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"This Summer"

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June 15, 2012

There are all kinds of summer jams; this one has heroically mangled guitars and lyrics about a cheapo beach vacation, complete with mixtapes, sweaty seats and sleeping bags. The B side to this seven-inch is a punked-up cover of Bananarama's 1983 hit "Cruel Summer," now with 20 percent more cruelty.

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