Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer 7/2/21 A reminder that true mastery

A reminder that true mastery doesn’t shout—it resonates

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

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the synth-pop project Laum

Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer 7/2/21 A reminder that true masteryWhen 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