The synthesizer to the bottom, the Daltrey scream and big Townshend power chords to the finish.

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As one could expect, the game will involve conflict between locusts and humans set to a lot of power chords.

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Sometimes that means spare, distorted power chords in "Part 4, " but that's about as "rock" as All Is Falling gets.

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Channeling U2 in the best ways, "Lights Out for Darker Skies" dispenses anthemic power chords without skimping on the complexities.

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Credit power chords that cascade from the strings, sharp rhythmic patterns that ricochet off the uke's wooden body, fingers that fly faster than the eye can see.

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From the opening power chords to bassist-singer Bobby Hackney's rushed, garbled vocal, the song has the harried, live-for-the-moment desperation that's always made for great punk (and great rock 'n' roll overall).

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The triple-guitar orchestration... it's not just power chords.

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