Mekons: Tiny Desk Concert

Mekons bring five decades of punk-country swagger to NPR’s Tiny Desk, proving that their 1985 alt-country fusion still packs a punch. Led by Jon Langford’s snarled guitar and Sally Timms’s soulful vocals, this set is equal parts defiant and bittersweet.

They rip through the wartime longing of “Last Dance,” the angular buzz of “War Economy,” Susie Honeyman’s haunting take on “Sanctuary,” and close with the barnburner “Hard to Be Human Again,” reminding us that sometimes you need a little chaos—and comrades—to stay afloat.

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