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April 27, 2005
Dentist, appalled
Liars - You Know I hate Stupid Phones
This is quintessential early Liars (actually this song was recorded even before "They Threw Us All In a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top") in that it feels like rolling around on a section of the ocean floor that's riddled with sea urchins (does anyone buy that simile?). Let me try again: if I held a party modeled after this song, it would be filled with lots of jerky, interpretive dancing, decorations made of cardboard, and cocktails consisting solely of whiskey, beer, and vinegar mixed in varying proportions. It's that good!
Here is my study guide for 'You Know I Hate Stupid Phones'- pay careful attention to the movement of the bass, it's akin to a gigantic boulder propped up by a sliver of oak, waiting to fall down the slope and roll right into your backyard. Aaron's guitar is shrill (s.o.p. for pre-'they were wrong...' Liars) and alternately stabbing and pulsating. Angus' lyrics here are some of his best: "I had an average dream/two black bears after me/I was moving slow//I dove into a stream/but bears can swim fast in dreams/I saw my sixth uncle's house/but it didn't look like his house/I didn't care/I always wanted to touch a bear"- and who can't empathize with wanting to grab a fistful of a giant carni(omni?)vore's fur?
I personally cannot fucking wait to hear what Liars' new album is like- Aaron has been promising more details on the band's website for the past month, so maybe there'll be some news soon. Given what they told Pitchfork a while ago, the mind reels to think what this new record will contain (not to mention the provisional LP that they used merely as a blueprint for the 'real' one). Anyway, 'You Know I Hate Stupid Phones' is taken from the long-missing but now-found "We No Longer Knew Who We Were" EP, which is available here.
p.s. if you are a glutton for punishment and want to read more of my barely coherent prose, check out the current issue of the Drama, which features 5 of my best G.I. Joe slash fiction stories (kidding). Really though, this magazine is very well put together, and the new issue has (among other cool things) artwork by Mr. Mt. Eerie, Phil Elverum, an interview (and a huge spread of artwork) with Genevieve Castree (of the band Woelv, also Phil's wife), who did the cover illustration, and some excellent writing by my good friend and ex-roommate, Clarke Boehling. Check it out, I promise you won't be disappointed (unless, of course, you hate fun).
Posted by matt at April 27, 2005 08:25 AM