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In 2019, Tyler Jenke from The Brag ranked
Regurgitator's best songs, with "Black Bugs" coming in at number nine. Jenke said "'Black Bugs' was something of a timely anthem about being addicted to video games, backed by a computer-generated film clip that made listeners keen to head home, boot up their
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Stillman from Happy Mag said "'Black Bugs' is the perfect archetype of how to create rock music with a metallic heart In a nod to 80s pop, the guitars are wrapped in a sheet of shimmering modulation, and the drums reverberate with digital desolation. There's a curling keyboard solo too and a
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