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Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

oh and the room is v dark too

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Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

heavy metal drummer is the poppiest song theyve ever done why is is smack dab in the middle of their most impenetrable record im so high

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

wait wait wait its actually the perfect song at the perfect time i mean the record obliterates the listener with dissonance and noise and then blam you get hit in the face with some cask strength pop its great

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

lets the listener know that the band could go any which way but right now theyre just going through a weird experimental phase

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

the way poor places starts off sparsely and slowly adds instruments and sounds during three consecutive verses and it builds up and up and up and instead of the gigantic chorus we expect we get a relatively quiet chorus with just organ voice and a light acoustic guitar strumming and it only happens once leaving us wanting more

wheres my lighter

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

subverting expectations all over the dang place

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

im hungry

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

i have convinced myself that the verses in i am trying to break your heart are all supposed to be addressed to the same person but years go by between verses and i also just scraped and smoked a resin ball so

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

you were right about the stars/each one is a setting sun


bruuhhhh

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

baka fwocka fwame posted:

ive never heard this album was it a good experience op

it was it was i mean the whole "american radiohead" thing was way off but for a moment there about 21 or so years ago both bands converged on similar tones so i get it

coincidentally i am high again i mean just mad puzzled

Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

Sherbert Hoover posted:

"guy who's into wilco" will forever be a well-defined type of guy to me

ii guess thats me

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Happy Hippo

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Batman's Shameful Secret > BSS Derailed Thread: Spider-Island

so i bought the 11lp box set of yankee hotel foxtrot thinking that i would never have to buy another copy of this record but welp

https://www.roughtrade.com/us/product/wilco/crosseyed-strangers-an-alternate-yankee-hotel-foxtrot-2

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