Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo
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DBlitz
January 14th 2011


1693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Intro: A song about the birth of a thought in the head of a man.



Same Shade as Concrete: Our man begins to question Religion and the validity of god. in this process, a new idea is sparked...



Crowquill: Man (let's just call him Jerry for the lovely sake of reference) decides that he will kill himself. He will end his own life to find out if god exists. He writes a note (Or a crow-quilled threnody) and plans for his departure.



In The Nervous Light: Jerry goes down a path of recollection before his death. He silences himself, closes his eyes, takes a breath and jumps out the window. But our friend Jerry didn't think the whole thing through. He regrets his decision on the way down, but it's too late.



Interview at the Ruins: Jerry is no more. The living public is temporarily alive with excitement over the recent suicide, since it gives them something to talk about. Jerry is buried.



Non-Objective Portrait of Karma: The entire opening is to signify ascension. Jerry was successful, and he is indeed rising to heaven above. But when he arrives, he doesn't like what he sees. You see, heaven isn't all its cracked up to be. It is full of terrible things, angels who feast upon your energy because God is corrupt, and that's how he runs the place.



Kill the Switch: Longest song on the album for a reason. This song is about the murder of God. Jerry forms a mutiny. Everyone in heaven takes down the corruption that is God to try and acheive a true utopia, a perfect society. But they forget that perfection cannot really exist, since the definition of something so abstract varies. Heaven had always needed a leader. So they appointed our friend Jerry to take the place of God.



A Crater to Cough In: Notice the similarities between this track and the first? Of course you do. Thats because its a form of rebirth. Jerry is God. But over time, he becomes just as corrupt with power. It becomes cyclical. The angels stage a mutiny against Jerry at the end, and he is, in turn, killed again in the search for perfection. As jerry is dying for the second time, he is again full of regret. But there is nothing he can do but accept what he had become and fade into memory.







cute interpretation

DanteCuomo
January 14th 2011


381 Comments


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Avirov
January 14th 2011


1206 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's not a summary review, it's an interpretation of the album.

DanteCuomo
January 14th 2011


381 Comments


Are you really that dense?

Bitchfork
January 15th 2011


7581 Comments


Intro: A song about the birth of a thought in the head of a man.

Same Shade as Concrete: Our man begins to question Religion and the validity of god. in this process, a new idea is sparked...

Crowquill: Man (let's just call him Jerry for the lovely sake of reference) decides that he will kill himself. He will end his own life to find out if god exists. He writes a note (Or a crow-quilled threnody) and plans for his departure.

In The Nervous Light: Jerry goes down a path of recollection before his death. He silences himself, closes his eyes, takes a breath and jumps out the window. But our friend Jerry didn't think the whole thing through. He regrets his decision on the way down, but it's too late.

Interview at the Ruins: Jerry is no more. The living public is temporarily alive with excitement over the recent suicide, since it gives them something to talk about. Jerry is buried.

Non-Objective Portrait of Karma: The entire opening is to signify ascension. Jerry was successful, and he is indeed rising to heaven above. But when he arrives, he doesn't like what he sees. You see, heaven isn't all its cracked up to be. It is full of terrible things, angels who feast upon your energy because God is corrupt, and that's how he runs the place.

Kill the Switch: Longest song on the album for a reason. This song is about the murder of God. Jerry forms a mutiny. Everyone in heaven takes down the corruption that is God to try and acheive a true utopia, a perfect society. But they forget that perfection cannot really exist, since the definition of something so abstract varies. Heaven had always needed a leader. So they appointed our friend Jerry to take the place of God.

A Crater to Cough In: Notice the similarities between this track and the first? Of course you do. Thats because its a form of rebirth. Jerry is God. But over time, he becomes just as corrupt with power. It becomes cyclical. The angels stage a mutiny against Jerry at the end, and he is, in turn, killed again in the search for perfection. As jerry is dying for the second time, he is again full of regret. But there is nothing he can do but accept what he had become and fade into memory.



cute interpretation






nice job ctrl+vi-ing something from amazon

DBlitz
January 15th 2011


1693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

no shit i copy/pasted it from somewhere, it was never meant to look like it was my own interpretation



i found it and commented on it, saying it's a cute interpretation

Bitchfork
January 15th 2011


7581 Comments


are you really that dense

Defeater
January 15th 2011


5780 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Album Rating: 5




nope

Bitchfork
January 15th 2011


7581 Comments


defeater and i agree on something for once

Defeater
January 15th 2011


5780 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

That's cool I guess.



I'm listening to Meddle so I'm not really 'there'.

DBlitz
January 15th 2011


1693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

are you really that dense




I GUESS

Josh D.
January 15th 2011


18258 Comments


Great.

dr2den
January 15th 2011


1342 Comments


shaq

Josh D.
January 15th 2011


18258 Comments


check out the bottom post. bringing tastelessness to a new level:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9210093019839949880&postID=2716181329440295451


You're a cool guy.

DanteCuomo
January 15th 2011


381 Comments


Are you really that dense?

TMobotron
January 15th 2011


7253 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Ive probably listened to this album more than any other album, which unfortunately led to this growing off me for the longest time. But im listening again a lot these days and its as good as ever. I fucking love it.

WeepingBanana
January 15th 2011


11396 Comments


this grew off me a bit

3.5'd

OutOfMyself
January 15th 2011


688 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9210093019839949880&postID=2716181329440295451


Christ, that's fucked up.



Bitchfork
January 15th 2011


7581 Comments


an understandable rating.

fun fact - if you pull the headphones about a quarter of the way out of your iPod so that you can't hear the vocals it sounds like a big mash of noise-rock.

TMobotron
January 16th 2011


7253 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I understand the hate this album gets and see why it's a really polarizing album, but I'm really happy I'm in the group that loves it.



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