Song of the Day 6/4: Guster, “Demons”

In the modern Republican Party, the measure of success is the ability to attract media attention, which is why Lauren Witzke is the leader of Delaware’s cackle of hyenas. She landed a mention in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week by tweeting out a graphic that shows the term “pride month” morphing into just its middle letters, spelling “demon.”

As the article notes, the image has been co-opted by a queer artist in the manner of the word “queer” itself for a graphic T-shirt, so I suppose we should compliment Witzke for boosting a queer-owned business.

Guster is an alternative band from Boston — originally a trio, now a quartet — that reached the charts in the late ’90s, riding the same wave as bands like Phish and Widespread Panic despite playing music that was more acoustic and less jam-oriented. They stood out for their low-fi approach — for many years their percussionist only played bongos and other hand instruments instead of a drum kit.

“Demons” appeared in 1997 on Guster’s self-released album “Goldfly,” which was re-released as the band’s major-label debut the next year. They’ve gone on to release six more LPs, and they’re touring this summer, though the closest they’ll get to Delaware is Connecticut.