Classic late 90s screamo/hardcore. Listened to this LP twice in a row on Saturday while doing one million pushups, still hits. There was a moment, during "Butterflies", when I realized I was listening to a song about a friend who had died, that I had listened to a bunch of times with my friend Danny who died last year, in the very room in which we had probably last listened to it; and I felt like my heart had migrated to the front of my skull and was about to explode. But I breathed, got a good clear picture of Danny in my head, said "Hey, it's great to see you, I love you," and did some more pushups. My therapist would be proud.
Track listing:
1. January Twenty Second
2. Enoch Ardon
3. Fashion Cowboys
4. The Houngen
5. Butterflies
6. Mittens and Muzzles
7. Bless the Printing Press
8. The Lottery
9. Dying on Cue
10. Conjecture
11. Hills Have Eyes
12. Transfer Zounds
13. Hand Me Complaints Please
14. Rubberneck Telepathy
15. Idle Adolescents
16. Twenty Second Example of Repetitive Nature
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I appreciate your sharing the "Butterflies" experience. I know it wasn't meant as advice necessarily but what a great example of what to do. Thank you
ReplyDeleteWow, DS, your mini-story there touched my heart. I have lost a friend to The Void, myself. Some music does that to me, as well. Though I never listened to music from this scene, I feel inclined to check it out. Thanks for opening up as you do here.
ReplyDeleteThe cover art for the album is from a Spanish horror/giallo film called “The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll”
ReplyDeleteA ridiculously great record, first purchased after hearing them on the 403 Comp, then repurchased a couple years back for a two-spot. Shit still hits ridiculously hard.
ReplyDeleteLike you say, we get up, and we fall, and then we get up again.
ReplyDeleteMostly, we fall.
But thanks to you, and people like you, there's always beautiful music playing in the background.
i love this blog SO much. not just the music but also the stories. there are a number of entries that i've thought about many times over. this is one of them. i read it a few days ago, and my heart glowed up. i read it again the next day and here i am again re-reading it, so i figured i would finally comment after all these years to let you know that your voice really makes a difference here, Dear Spirit. thank you for sharing all you do.
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