loved the intro, one of the ways i explain the difference between death metal and black metal to people who ask, is that death metal bands tend to have aggro names like Carcass, Bloodbath, and Autopsy whereas black metal bands tend to have atmospheric names like Immortal, Sigh, and Woe. and the music itself generally follows along with that pattern. and people sort of instinctively understand what that means, without me needing to explain stuff like tremolo picking and blast beats and shit.
i do love a good curveball like Weekend Nachos, though
i dunno, even when i was doing poetry workshops in college i was too embarrassed to bring in angsty poems about LA (which i totally wrote, so i get it, but there's a reason i never shared those with anyone)
as someone who really likes poetry and doesn't think it is inherently pretentious to write and release poetry, no, this is bad. just completely self-absorbed and full of boring cliches, and i heard nothing that i haven't heard many times before. this poem is supposedly a love letter to LA, yet it has nothing unique or interesting to say about the city itself at all, just a whole bunch of navel gazing about how i love the city but it doesn't love me back but that's okay because i'm from nowhere but the city is like the sun, no wait it's like a lover, no wait it's like the ocean. nah, this is some boring ass Instagram poetry bullshit.
i think "Mouthful of Cavities" is my favorite on Soup. when the drums and sludgy riffs come in on the back half and the song flips from tender to menacing on a dime. and "Car Seat" is creepy as fuck.
how is "Recite Remorse" not on anyone's list so far? especially that demo version! my picks:
10. Swan Dive
09. Summer of Love
08. Never Been Wrong
07. Grey Hair
06. Witches
05. Hell
04. Lilacs
03. Can't Do Much
02. Recite Remorse (Demo)
01. La Loose
"make him eat me out while I watch anime" is a boring re-write of one of my favorite Lil Kim lines: "got buffoons eating my pussy while i watch cartoons"
this is actually a really dope song, Creed sings it karaoke during one of the Xmas parties, right in that psych/power-pop sweet spot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33r0_DeuHX4
the new Princess Nokia was pretty disappointing, i had high hopes for her after loving 1992 Deluxe, but the whole Chance the Rapper meets Hot Topic thing is just... nah.
