When Posse remark that their sound is inspired by “Delay pedals and 27 years of disappointment,” it’s meant to be a little funny, but also, not: a glimmer of humor shining out from a mountain of shit. That little shine can be enough, even if it’s surrounded by a day-to-day life of putting up with the most banal people performing the most banal actions. On “Shut Up,” from the Seattle trio’s Soft Opening, singer Paul Wittman-Todd sings about a relationship straight from an Adrian Tomine comic, marked mostly by mundanity and the suffering of endless indignities. For now, he’s stuck fantasizing about the perfect moment when he can tell the other person to stop talking.

Underneath his matter-of-fact singing, a lone guitar blooms and ripples outward in mournful sublimation of the heart’s true desire. It’s easy to be glib on paper, especially when the hurt is real, and harder yet to convince people you contain worlds without using words. Posse can do the heavy lifting, though: Shut up, and you’ll hear it.

Posse: "Shut Up" (via SoundCloud)