At the beginning of Menomena's new single, Justin Harris sings of his father's scorn as if he's camped out on a therapist's couch. But as Harris scales his "fucked-up family tree," his sorrowful ruminations melt into anger, and the song builds to a tempestuous guitar solo. The result is an emotive outburst of a song that expertly sidesteps melodrama – confessional rock thrills without the cheesy aftertaste.

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“I Can See for Miles”

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."