Song of the Day 6/4: Guster, “Demons”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on June 4, 2023

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.

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