Self Defense Family
Indoor Wind Chimes b/w Cottaging


4.5
superb

Review

by danielito19 USER (29 Reviews)
December 15th, 2014 | 69 replies


Release Date: 2014 | Tracklist

Review Summary: My body got boring/ it was bound to happpen/ sex got stale/ that's the way it happens

Indoor Wind Chimes / Cottaging (aka Scotland) is easily the best of the Island series released thus far. Patrick Kindlon and gang embrace their post-punk influences heartily, with Kindlon dangerously close to singing actual notes. Scotland departs from the previous "banger/droner" structure employed on the two previous Island Singles and instead both songs exhibit similar agendas.

Indoor Wind Chimes features a galloping triple meter underneath Kindlon's musings. It's one of the Family's more outright catchy tracks, with Kindlon emulating real notes by yelling with varied intensity. The song eventually devolves into a chant of "No reason to feel any way about it." On previous Island Singles, the B-side was considerably weaker than the A-side. Here, this is not the case. Cottaging is one of Self Defense Family's best songs. Kindlon paints a picture of a fractured marriage further strained by the "cheat but no mistresses" clause. The repeated chorus and slow build underneath is likely the best moment the collective has crafted to date.

Scotland just might be my favorite 7" record of all time.



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BMDrummer
December 15th 2014


15096 Comments


band rules, been meaning to jam all of their EPs

YakNips
December 15th 2014


20098 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

jam this one bcuz it rules

danielito19
December 15th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

http://40.media.tumblr.com/374cd2ea639cec5f5053a58a8c4f4dfe/tumblr_nfvyxrWLY91qjw5hno1_500.jpg



http://41.media.tumblr.com/7271f5688fed0d5985fac4a7c8991c35/tumblr_nfw1len6ji1qjw5hno1_500.jpg



everyone look at my vinyl

Malenchanted
December 15th 2014


6 Comments


ep of the year

danielito19
December 15th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

agreed hard



plus try me is album of the year



so when you think about it self defense family is clearly band of the year

YakNips
December 15th 2014


20098 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

nah but it is an ep that came out this year that does rule

Malenchanted
December 15th 2014


6 Comments


i mean fuck these songs are some of the best they've ever done

danielito19
December 15th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I think if I were to do top 5 SDF tracks



1. I'm Going Through Some Shit

2. Aletta

3. Cottaging

4. Turn the Fan On

5. Indoor Wind Chimes

Malenchanted
December 15th 2014


6 Comments


swap Aletta out for Nail House Music and that's pretty accurate

YakNips
December 15th 2014


20098 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

nah danny got it

danielito19
December 15th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Nail House Music, Tithe Pig, Mistress Appears at a Funeral are all also top-notch SDF



somebody pos me so this ghost neg hurts my feelings less

BMDrummer
December 15th 2014


15096 Comments


i bet futures ghost negged

danielito19
December 15th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

lmao that was my first thought actually

BMDrummer
December 15th 2014


15096 Comments


not even 50 views when i commented so it was probably someone like that

BMDrummer
December 16th 2014


15096 Comments


omg this is so good

YakNips
December 16th 2014


20098 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

lol right

danielito19
December 16th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

you got that right bmd!

BMDrummer
December 16th 2014


15096 Comments


oh hey hep sighting

danielito19
December 16th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

caroline corrigan is not on this. I think Kai does backing vox on Cottaging though



also fuck why so many negs? please tell me how to improve.

danielito19
December 16th 2014


12251 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

gracias. I'm assuming it's either someone who thought this was too short or Futures/some other random I pissed off



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