Some things never change—like the low-level despair of growing up surrounded by big box stores and bigger expectations. It’s teen angst with a Walmart receipt, and Durry’s got the soundtrack down cold. Enter Durry, the Minnesota brother-sister duo (Austin and Taryn Durry) who’ve turned all of that into gloriously loud, hook-heavy, wonderfully bratty indie rock. Having landed on June 27, This Movie Sucks is exactly as gloriously self-aware as its title promises.

If their debut Suburban Legend was a cleverly branded coming-of-age snapshot, This Movie Sucks feels like the follow-up you write after realizing adulthood didn’t exactly deliver. But instead of going full doom spiral, Durry crank up the distortion and lean into the irony. Their recent single “More Dumb” is a prime example: part catharsis, part commentary, it hits like early Weezer covering American Idiot—snarling, sing-along-worthy, and way too relatable.

What makes Durry work isn’t just the sibling chemistry or the nostalgia-drenched aesthetics—it’s that they’re speaking the language of a generation raised on self-deprecation and oversharing. There’s a quiet brilliance in making songs that say “everything’s kinda messed up” and still make you want to dance around your bedroom in a pair of worn-out Vans.

So yeah, This Movie Sucks—but in that way where it’s exactly what you needed. It’s a soundtrack for slackers, scrollers, and suburban escape artists everywhere. And if this is what disappointment sounds like, then keep it coming.

Catch you at the food court,
– Nate