Last National Poetry Month, we close read<\/a> some poems<\/a>. Recently, I\u2019ve been looking<\/a> at albums<\/a> I loved in high school<\/a>. The most recent crop of those turned a little shame-filled<\/a> and maybe mean<\/a>. So I thought it might be nice to close-read some songs I really like. Talk about why<\/em> I think they are cool.<\/p> Breaking this into sub-categories\u2014it worked at Cracked<\/em>, it works for The Line Break<\/em> (new episode featuring August J. Smith up now<\/a>), and it\u2019s a good way to organize thoughts. Most chord progressions are four chords, so we\u2019ll do four categories: general vibe, structure, chords, and moments of sublime. Those all make sense at face value right? Thanks, readers, I knew I could trust you.<\/p> First up was Chon<\/a>. Obviously next up is Polyphia. <\/p>