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2.  Rebellion (Lies) (Funeral, 2004)

Universally ranked as one of indie rocks’ best songs, a huge fan favorite when played live.  Most AF songs end “big,” filling the room, but this one moves through its shout-along chorus of “No!” and then closes with strings, gentle and sad.

1.  Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels) (Funeral, 2004)

This song blew me away the first time I heard it, on headphones, walking home from work.  Neighborhood 1 might not have been the first “epic indie rock anthem,” but it’s certainly the one by which all later ones were measured.

First released as a single, Tunnels became the lead track on the band’s game-changing album, Funeral, and is a chilling, post apocalyptic vision of a future where snow has covered a town and two teenaged lovers meet to escape the sorrow of it all, and dream of growing old together.  Every time I hear it, it makes my chest feel hollow and I feel like crying.

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