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First Listen: Tacocat, 'This Mess Is A Place'

Tacocat retains its signature snark and surf-pop without sugarcoating the effects of the emotionally-draining political landscape.
Tacocat's <em>This Mess is a Place</em> comes out May 3.

has come a long way since its early numbers about psychic cats and Tonya Harding. Formed in 2007, the Seattle punks have garnered a devoted fan base for their feminist pop-punk anthems, catchy hooks and subversive lyrics – and they've inevitably grown up along the way. To be fair, the world also left them no choice. And while Tacocat and 2016's left off.

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