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From The Desk Of The Pack A.D.: Tennis

There’s a relentlessly brooding power and bruised melodicism emanating from the Pack A.D.’s sixth full-length, Positive Thinking (Cadence), that belies the album’s cheery self-help title. Drummer Maya Miller admits that she and guitarist Becky Black intended a certain irony in the LP’s nomenclature. “It’s facetiously hopeful, which pretty much sums up our band.” says Miller. The Pack A.D. has always been foundationally blues based, with a detour into poppier territory on Do Not Engage. Over the past few albums, though, the band actively shifted toward psych rock, a major thread in the fabric of Positive Thinking. Miller will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our feature on the band.

Miller: Tennis is the perfect sport. Essentially, it’s cheap. All you need is a racket and a ball. You don’t even need a partner. You can just hit with a wall. Also, what I love about it, is that I get great exercise without even considering that I’m getting the exercise. I’m too busy lifting myself up or knocking myself down while trying to beat an opponent, or the number of rebounds off a wall that I have no time to check the clock and wonder when the suffering will end. See, what doesn’t always get mentioned about tennis is that it can be amazingly frustrating. I mean, watch a professional match, and you can see it. The only one you have to blame for losing a point is yourself. Playing with someone or a wall can sometimes be eerily similar. It’s the ultimate battle with your own mind. Meh, or at least it is with me.