Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer 7/2/21 Part Three of Alhaji Waziri

Part Three of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah’s five-part Volume Series

Fire Maple Song B4

” "Reminiscent of Hella or Don Cab

complete with Quik’s signature head-nod/body-moving beat

the synth-pop project Laum

Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer 7/2/21 Part Three of Alhaji WaziriWhen considering Massachusetts' Speedy Ortiz, that line from Virginia Woolf comes to mind. Not only for the obvious echoes to DIY, a form and function that's characterized the band's nascency, but in the proto feminist undertones driving much of their sophomore album, Foil Deer. "I'm not bossy, I'm the boss," Sadie Dupuis sings on "Raising the Skate," invoking in spirit one half of the Carter Knowles clan and echoing the other's wordplay. Dupuis wrote