Circle Takes the Square Decompositions: Volume Number One
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Aids
December 23rd 2012


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dude have you not learned your lesson? you probably shouldn't share photos of yourself with us.

remember the dinosaur fiasco? haha, careful bud.

auberginedreams
December 23rd 2012


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Album Rating: 4.5

"spare me the Red House Painters haha, I got them too"



lol that was gonna be the next band i rec'd. hmmm i guess sun kil moon but you've probably heard them too. death cab's "we have the facts" has a lot of slowcore influence (apparently low was a big influence on ben at the time.) that's all i can think of right now for some reason haha.



auberginedreams
December 23rd 2012


6626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

there is a v-neck under that flannel actually lol.

auberginedreams
December 23rd 2012


6626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@aids yeah true but everyone already has a much funnier picture of me already (the dinosaur one.)

Aids
December 23rd 2012


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I've heard Sun Kil Moon yeah, but I thought they were boring. I'm actually gonna give them another shot soon-ish. and yeah that Death Cab album is alright, not what I'm looking for though. it's cool though, Low will suffice for now.

auberginedreams
December 23rd 2012


6626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i'm not sure which album you have by them but songs about leaving by carissa's wierd is my favorite slowcore album.

treeqt.
December 23rd 2012


16970 Comments


try some side-/undercut and obscure glasses or something

Aids
December 23rd 2012


24512 Comments


yeah aub I have that one, but I haven't listened to it yet. I feel like I might be overplaying Low so I'm gonna give that one a go when I'm done with this album.

thanks treelover, hug a tree for me, k?

treeqt.
December 23rd 2012


16970 Comments


will do mate

Emim
December 23rd 2012


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so slowcore is a thing now huh

RetroSpective
December 23rd 2012


822 Comments


Wtf is slowcore

Emim
December 23rd 2012


35441 Comments


fucking stupid, that's what

someguest
December 23rd 2012


30126 Comments


a genre for people with gaping anusi

someguest
December 23rd 2012


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'bout as intense as the late night scissoring sessions the lesbo broad in this group has with her bleeding female fans

GiaNXGX
December 23rd 2012


5396 Comments


shut up someguest Slowcore rules, Sadcore is fucking stupid.

someguest
December 23rd 2012


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Luckily, I've never been desperate enough to use either of the fucking stupid terms.

GiaNXGX
December 23rd 2012


5396 Comments


there's this singer-songwriter called 'S,' she's hot but her music blows and her 'sadcore' image is retarded. Look for her----

someguest
December 23rd 2012


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hahahaha she has an album titled Puking And Crying.

Aids
December 23rd 2012


24512 Comments


"so slowcore is a thing now huh"

since the early 90s pretty much but yeah

don't look at me, I didn't coin the term

Aids
December 23rd 2012


24512 Comments


taken from Rateyourmusic.com cause there's no way I could do a halfway decent job of explaining it:

"The music of Slowcore artists is generally characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements. With its roots in the late 1980s, it crystallized as a distinct genre in the early and mid '90s under the helm of critically acclaimed groups such as Galaxie 500, Low, and Codeine, despite remaining little-known to this day.

One of the figureheads of the genre, Low, have claimed that their quiet and minimal style came about in part as a rebellion against the loud and aggressive alternative rock and grunge sounds popular in the early 1990s. The band is said to have reacted to noisy and inattentive audiences by turning the volume down.

The genre was arguably shaped by a variety of musical influences that made it distinct from Indie Rock, including the progressive Indie Rock / Folk Rock genre-blending of American Music Club (often considered the earliest example of Slowcore); the minimal and gloomy tendencies of such Contemporary Folk luminaries as Leonard Cohen; the slow, skeletal Post-Punk found on the likes of The Cure's Faith and Pornography albums; and the shimmering atmospheres and melodies of Dream Pop. In turn, Slowcore's influence can be seen in the development of the Post-Rock genre."



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