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Songs feel heavy with the weight of the past few years - wildfires and violence in Portland; the messy spilling out of political unrest; the general anxiety of living through a pandemic - but that’s all perfectly channeled into melody and an indefatigable sense of survival. If ‘Somehow, We Are Here’ feels like the words of a band who are battered and bruised but eager to announce themselves, then these 12 songs are the perfect distillation of that sentiment. 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For Kate Meizner, the vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the Brooklyn sludge-pop band Jobber, the spectacle of the squared circle doubles as a way for her to process what she calls “mundane and very serious struggles under capitalism.” “It doesn’t let you wallow, but it still captures a crude version of reality,” she continues. “It’s a way to laugh so you don’t scream.” Jobber’s debut full-length, Jobber to the Stars, captures that moment between a horrified yelp and a gut-busting guffaw in 11 twisty songs that cover their candied-center hooks in sweat and blood and muck, like the live-wire opener “Raw Is War” and the distortion-shrouded postcard from the edge “Pillman’s Got A Gun.” It’s power pop that busts itself open to reveal gnarly, messy bits lurking within. 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