I’ve never been this bad, can I tell you something?
Kill Her Freak Out
I’ve never felt so unworthy of loving
I hope you marry the girl from your hometown
And I’ll fucking kill her, and I’ll fucking freak out
Mate, this album just fucks, I don’t know what to tell you. It fucks hard.
AT LEAST IT’S THE PRADA TWO-PIECE THAT I’M TRIPPIN’ IN
I want your shield
I want your weapon
Gimme that bulletproof vest
And don’t forget I’m not susceptible to your nonsense
I’m a winnerNo falling for your charms
I Saw
No crash into your arms
Handful of coins
And a balled-up fist
Picking rubbish
Cleaning rubbish
Aw, man, Young fucking Fathers, dudes??
They’re up there with Janelle Monae as Necessary Evil legends – and given the cultural importance of this blog that essentially makes them musical legends of the past fifteen years – with a simply inscrutable back catalogue that now demands they’re expected to meet higher standards than their peers. Like, I really loved the RobinPlaysChords album, but am I unconsciously and immediately setting it against some of the greatest music of the century? This means artists like Young Fathers, Let’s Eat Grandma, and Janelle – the most golden of Gold Star Artists – are, unfortunately and perhaps unfairly, held to a higher standards than mere mortals like Lauren Auder.
YOU’RE ASKING ME MY SYMPTOMS, DOCTOR, I DON’T WANNA FEEL
I was born an open wound that only suicide could sow up
33 & golden
But I refuse that healing thread, I wanted God to look at us
And she whispers you sweet nothings, you hope it’s true enough
To keep you here ’til you give yourself up
Do you know what happens when you open an album with a line of delicious ideation like “I was born an open wound that suicide could sow up”? Do you know what door you prise open when you begin your album career with such a beautifully nihilistic suggestion like that? Do you know what you get if you awaken my never fully dormant but always pathetic Richey Edwards fandom??
You get what you deserve.
Which is my attention.
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, HAVE MERCY ON ME, TAKE THIS PAIN AWAY
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