Lyrics are not important to me. As a matter of fact, the poetry is the last thing I pay attention to when I listen to an album. David Bazan sings about finding girls gagged and bound. The Game raps about gangbanging and marijuana. Nobody knows what My Bloody Valentine is singing about. I don’t give a shit.
What I’m saying is that it’s rare that the lyrics of a song catch my attention on any level. But Yoni Wolf gets me every time. I’ve listened to this album about 13 times now, and I still don’t know if I could tell you what he’s talking about, but when I’m listening to it, he makes sense. You’ll get it.
And then there’s the music. Holy shit, the music. I don’t know how to make chords sound good anymore. WHY? just destroyed everything I thought I knew about chord progressions. I don’t get it.
Here is one song specifically authorized by a surprisingly friendly label rep.
Purchase The Hollows EP here. Alopecia is due March 11, 2008.
Comments 6
I totally understand what you mean… everything makes sense when you’re listening to it, I’m not a lyrics maniac also, but the harmony with no musical rules is amazing…. it is indeed a very fuckin’amazing LP for this year!
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 7:02 pm ¶When you listen to it, believe me, you’ll know if it your guts are still in place…
Cheers…
Why? big FAN
P.S. : Anticon is a great music label…
Posted 28 Jan 2008 at 7:04 pm ¶this cd rules
Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 2:50 am ¶y0 bruno, are you brazilian?
Posted 09 Feb 2008 at 8:49 am ¶The standout tracks for me on this record are Gnashville (because sometimes I claim to know a guy but I can’t tell you what his hands look like.) and Simeon’s Dilemma. They played The Media Club right after I started working there and it is by far the best show I had the chance to see there.
best,
Posted 24 Aug 2008 at 10:42 pm ¶ja
i just saw these guys last week at triple rock with tobacco and let me say it was a fucking experience. everyone has like 2-3 things going on per song, and i got to see someone play the drums with a maraca. that was crazy awesome
Posted 05 Oct 2008 at 3:20 pm ¶Post a Comment