I keep asking myself: "why this exact album at this exact time." Maybe two or three days before you sent this out, I started listening to American Water after giving it, not coincidentally, about a five year break. A dear friend of mine -- not one in your orbit -- starting sending me quotes from it around the same time. He's Scottish.
In the days leading up to an increasingly-less noteworthy republic flushing its dimming possibilities further down the bowl for a second time, this album took its fingernail and scratched an irregular seam in our literary and musical canvas. It sounds crazy -- but I think he was trying to tell us something through the gap. Wednesday morning, we knew what that was.
This right here is some incredible writing. It is a privilege to read.
But that last sentence. Unsettling. Disturbing. Haunting. It's already keeping me up at night. Is that praise or criticism? I don't know, which seems kind of fitting.
Hadn't ever heard this music before, but before 20 seconds even elapsed, I could tell this was some high quality shit. I love your take on how you view him. Thanks for writing.
I keep asking myself: "why this exact album at this exact time." Maybe two or three days before you sent this out, I started listening to American Water after giving it, not coincidentally, about a five year break. A dear friend of mine -- not one in your orbit -- starting sending me quotes from it around the same time. He's Scottish.
In the days leading up to an increasingly-less noteworthy republic flushing its dimming possibilities further down the bowl for a second time, this album took its fingernail and scratched an irregular seam in our literary and musical canvas. It sounds crazy -- but I think he was trying to tell us something through the gap. Wednesday morning, we knew what that was.
It's a tremendous essay -- thanks for writing it.
This right here is some incredible writing. It is a privilege to read.
But that last sentence. Unsettling. Disturbing. Haunting. It's already keeping me up at night. Is that praise or criticism? I don't know, which seems kind of fitting.
Hadn't ever heard this music before, but before 20 seconds even elapsed, I could tell this was some high quality shit. I love your take on how you view him. Thanks for writing.
Oh, I highly recommend every one of his records. You are in for a feast.