Stereogum's Indie Song Of The Summer Has Horrible Sound Quality

In the Loudness War, 24.68% of Stereogum listeners side with the enemy.

Stereogum recently asked their readers to vote for the the Indie Song Of The Summer and they chose "The House That Heaven Built" by Japandroids, a song with about as little dynamic range as possible.

I wish I could support the band in question here because they're from Vancouver and they do bring a lot of youthful energy to the table, and there's hints of a pretty good song buried under all that noise, but with sound like this it's impossible for me to give them my seal of approval.

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