Late Night Grooves #153

[Feedback howls. Guitar crashes in like a car chase through gravel. Benjamin’s voice—raw, cracking, absolutely alive.]

“WHOT.
Late Night Grooves.

I’m Mangus Khan.

Episode 153.

And tonight, we don’t linger.

We lunge.

Because sometimes the only way to deal with the weight is to move fast enough it can’t catch you.

Benjamin Booker.
‘Violent Shiver.’

From his self-titled debut, 2014.

This track ain’t polished.

It ain’t pretty.

But that’s why it hits so hard.

The guitars grind like cheap wheels on a bad road.

The beat’s barely holding it together.

And Benjamin?

He’s not singing.

He’s shouting into the void, hoping it answers back.

“Have you seen my baby girl? / She’s got something that I need.”

Could be a woman.
Could be peace.
Could be his damn self.

And that’s the power of this song—

It’s a confession wrapped in speed.

There’s no time to analyze, no space for neat emotions.

Just adrenaline, grief, chaos, and something like hope if you squint hard enough.

This track isn’t about resolution.

It’s about survival through motion.

About how sometimes the only groove that makes sense is one that rattles your bones.

There’s soul here.

But it’s bleeding through punk skin.

And that?

That’s Late Night Grooves in its rawest form.

Not just sound.

Spill.

Episode 153.

Benjamin Booker.
Violent Shiver.

This is WHOT.

I’m Mangus Khan—

Still running.
Still lit.
Still here.”