Holy crudbutt, I haven’t posted anything since August 21st. My bad!
This is Converge’s new single and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I don’t actually have an opinion at all. Listen to it. Tell me what you think.
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You did, Flynt Flossy. Quite a few times, in fact.
Keep the production values high, Turquoise Jeep!
Do I speak Korean? No, I do not.
Do I need to speak Korean to like this video? No, I do not.
Do I have any idea of what the hell is going on in this video? No, I do not.
Do I love the living hell out of this thing? Yes, I do.
“We’re self-thinking survivors here…just like you.”
Well now doesn’t that just say it all.
This is the fourth Gathering of the Juggalos film I’ve posted here on The Black Laser. It is remarkable how time flies when you aren’t paying attention, isn’t it? This year’s crapfest clocks in at a lean 23:15, nearly four minutes shorter than last year’s abortion.
“Nothing but endless love over here.”
I wonder what possesses those who make these videos. Do they think, “How badly can I do something? How poor can my taste be? What is the most awful creative decision I can make?” Does Sugar Slam wake up in the morning and think, “What I do has creative merit. I am contributing to this world.”
The video looks like something an impaired 13 year old in sweats would dream up. I just can’t imagine being the sort of person to whom this would speak. Oh yes, I am so excited that the Psychopathic Boner Clowns are performing! Rap parties in the woods? Great! Being spoken to like I am a retard? Thanks!!
And then you see the line-up and are forced to consider that this is where a career goes to die. Sure, the Psychopathic Records roster is there, but they actually have other people you have heard of. Why would anyone choose to do this to themselves?
Holy shit! Mushroomhead is playing?!? I just ordered my tickets.
Because, I don’t know, I love this song so enjoy it. That’s it.
I recently fell back into Thrice in a big way. They were a band I listened to regularly around 2002, but they sort of dropped off my radar after that. The Illusion of Safety is still an amazing record, but as a thing that I am aware of they sort of disappeared. Maybe I was listening to too much grindcore and futurepop. Who knows. My friend Mia posted a Thrice video on her Facebook a month or so ago and I thought, “Damn, why haven’t I seen what this band is up to?” I went onto Spotify and saw they’d put out a record last year. Boom. Done.
And it is incredible. The record is lightyears away from The Illusion of Safety’s hardcore stylings. I recently commented on the Twitters that if you wanted to understand what the term “post hardcore” meant, then listen to Thrice’s newest record Major/Minor. They’ve taken their hardcore roots and let them mature into a sound that is not hardcore, but is informed by hardcore in a major way. It’s a grown up album for Thrice and perfectly suits them. They are not the young dudes who wrote The Illusion of Safety more than a decade ago and Major/Minor reflects that.
It’s a solid record and you should listen to it right now.