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#1077516 added September 30, 2024 at 5:58pm
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Avalanche
"Barrel of MonkeysOpen in new Window.
Day 8






"Avalanche"
by Avril Lavigne
from Love Sux (2022)


I could have probably picked any of the tracks off this album to feature in this challenge, because I think the whole thing is great. Love Sux was released in 2022 and is Avril's seventh studio album. I've been listening to it a lot lately, because it sounds to me like she's really refined her sound over the past twenty years. The rock-inspired tracks are heavy and hard-hitting; the pop-inspired tracks are fun and light. And the more serious power ballad type songs are really resonant.

This song is the one I've listened to third-most on the album (the second-most will be the next entry, and I'm saving the most-listened-to song off the album for next February's "The Soundtrack of Your LifeOpen in new Window. so you all have something to look forward to. *Wink* This is one of the few songs where I actually don't think her voice (especially during the verses) is particularly great compared to some of her other songs, but the chorus is really poignant and resonant.

Like I mentioned in the previous entry ("Keep Holding OnOpen in new Window.), I think there need to be more songs in the world that are a little more hopeful. That might sound a little weird to say about a song that talks about being overwhelmed by your life, but for some reason I interpret this song as being about someone persevering in the face of adversity rather than letting it consume them. Maybe I have that wrong, but I actually find this song kind of inspiring and encouraging.


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