Crucial Track for August 2, 2025

"Day After Day" by Exotic Birds

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A friend of mine in college had the CD single of this song with all the remixes—that’s how I first heard this band. It’s a great cover, a solid slab of 80s synth-pop, and the band is even from Cleveland! And a bonus fun fact: Trent Reznor was in this band before he created Nine Inch Nails, although I’m pretty sure this album came out after he had departed.