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Not as much time tonight, but lets see if we can finish Low Teens so that we can remove one full album from the list.

The Coin Has A Say: *forgets to turn volume down before playing song* Okay, I really should remember which band this is by now...

One of the more intense songs from the band, so its not exactly my favorite... still some good lyrics here though.

I will aimlessly wander this wasteland
Guided only by a sickness, not a purpose

Thats the right level of sadness for me. And while I wouldnt say fuck these people, fuck this place is one of his better lines, it could be nice when Im in an angrier mood.



Religion of Speed: The longest song [the band has] ever done. Alright; only a little over five minutes, so its not long though I suppose most of their songs do tend to be on the short side.

This isnt bad. Im not finding any lyrics Im especially drawn to, but theres no points that I dislike either. Likely an upper-mid tier song for the band. (Also, its tamer than most of their songs, so Im going to guess this is the only clean song on the album)



Just as Real but Not as Brightly Lit: This mixture of anger, darkness, and sorrow pleases me. Bit too intense to listen to on a regular basis, but itd be very welcome on some angrier playlists. 70-ish points.

1977: I think this is the weakest song on the album (thus far at least). No lyrics that really appeal to me (theres a reference to the Devil which... I guess is something, but its fairly minor) and it doesnt do anything really different musically to stand out. Its certainly not badI dont mind listening to it.

Map Change: The inescapable reality of existential depression.. Well, this song has potential.

Ehh... 60 points, maybe? I think I like this.

Skin Without Bones: Another in the the intensity makes it a bit hard to stay awake pilethough there is a brief part where the shouting is faint, distant, and echo-y. That was unique enough to wake me up.

Nothing Visible ; Ocean Empty: Its fine, not any real response to it.



Not a bad album. Had more songs that I liked than I was expecting it to, so it was well worth listening to, thank you.

Moving on... I think Ill try some Gunship. They werent nominated by anyone, but since I listened to rwlhs nomination of a deconstructed Eleanor Rigby, YouTube felt I should listen to their synth version of Eleanor Rigby and I said to myself, I want more synth in my life, remind me to try one or two of their most popular songs later.

So... lets try that, I guess.

Gunship - Tech Noir: The intro got my hopes way up with that spoken word intro (by celebrity guest John Carpenter, no less!), but the main singer doesnt really appeal to me and I ultimately do not like this. Good idea, great intro, but... no.

Gunship (featuring Indiana & Tim Cappello) - Dark All Day: Good title, amazing intro, and a guest saxophonist. This song is trying quite hard to push as many of my buttons as possible.

But, Im still not really into the lead singer of Gunship... I love every part of the song except the verses, which makes it hard to really score. Not that Ive been giving scores to many songs anyway. Well, lets say I mostly like it; doubt Ill get much out of other Gunship songs thoughif I dont want to hear the singer, then I dont want to hear the singer.

(There may be some value in asking Spotify for similar songs though. This synthwave thing feels like a genre I need a bit more of.)



While Im going through things i added to the list myself that no one wanted me to hear, i might as well hit the last of Throwing Coppers bonus songs.

Live - We Deal In Dreams: Definitely not their best work. But then, I didnt like most of their songs on the first listen, so I suppose it might improve if I kept listening to it.



Something different... Spotify thinks Stone the Crow is Downs most popular song and Im supposed to listen to that eventually, so lets hit that one before bed:

Down - Stone the Crow: No one can share this hurt that is mine, mine, mine is certainly blunt alright. Not a bad song, though I think I actually preferred New Orleans Is a Dying Whore.
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