May 03, 2004
club hits from the care bears universe.
pinback "penelope"
first off, "penelope" is a love song to a dead fish. i repeat, a dead fish. now that i've gotten that out of the way, i should mention it may be the most beautiful love song i've ever heard. pinback has a childlike quality them, and it's loopbased, like a lot of electronic/hiphop music, but it has little else in common with that genre. the loops are largely guitars, which makes them sound like, well... like pinback. handclaps and harmonies and hooks and and and constant slapping drumbeats. pinback is music to get hypnotized too.
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howard hello "the parasite"
this song feels like it started without you. like this room full of beautiful girls has been imitating morse code for an hour and you just opened the door and your jaw dropped, you fell on the floor laughing, wondering what the hell is going on. but by the end, you've joined in. doot doo doo doo doo. doot doo doo doo doo. this song is murdering my mind, and i like it.
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