{"id":3555,"date":"2015-07-02T13:03:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2015-07-15T11:04:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:04:32","slug":"desaparecidos-payola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/desaparecidos-payola\/","title":{"rendered":"Desaparecidos <br>Payola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/desaparecidos-payola.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3556\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/desaparecidos-payola.jpg\" alt=\"Desaparecidos, Payola\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/desaparecidos-payola.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/desaparecidos-payola-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s probably fairly common to see the world as your oyster right out of high school. Perhaps you\u2019re working your first job at a neighborhood coffee shop and hanging around public parks because they\u2019re the only spots that are willing to have you when you\u2019re too young for bars. Despite the lack of respect, the lack of responsibility you have is freeing and simple to comprehend. This is the teenage naivete documented on the Desaparecidos\u2019 <i>Read Music\/Speak Spanish<\/i>, and it was this fresh-faced innocence that made the debut of Conor Oberst\u2019s post-hardcore project so heartbreaking. Within the first five songs\u2014some of the most powerful songwriting from Oberst\u2014you want these kids to make it, even though as an adult listener, you know they\u2019re doomed.<\/p>\n<p>It makes sense now, at this point in 2015, that we finally have a follow-up like <i>Payola<\/i> (Epitaph Records). It\u2019s 14 songs meant to inspire a revolution, covering all of the United States\u2019 shaky bases. Racial profiling (\u201cMarikkkopa\u201d), mistreatment of immigrants (\u201cRadicalized\u201d), unequal distribution of wealth (\u201cGolden Parachutes\u201d), and even extreme cell phone use (\u201cSlacktivist\u201d)\u2014among other issues\u2014are the focus of Oberst\u2019s rage, so it\u2019s only fitting that he chooses Desaparecidos as his outlet, while also enlisting the help of other socially minded artists like the So So Glos and Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace.<\/p>\n<p>The Desaparecidos are grounded in the same principles they were 13 years ago, but while <i>Read Music<\/i> had a storytelling quality that added to its mystique, <i>Payola<\/i> is direct in its fury, as if the kids grew up to become their cynical, though perhaps correct, dads. It\u2019s in that respect that <i>Payola<\/i> could\u2019ve used some of the premier songwriter wit Oberst showed on <i>Read Music<\/i> and in his work as Bright Eyes. Listening to \u201cThe Left Is Right,\u201d the de facto abstract of <i>Payola<\/i>, if you didn\u2019t know where it is going by the title alone, you know by, \u201cWe\u2019re takin\u2019 it back for the greater good, goddamn Robin Hoods.\u201d It\u2019s effective as a bleeding-heart liberal anthem, however if it weren\u2019t for Oberst\u2019s articulation and specific sense of passion, it would be in the league of lazy mall punk songwriters. And unfortunately, much of <i>Payola<\/i> operates on the same level.<\/p>\n<p>However, lyrical shortcomings and all, <i>Payola<\/i> is still a raucously fun record like its predecessor. Desaparecidos are still where Oberst\u2019s catharsis thrives and where he can scream about his dismay, as opposed to being an outright folk artist. 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