Monday, March 01, 2004
"They are not WITCHES, just spoiled little children, out on a lucky streak"
Aieght, I tend to do this a lot. Writing off bands before I really hear them, based on their label manufactured image and how everyone in the free world is latching on to them. I did it with the Beastie Boys after Check Your Head came out (even though i loved License to Ill and Paul's Boutique) which doesn't make much sense. I did it with the Grateful Dead cause they were acid lovin' hippies. I did it with the Sea and Cake and the Velvet Underground, and this list could go on forever. What is weird is how now, these bands that I thought were the fucking worst are on my list of favorite bands. I really dont get it at all.
Well, most recently I was on a kick of writing off all that pompous New New York shit. I still hate a lot of that crap and think most of it is a slap in the fucking teeth to the people who made that town cool in the first place (the Ramones, Television, VU, Talking Heads, Blondie, etc.). Within the last year I would bitch and moan to Darkness about how these illusionists had all the hipsters across the US dressing up, listing to this crap, fingering themselves, then taking pictures of it, then making one of those gay ass buttons with the picture, then bragging to their friends about how TIGHT it looked on their back-pack strap.
Well the cycle continued and again I was most wrong about one band....the LIARS. I specifically remember talking so much shit about them before hearing them, only based on shit that I had read about the men. Well I'll be damned, but everything I have by them has been excellent and I find myself really loving their music. Not to mention they came out with the Oneida split. Fuckin balls rock. Well that was all fine and dandy until they released their new record....They Were Wrong, So We Drowned . This record is probably going to be my favorite record of the year. I bought it 4 days ago and I have listened to it probably 10 times (not one of my exaggerations/truth expanders). Subject matter: Witches...Me: Boner! This record is totally FUCKED and I cant get enough of it! A lot of the reviews have said that it is a noise record, which is slightly true, but doesn’t even shine light on the fact that there are amazingly crafted songs under layers of non-guitar sounds. They have really pushed themselves this time and what shows is a record that will keep you enthralled for the full length of time it is on your turntable. I saw that Rolling Stone gave it a 1 star or something and I plan on writing a letter to them, inviting them to shove a boot up their ass just like the American Way. Their writers are gad-damned donkey fucks if they think this is a bad record. Actually they just didn’t understand it at all, the reviewer was probably scared in the corner with his thumb us his ass. Mojo gave a respectable review, but somewhat missed its magnitude. I suggest all who read this to go buy it right now. You will absolutely not be sorry. In fact you too will get a boner (or titty hard on).
Aieght, I tend to do this a lot. Writing off bands before I really hear them, based on their label manufactured image and how everyone in the free world is latching on to them. I did it with the Beastie Boys after Check Your Head came out (even though i loved License to Ill and Paul's Boutique) which doesn't make much sense. I did it with the Grateful Dead cause they were acid lovin' hippies. I did it with the Sea and Cake and the Velvet Underground, and this list could go on forever. What is weird is how now, these bands that I thought were the fucking worst are on my list of favorite bands. I really dont get it at all.
Well, most recently I was on a kick of writing off all that pompous New New York shit. I still hate a lot of that crap and think most of it is a slap in the fucking teeth to the people who made that town cool in the first place (the Ramones, Television, VU, Talking Heads, Blondie, etc.). Within the last year I would bitch and moan to Darkness about how these illusionists had all the hipsters across the US dressing up, listing to this crap, fingering themselves, then taking pictures of it, then making one of those gay ass buttons with the picture, then bragging to their friends about how TIGHT it looked on their back-pack strap.
Well the cycle continued and again I was most wrong about one band....the LIARS. I specifically remember talking so much shit about them before hearing them, only based on shit that I had read about the men. Well I'll be damned, but everything I have by them has been excellent and I find myself really loving their music. Not to mention they came out with the Oneida split. Fuckin balls rock. Well that was all fine and dandy until they released their new record....They Were Wrong, So We Drowned . This record is probably going to be my favorite record of the year. I bought it 4 days ago and I have listened to it probably 10 times (not one of my exaggerations/truth expanders). Subject matter: Witches...Me: Boner! This record is totally FUCKED and I cant get enough of it! A lot of the reviews have said that it is a noise record, which is slightly true, but doesn’t even shine light on the fact that there are amazingly crafted songs under layers of non-guitar sounds. They have really pushed themselves this time and what shows is a record that will keep you enthralled for the full length of time it is on your turntable. I saw that Rolling Stone gave it a 1 star or something and I plan on writing a letter to them, inviting them to shove a boot up their ass just like the American Way. Their writers are gad-damned donkey fucks if they think this is a bad record. Actually they just didn’t understand it at all, the reviewer was probably scared in the corner with his thumb us his ass. Mojo gave a respectable review, but somewhat missed its magnitude. I suggest all who read this to go buy it right now. You will absolutely not be sorry. In fact you too will get a boner (or titty hard on).
