chorus is quite assertive, catchy, and passionate:
โAll the devils that you donโt know / can all come along for the ride / I wanna be as close as I can get youโ
The chorus isnโt the only superb lyrical moment.ย Verse two drops a bomb โ besides the obligatory f-bomb of course!
โVisible mutations fading right before you f*cking eyes / cycles of death and regeneration of absence and lossโ
To quote Big Sean, โthat sh*t get deep.โ Sigh.
Final Thoughts
All in all, โ333โ is an adrenaline rush that burns from the jump.ย While LaShun Pace is the furthest thing from Against Me!, to quote the gospel singer, โall things [are] working.โ Incredible catchy chorus, aggressive vocals โ everything is sound.