1.   Guzzard telegraphs its leftist taunts with pithy guitar rhythms.

2.   Its music is fast and simple, with a propulsive guitar rhythm and a beat that encourages bouncing up and down.

3.   Rucker sings passionately over a skittish guitar rhythm.

4.   Yet he was so understated that any modest musical variation, like a key change or a shift in his guitar rhythm, arrived like a thunderclap.