this vs. arcade fire is v much a weigh-up of kids at a high school poetry contest, even if there's an obvious winner
I crave more luxury disposables
A beautiful gym to have a heart attack in
Human life and burial
Is as important as survivors make it
this is corny, and beyond that it's stretching too hard for profundity to land with the force it clearly wants to. show me a political line from this album that doesn't trot out a series of moot points with an aesthetic thinking cap on, and i'll go back to fireballing win butler's nose grease

The luxury disposables phrase isn't great (there's a difference between corny and sometimes inelegant tho) but yeah- I'm not gonna bother arguing with you on this because the way you've framed it makes where you're coming from clear. Almost all lyric writing consists of previously made points with an "aesthetic thinking cap on", whatever that means

It is self-stylishly Intelligent! Happy May 19th to you, notkanyewest

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, Johnny has a devious way with words

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean, there's a difference between being clunky and being embarrassing to the point of parody. I would say this very much veers toward clunky and has moments, that at least when heard within the song, land as dead-on poetic.



Not that End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*) isn't transcendent in a whole other way. Fucking hysterical. Fuck Season 5.

^^^ I agree with this and also find genuine sentiment ("Barely tried to get hired/don't look right, don't act right") where Johnny seems to find a put on. No accounting for taste I suppose

end of the empire is glorious and we are all blessed to have borne witness to it
should also clarify that i don't think these are bad lyrics across the board - a lot of the stuff firmly grounded in an individual perspective definitely speaks to me (yet another reason why the good half of Infinite Josh steals the show so beautifully). the band just ain't it when it comes to stretching that scope, wish they didn't feel the need to

Yeah that's a fair criticism and even though I like this record I prefer Always Foreign for that reason (less proggy, more personal-is-political)

aparently this is one of 8 albums to receive less than 2.5/5 from user kevbogz

Album Rating: 5.0

There's an ax for you

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this is the most epic magnum opus-y thing ever and I still swoon over the mere thought of it every couple weeks

Album Rating: 4.5

whats with you and that word

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Which one? I use epic, magnum opus, and swoon constantly haha.

what's the the smallest parvum opus that you know

'this is corny, and beyond that it's stretching too hard for profundity to land with the force it clearly wants to. show me a political line from this album that doesn't trot out a series of moot points with an aesthetic thinking cap on, and i'll go back to fireballing win butler's nose grease'

most profound lyrics are exceedingly simple and not cloying verbose wankitude

Album Rating: 4.0

Carpets were cleaner then to sit and relax,



Now there's streets and apartments and a federal tax

Album Rating: 4.0

Invading the World is such a beautiful song. Some tracks here are plain incredible

Album Rating: 5.0

Still in rotation

Album Rating: 5.0

I do agree the We Saw Birds is much better lyrically for that very reason

ope, it's been 1 year and several days since I listened to this. It's still only mildly grating while also still being kind of fun?