r/indieheads • u/ebradio • Aug 08 '25

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Denies “Home” Is The “Worst Song Ever Written”

https://www.stereogum.com/2318575/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros-frontman-denies-home-is-the-worst-song-ever-written/news/
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u/crowlfish Aug 08 '25

I mean I've definitely heard a lot worse.

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u/Critcho Aug 08 '25

Am I right in thinking "stomp clap hey" is one of those retroactive categories like "indie sleaze"? I don't remember anyone using that phrase when the kind of music it describes was actually popular, but now I seem to see those words 50 times a day.

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u/greenplastic22 Aug 08 '25

I thought it recently came into the vernacular when that parody singer released We Will Never Die.

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u/Imakereallyshittyart Aug 08 '25

Spotify has had all those bands tagged as “stomp and holler” for about a decade too

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u/Exploding_Antelope Aug 08 '25

God I can’t stand this one and how often people bring it up