Sometimes, we just really need cheer. Even alt-hipsters can appreciate the value of a sunny, good time, of just dropping the snark for a moment to enjoy life – in particular in this fraught era. Here to bring it is London’s The Rifles, with their first record in seven years, Love Your Neighbor.
And Love is about putting aside ill feelings in favor of hugs. They embrace the youth in the breezy “The Kids Won’t Stop”, and look back on their own youth in their cheery “Days of our Lives”. There’s the bopping “Out for the Weekend”, and even make finances fun with the very catchy “Money Go Round”. And if not every song is as sweet as those, they’re all sweet.
Take a moment from doom-scrolling and smell the flowers – and be sure to Love Your Neighbor.
