Monday, September 15, 2025

Reversal of Man - This Is Medicine (1999)


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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1 comment:

  1. 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

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