Sanguine giving me advice over drinks over and over again and it just kept going straight right over and over my head, and I would try to lie and hide to get over and over on them “Why would you lie to your friend?” I can’t make everyone and myself happy. I’m so fucking over it.
No mentions of where I am or where I’m going, or who I’m seeing or how I’m feeling.
This isn’t the last part, it’s just the next, and what comes next is the ultimatum: do I choose my love or my friend that hates them? Don’t @ me, and don’t tag me. I don’t wanna listen to your complaining. You run your fingers like you run your mouth. Shut the fuck up.
Who’s right, who's wrong?
And just when I think things can’t get any worse, they always fucking do. I fucking hate you. You ruined my life. I just want my iPod back. I’m calm, it's fine, it's okay.
Here comes my father; hot and bothered and full of lager. I’m not your daughter. Every single piano, every man in my life.
Music to my ears to hear you shake your spear at me about religion, sex and politics you don’t know shit about and how the color of my skin means I can’t be depressed. The black boy better grab on to those boot straps.
The dry, wry encouragement of “roll up your sleeves” and “pick yourself up” gets exaggerated and emphasized when they’re used to fix my mental health. I’m not a leaky faucet or a loose screw. I’m an inch away from you, face to face and we still can’t see eye to eye.
Now I'm on the bathroom floor with a chair to the door, the only thing keeping you from killing me.
Banging. Screaming. Gary Barbera commercials on the TV. “My father did it to me, that's just how I was raised” “My mother did it to me, that's just how I was raised” Abuse is always disguised as “that’s how I was raised”
“Well...what are you, gay?” No, I just don’t like sports. “Well...what are you, stupid?” No, I just don’t understand math. “Well...what are you, weak?” No, I just don’t want to fight. “What is wrong with you?” I don’t know, I need you to help me.
Romance of Affliction somehow makes an old genre feel brand new. Amazing. I would have swore this album was from 2005 if I didn't see with my own eyes it wasn't. SYSC takes everything good about mid-00s metalcore and brings it into the modern day, leaving behind the trash. It's a pure distillation of the genre with brilliant structure, pacing, and lyrics. The album ebbs and flows, letting emotions swell before punching in with some of the most intense passages I've heard in a while. rettisawesome
Even for this genre the sheer intensity of this album always manages to floor me. Might not be the most unique album under the sun but it doesn't have to be; the performances are tight and ferocious, the songwriting is dynamic and explosive, the production is crushing, it's just all things to a mathcore fan. napalmsatan
The latest from Vein, who—since 2016—have earned a rep through intense live shows; 11 songs of dark, emotional & chaotic metallic hardcore. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 19, 2018
The mix of shoegaze, punk, and noise from this Seattle band is notable for its urgency and bright, foregrounded vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 9, 2023
Five heady, "studio-as-instrument" reworks of tracks from the New England band's excellent 2017 debut, "The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves." Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 6, 2023