Red Mosquito

Out of nostalgia and curiosity I listened to the new Say Anything album. It has some of the messiest, most uncomfortable-airing-of-dirty-laundry lyrics I've ever heard.

A tremendous amount of references to semen

I worship the ground beneath your splendid backside
Let it crown my eyes because

I'll always come for Sherri DuPree
I'll always come for Sherri DuPree
I'll always come for Sherri DuPree
These are my thoughts on cum

You botched her nut a jillion times
Now she's gonna get herself off
It may require an army of balls
Lined up by height, styles to your eye
Shot up in the stall with Sodium Pentothal
Bend over, drop trou and cough
Tonight, she's gonna get herself off

Several references to being (falsely?) accused of rape, plus the fact that his wife's sister (Stacy Dupree, of the band Eisley) reported his household to Child Protective Services due to apparent neglect

Snuggled up tight in the guts of your pod
Kanye, Marvel, Break-Up, Sherri flipped her lid
Her sister tried to take my kids
No, fuck that, her husband did

Accused me of rape so
I shattered four iPhones in a row
There's proof in my liver, so now like Rivers
I've got to get right back to The Good Life

Me and Conor will drink to our lawyer tonight
And never once mention how he also freed Cosby
He'd still take stacks to clean lies right off me
If the iceberg fits, it'll sink Say Anything
But Billy Zane shot himself, so will Darren King
Darren King, Darren King
Darren King, Google him

There's a song called "Woman's Song" that ends with the singer literally weeping as he sings about getting his daughter taken from him, followed by a weird "skit" where he talks to his wife about whether that song is too personal and weird

Wild stuff

The best and most amazing thing about all of that is the Weezer reference!

Enjoyed the heck out of Charli XCX's Brat

brat is amazing

chewm wrote:brat is amazing

It reminds me of How I'm Feeling Now with a touch of the pop formalism of Crash. Good stuff

Studio debut from Orebolo is out this week (very good even though most of the songs originate from their respective band histories), and Strand of Oaks has a new album that is pretty good - higher on synthesizers than his previous releases, and not as immediately infectious as In Heaven or Eraserland.

New record from Good Looks is nice.

My 2024 Top 10 at the half way mark:

1. Cowboy Carter - Beyonce
2. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
3. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee
4. Little Rope - Sleater-Kinney
5. Audio Vertigo - Elbow
6. What An Enormous Room - TORRES
7. What Now? - Brittany Howard
8. Hit Me Hard and Soft - Billie Eilish
9. Light Verse - Iron & Wine
10. Dark Matter - Pearl Jam

1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Charli XCX - BRAT
3. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here
4. Phil Geraldi - AM/FM USA
5. Rosie Tucker - UTOPIA NOW!
6. Nando García - Decir Amor
7. Bats - Good Game Baby
8. The Caraway - Our Brilliant Weekend
9. Gumshoes - Cacophony
10. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

shaping up to be a very good year for music imo

chewm wrote:1. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
2. Charli XCX - BRAT
3. Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here
4. Phil Geraldi - AM/FM USA
5. Rosie Tucker - UTOPIA NOW!
6. Nando García - Decir Amor
7. Bats - Good Game Baby
8. The Caraway - Our Brilliant Weekend
9. Gumshoes - Cacophony
10. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch

shaping up to be a very good year for music imo

Totally agree.

Also, looking forward to the Charli XCX record. Have it downloaded but haven't listened yet.

Oh! My top 10 for the first half:

10. Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope
9. Peter Garrett - The True North
8. J. Mascis - What Do We Do Now
7. Little Feat - Sam’s Place
6. Gary Clark, Jr. - JPEG RAW
5. Orebolo - Chateau
4. Beyoncé - Act II: Cowboy Carter
3. Shannon and the Clams - The Moon Is in the Wrong Place
2. The Black Keys - Ohio Players
1. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter

Save your lists until July!!!! We're not at the halfway point of the year yet!!!

*despairs, dies*

How many months is your calendar?

The halfway point is when June is over. When six months have actually passed

Though I guess this is like music mags posting their "best of the year" in early December

Fair enough.

Here's my top 10 on the random date of June 9th (not yet half way through the year):

1. Cowboy Carter - Beyonce
2. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
3. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee
4. Little Rope - Sleater-Kinney
5. Audio Vertigo - Elbow
6. What An Enormous Room - TORRES
7. What Now? - Brittany Howard
8. Hit Me Hard and Soft - Billie Eilish
9. Light Verse - Iron & Wine
10. Dark Matter - Pearl Jam

Guess it’s something like this

1. Pearl Jam Dark Matter
2. Billie Eilish - Hit Me…
3. Vince Staples - Dark Times
4. St Vincent - All Born..
5. Childish Gambino - Atavista

Very exited about Nick Cave, Lana Del Rey and hopefully Lorde and Rosalia delivering new stuff.

Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore
Ty Segall - Three Bells
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

Iron & Wine - Light Verse
IDLES - TANGK
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Chastity Belt - Live Laugh Love
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas

Jorge wrote:The halfway point is when June is over. When six months have actually passed

You have the 'tism, and it's bad.

Astigmatism? Yeah but it's not so bad. Only about 0.75 diopters