There are some bands (Sebadoh, Pavement, Jesus & Mary Chain, Velvet Underground, etc.) who have not made an appearance here because in a way they are too obvious, or more precisely, because I’m lazy and when I think to post them, the thought of picking one song seems too daunting a task, so a reblog is a perfect excuse.
Every other line in this song could be the best line any other band has ever written:
“In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection, slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction…”
“I asked the painter why the roads are colored black./ He said, “Steve, it’s because people leave and no highway will bring them back…”
“So if you don’t want me I promise not to linger/ But before I go I gotta ask you dear about that tan line on your ring finger…”
“I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men’s room walls…”
The rest of the album is just as good. Absolute classic.
I won’t lie, this is the only Eric Matthews track that I really got into, but it still pops up in my head when I least expect… must be those trumpets.
“I think I misunderstood the magic of this town…”
Back in ‘94, I spent my freshman year NYE at an Avail show and it remains one of the best New Year’s nights I can remember. The best anthemic hardcore band ever? Probably. The best emo band ever? Maybe. (Emo hadn’t been appropriated by mascara-wearing teeny-boppers and wasn’t a bad word back then.)
(With apologies to Rites of Spring)
Possum Dixon - Watch The Girl Destroy Me
This is the only song I ever knew from this band but it still pops back up in my head every couple months. This is the original video which doesn’t highlight the singer’s crazy creepy blue eyes.
hey so now, this tumblr is still here- back from the dead, not quite the last goodbye, not yet.
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