Çarşamba 17 Mar 2010, 13:08
Art is always convoluted, and if its personal stuff, which it almost always is, (let’s just say that it is) – then it’s really convoluted. It’s not like watching the entire season of a dodgy soap opera, because that stuff is really black & white and not particularly subjective, it’s fairly predictable – it is what it is.
With “art” it’s a snippet of a much larger narrative. It becomes vague and interpretive to the audience. For its creators it’s a masterbatory and self serving exercise.
But I’d prefer for an artist or band to write/make/create/draw/design things that are personal and find an audience by its own merits, rather than shitty formulatestuff that become just that – stuff; disposable stuff.
Anyway, this comp is kinda of about that, but more so emo/post-hardcore bands that do write long winded convoluted songs, some are pretty easy to understand; others are like that snippet thing.
A Side
01 Knapsack – Balancing Act
02 Cap'n Jazz – Little League
03 Cursive – Dispenser
04 Everyone Talked About You – Everyone Talked About You
05 Lemuria – Pants
06 The Promise Ring – Deep South
07 Excuse 17 – Hope You Feel Bad
08 Jimmy Eat World – Digits
09 Pop Unknown – Head in the Sand
10 The Weakerthans – Letter of Resignation
11 Drum;Kan – I Know
12 The Get-Up Kids – Coming Clean
13 Superchunk – June Shows
14 Kill Whitey – When You’re Not Here
B Side
01 Jawbreaker – I Want
02 Discount – Clap & Cough
03 Pink Razors – Geometric Park
04 Samiam – Bad Day
05 Coue Method –The Winners Are the Losers
06 AVAIL – The Falls
07 How Water Music – It’s Hard to Know
08 Mid Youth Crisis – After You My Friend
09 Pegboy – Through My Fingers
10 Seaweed – Kid Candy
11 Fireside – Interlace
12 A Death in the Family – Falling Like the Plague
13 Latterman – He’s a Good Sposato (I Love You Blue-Blue)
14 Iron Chic - Time