Graves leaves no doubt to where her journey will end. “Driver” allows the listeners to be both passengers on the journey and to take the wheel themselves. “Driver” isn’t so much a request for the listener to be a bystander, though, as it strikes a chord and resonates in its invitation to be a part of something, to facilitate changes in the norms. “Watch me, I’m kicking the wall,” Meredith Graves shouts at the opening of “Driver,” the closest thing to a standalone track on Perfect Pussy’s uppercut of a debut LP, Say Yes to Love. Just another strange trip on an album full of them.- Mark Lore 49. The song’s title can be interpreted a number of ways, and the music will take you someplace else altogether. This instrumental off Total Control’s fantastic sophomore record is built on and propelled by a rigid bass line, which allows room for dripping synth noises and sneaky hi-hats to come at you out of the darkness. Without further ado, we give you the Best Songs of 2014. And as with our Albums list, we hope this will be a jumping-off point, a way to highlight some of our favorites while sparking a conversation, so be sure to let us know which of your top tunes we missed in the comments section below.
To whittle that down to 50, we tallied the ballots and limited this list to one song per artist. A whopping 301 songs got votes this year from our writers. Just as with our Best Albums of 2014 list, arriving at a general consensus for the Best Songs of 2014 proved an entertaining challenge.
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