{
  "id": 1771366,
  "title": "How Strange It Is – “Tough Luck”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/how-strange-it-is-tough-luck",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:06:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2508669/how-strange-it-is-tough-luck/music/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Naming your band How Strange It Is must be some kind of indie-rock sleeper cell activation, but the Portland combo is playing it coy by not naming their debut album To Be Anything At All . Instead, the record is called There Is No Evil , and judging by how successfully lead single \" Slime \" applied a shoegaze exterior to plucky Shins-meets-AnCo pop-rock, it's going to be worth hearing. We get…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}