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Harvard mounted a 10-play, 60-yard scoring drive to open the second half. Menick had several strong rushes during the drive, having his way with the Penn defensive line to the tune of four rushes for a total of 22 yards. Linden ended the drive by running wide right on an option into the end zone...
...enjoyed it immensely, but it was more than a year before I could tune it myself," says Herschbach, who also canoes, skis, hikes and dabbles in photography...
...tournament seemed more of a last minute tune-up for the team, rather than actual competition...
...Seaside Weekend," a hard-driving and energetic pop rock ditty, displays the band's playful side. Right away the tune hooks the listener in, not wasting time with polite introductions. The tune starts with bass and drums grooving hard underneath an enchanting slide guitar melody, injecting the tune with a longing sadness. The rest of "Seaside Weekend" seems like an exercise in controlled anger: beneath the carefree melody the chords are dark and help convey the sad regret implicit in the lyrics. The verse is restrained and Buni's vocals do most of the work. But at the chorus...
Love is a great listen. The occasional slips into schmaltz blemish parts of it, but Buttercup's pop sensibility keeps the tunes fresh and energetic and Obetz gives the band a dimension that other alternapop outfits don't have. The slight twang on "Deal With the Devil" gives a coyness to the tune's moodiness, elevating an otherwise trite pop tune to something far more musical. This seems to be the name of the game for Buttercup: reconfiguring pop cliches in extremely inventive ways. Even their love songs are tinged with irony, infusing pop fantasy with real world bitterness. Their...