Balance Lost make the World Cup of Fuck Ups feel strangely victorious

Balance Lost’s Section 9 - World Cup of Fuck Ups has one of those titles that knows exactly how ridiculous life can feel when everything goes wrong at once. Released on 11 June from World Cup of Fuck Ups/Hope in the Face of Despair, the track sits in the alternative, Britpop, dream pop, indie rock and jangle pop lane. That blend gives the song a useful emotional trick: the subject may be failure, but the music keeps enough melodic lift to stop the whole thing from sinking. It is the classic indie contradiction, turning embarrassment and regret into something you can hum. The title sounds funny, but underneath it is a recognizable ache: the private knowledge that you did not quite handle things as well as you hoped. Balance Lost make that feeling sound less like defeat and more like a crooked little anthem for people trying again anyway.

Source: https://balancelost.bandcamp.com/track/section-9-world-cup-of-fuck-ups