The greatest album of all time (in my opinion). Endlessly relistenable and I grow a new appreciation for each song with every listen. The lyrics are so harsh and funny, Glenn Kotche is an incredible drummer, Jim O'Rourke is a great guitar player.
It's the most entertaining album about a bitter breakup ever. Also no other album sounds like this album, if you fall in love with this, it'll soon break your heart that you can find nothing like it. You'll end up listening to this on repeat.
Jan 7, 2025
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"Why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird?
When it sings so sweet
The screaming, heaving fuckery of the world?"
the crooner's sophomore outing, finding beauty and hope amidst the end of the world
loved unreal unearth, loved the debut. but if you ask me, this is his strongest album. there's something about the imagery invoked in this album that is so specific, but feels so unique to him. that underwater cover art kinda encompasses that; normally when we think of wastelands, its just dry nothingness for miles. but this feels very "noah's ark flood" end of the world. the calm before the storm, the storm, and the aftermath
the VOCALS on this thing go apeshit btw
this also just has some of my favorite songs of his. MOVEMENT is criminally slept on. shrike is so bittersweet and beautiful. dinner & diatribes and almost (sweet music) are absolute jams. talk...? TALK?!! jesus christ. i can't listen to the title track without weeping. there's such a melancholy that almost makes me sick but it's like...the hug you'd want from a loved one as the world caves in
good time๐! emotional damage๐! have fun๐!
May 6, 2024
quite literally the only album I consider no-skip. It is cathartic like nothing else, perfectly tinning the feeling of scream crying in your car into 30 minutes of ethereal indie punk magic. The perfect soundtrack to breakdowns, breakups, spring evening make-outs, and foggy morning walks, it has a versatility most artists could only ever dream to achieve.
The album is bookended by it's two best tracks, with the titular opening track plunging you right into the emotional flurry of the album, and the final track, Split Me Open, gently reassuring you that despite your outcries 'nothing's gonna change'. A thoughtful listen will ride you up and down throughout, dizzying you like a 3rd set moshpit. This album makes me want to get crushed out like a moody high school punk all over again.
absolute magic, an all timer, will never go stale. MP rules OK
Apr 20, 2025
This album really changed my life when I heard it. It was at the exact right point in my life where I wanted to romanticize being sad and lonely and I wanted to Yearn!
Musically, this album has impacted me more than I realized. I was going through some old song ideas on my computer today and nearly all of them had blips and clicks panned hard left and right along with guitar and nursery rhyme melodies.
A very special record to me that I encourage you to revisit or check out for the first time love you so much seriously my page is the best I love my fans!!!
Dec 6, 2024
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The first two lines of the chorus:
'You can never be strong,
You can only be free'
Sums up everything great about Robert Pollard's songwriting. Drama, hope and disappointment.
Mar 7, 2025
I'm amazed no one else has mentioned the great Townes Van Zandt. This is my favourite of his, a beautiful voice and songwriter gone far too soon.
Mar 7, 2025
It's emblematic of everything that went wrong with disco but I love it so much.
Mar 4, 2025