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Japanese Post-rock band. This song is devastatingly good. It literally HURTS to listen to it because it sounds TOO beautiful. I love the video so much too. Not even gonna say more just watch it
Feb 24, 2025
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Well boy do I have the song for you:
Jan 20, 2025
Itâs such an uncompromising song, it tackles grief and the processing of it in a vulnerable but ultimately human way. The production (credit to Benjamin Booker & Kenny Segal) is unsettling but warm, like you know that it can only get better but you have to just sit and deal with the discomfort of your current situation in order to get there.
Thereâs a delicate piano melody that fades in and out of the mix alongside the faint hum of a guitar making what is in concept a experimental rap song into something different, the ârappingâ is more like spoken word poetry. Benjamin Bookers intro despite being repetitive due to his relaying of âI was only a dove, only in loveâ is made so powerful due to how worn out and whispery his voice is, like itâs a memory of a loved one haunting you.
Which in turn fades into billy woodsâ verse which reads more like poetry than a rap verse. Some of my favourite lines being: âThey called like "Come now, he doesn't have long to live", I dress slowly, Came back that night and took my baby out the crib so I could hold himâ or âLocked doors never had a key but you test the handle occasionally, God forbid it swing openâ âAttic stairs broken, don't go up there, From the windows i watch the diggers disappear in soft wet earth, Dinner served, i waited for my guests, long table set.â Itâs so bleak but perfectly describes the little moments of discomfort you feel when losing someone and I think it works perfectly combined with how minimalistic the production is.
The closing segment from ELUCID is a lot grander in scale and thematically darker, the production starts to get corrupted with static crackles slowly consuming each layer of the instrumental whilst ELUCID foretells the impending end. Itâs a sucker punch that catches you out but it works due to how the song is structured all the emotions caused by loss are only told about up until this point and ELUCIDs part represents the listener tackling them head-on. Itâs uncomfortable and youâll probably skip it on relisten (hell I often do) but I think itâs purpose is so powerful and as a whole the song is incredibly thought provoking.
Apr 13, 2025
Simple, stunning, monstrous, beautiful, melancholic, serene, crushing yet somehow hopeful. My absolute favourite music video; I watch it often.
Jan 31, 2025
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Like Bruce Springsteen
Jan 24, 2024
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When the bar or venue or whatever is underground and you have to descend into the place because you can say some shit like âWe are entering the seedy underbelly of this wicked cityâ âYou know,â *cig drag* âcrime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.â
And then your friends can be like âViv, you canât smoke inside Dude also where the fuck did you find a pipe and a fedora What are you even sayingâ Giving you the opportunity to respond with a
âBeat it toots, youâre too pretty for these streets anyhowâ
Then you remember your friend already offered to pay for the Uber XL home and you have like 11 bucks so you drop the bit but the sentiment is still there below the surface
Jan 29, 2024