There are some people in this world that I vehemently disagree with on the answers to our problems, but who articulate the problems of modern life so acutely and truthfully that I can’t help but love them.

Bobby Darling and Nic Newsham are two of those people. Formerly of Gatsby’s American Dream (Volcano is hands down one of my favorite albums of all time), they teamed back up a few years ago to spit out some new music as The Money Pit.

And of course it’s beautiful.

One of my greatest musical regrets is not seeing their live show because I had a job interview the next day. I really wanted to hear the intro to “Lawrence, Kansas” in person.

(Made doubly difficult by the truths uttered in “Killing Time in Hawaii.”)

The same malaise that drives much of the alt-right is reflected in these lyrics. So many of us, especially us old millennials, know that there is so much fundamentally wrong with the way that our society has grown. We can feel the impending collapse, but still get on Twitter and feed the perpetual outrage machine. We hasten our own dooms.

The music on this album is deceptively cheerful, which is one of my favorite conceits. Cheerful music with depressing lyrics. All the energy we need to face the end of the world.

Forget the politicians. The politicians are what really give you the illusion that you have freedom of choice.

You don’t.