{"id":26795,"date":"2017-09-13T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26795"},"modified":"2018-05-21T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:29:44","slug":"worst-gift-shared-new-track-whats-another-40-bucks-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26795","title":{"rendered":"Worst Gift share &#8216;What&#8217;s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26796\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26796 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?resize=625%2C414\" alt=\"World's Worst\" width=\"625\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?resize=1024%2C679 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?resize=768%2C509 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?resize=624%2C414 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?w=1545 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Becky Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8216;World&#8217;s\u00a0Worst&#8217;\u00a0is the debut LP from Toronto-based\u00a0Worst Gift.\u00a0The album consists of nine stressed out genre blending break-up songs that are an ode to societal collapse, personal failure, and meditations on trying to be good.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve shared <em>What&#8217;s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?<\/em>, which is lifted from the album. Take a listen via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/336780365&amp;color=8e8e8e&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s about feeling like you have the capacity to be good and that you are inherently, and not knowing when you started feeling otherwise. Recognizing where you went wrong, and not being able to feel it when you&#8217;re doing the right thing finally due to negative self-talk.&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 Sooz, Worst Gift (on the meaning behind &#8220;What&#8217;s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;World&#8217;s\u00a0Worst&#8217;\u00a0is set for release on\u00a0September 22, 2017\u00a0via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/artoftheuncarvedblock.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art of the Uncarved Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the release on the day it&#8217;s out,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/314757121985910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PERPETUAL STRESS<\/a>\u00a0and The Art of the Uncarved Block presents<\/p>\n<p>Sept 22nd at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smilingbuddhaToronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smiling Buddha<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worstgiftever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worst Gift<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"gmail-text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lifeinvacuum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life In Vacuum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albatrosqc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALBATROS<\/a><br \/>\nLow Sun<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scrapheat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SCRAPHEAT<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>+ A variety show of performers in the basement between sets. Performers will be announced periodically leading up to the event:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DARKTAPES\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dark tapes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackmovesofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JACK MOVES<\/a><br \/>\nJordan Seal<br \/>\nDJ Boots Boogie<\/p>\n<p>$10 gets you everything, $15 gets you entrance plus a copy of &#8220;World&#8217;s Worst&#8221;<br \/>\nAdv. tickets available:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ca%2Fe%2Fworst-gift-worlds-worst-release-party-tickets-36260020698&amp;h=ATMDDL-qMot9gMIX8vPUCnOP4YJEl6Qp3hGjGsRZk493lRqEcGoP9wSWIjalR3VGyNnHyeOmZkP7W9cVqUZTvZwBK2pQWClVkvZ_v6Fy9wJZ-LClRmIRHowyPvAal3HuieYotHpaE7xk2VW9iHAfVID57N4LrbPTknm66X0J2T7-hkJGTGjIDbaU0JIS8YCrhgfj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/<wbr \/>e\/<wbr \/>worst-gift-worlds-worst-rel<wbr \/>ease-party-tickets-3626002<wbr \/>0698<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FB event:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/746922848820638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/746922848820638\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;World&#8217;s\u00a0Worst&#8217;\u00a0is the debut LP from Toronto-based\u00a0Worst Gift.\u00a0The album consists of nine stressed out genre blending break-up songs that are an ode to societal collapse, personal <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26795\" title=\"Worst Gift share &#8216;What&#8217;s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[6426,6628,6630,6629],"class_list":["post-26795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-art-of-the-uncarved-block","tag-whats-another-40-bucks-between-friends","tag-worlds-worst","tag-worst-gift"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/57820006.jpg?fit=1545%2C1024","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6Yb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33740,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33740","url_meta":{"origin":26795,"position":0},"title":"The Dears share new single \u2018The Worst In Us\u2019 + announce new album \u2018Lovers Rock\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Montr\u00e9al stalwarts\u00a0The Dears\u00a0have announced their eighth studio album\u00a0\u2018Lovers Rock\u2019, which will be out on\u00a0May 15\u00a0via\u00a0Dangerbird Records. 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