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Autogramm - "WannaBe," a 2023 single on Stomp Records

Today\'s Song of the Day comes from mostly-Northwest new wavers\\xa0Autogramm: drummer/synths/guitarist/vocalist The Silo now lives in Chicago, while vocalist/guitarist\\xa0Jiffy Marx and vocalist/bassist\\xa0CC Voltage hail from Vancouver; vocalist/guitarist\\xa0Lars Von Seattle resides\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0well, you can guess! On their third full-length \\u2014\\xa0titled\\xa0Music That Humans Can Play,\\xa0released earlier this month \\u2014\\xa0the guys continue to flex their \'80s power-pop-influenced sound, calling to mind acts like The Cars, Devo, and Gary Numan.\\xa0

In a press statement, The Silo shares, \\u201c\'WannaBe\' began as a way to say to the most important person in my life that I will stand beside them no matter what their direction, self-opinion, or physical state of being. Upon further reflection, I thought it could apply more broadly to all of our relationships in life: it\\u2019s a declaration of love and support to any friend, child, or lover who is going through a change in their self-perception; the idea that gender, occupation, size, skin, are all merely physical manifestations of being and will never matter as much as the person underneath it all.\\u201d

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