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Glove “Modern Toy”

Halfway through Glove’s grinding rave-up “Modern Toy,” after the second fake-out ending, Brie Deux sings a line that made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it: “How does he handle heavy machinery?” The first few verses and choruses are all about alienation from culture and labor, and a “modern guy” who is disposable and forgettable. Deux sings it all like a vicious taunt, like she’s a representative of the system that’s making these men useless. But that switch up offers hope – maybe he does have a utility, some useful skill? Maybe it’s literal, maybe it’s about how much he can cope with being a cog in this machine. Maybe this strapping man doesn’t have to be destroyed, even if that would provide some cheap kicks.

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