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PLUS: Austin Chronic & 4/20 Merch • Summer Camps
Primitive synth punks Hug return with another party album about … well, lead track “Pants Off” spells it out. The local trio’s all about indulging baser instincts, but it gets political too on same-sex anthem “Caribbean Bathroom.” Oh, you want a ballad? “Hug Is Love” is basically the new “We Are the World.” Who says masculinity’s in crisis?
This article appears in March 5 • 2010.
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