Garbage is back. And the band’s sound is the same—but different. Not Your Kind Of People (StunVolume) is the quartet’s first album since 2005, and the distance has got Garbage’s creative juices flowing in exciting ways. First single “Blood For Poppies” has the same driving drums, ripping guitars and biting lyrics as earlier LPs but a poppier hook, while “Battle In Me” is much angrier and, well, Garbage-ier. Not Your Kind Of People is a great fusion of the old and the new—and after seven years of waiting, we are pretty psyched the band is back. The quartet will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com for two weeks, but for those of you who need more Garbage, read our 20 Questions feature with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig.
Marker: I wouldn’t be here writing this if not for Madison. It gave me an education and a family and a band, and none of those would have been remotely the same if they had started anywhere else. Garbage is strong still today because we came from Madison and not from an easier place to live. And it’s still an amazing city—witness the brilliant protests against the corporate takeover of American politics that started pretty much right there on the Capital Square. I think it’s an honest place, and that is important.
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