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John Something
“This was 1996He was there to show some photos that would demonstrate his giftI think his name was John Something…”-”John Something” by Aesop Rock I love Aesop Rock. He’s another one of my favorite lyricists. Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of 2025’s Black Hole Superette. One song that’s been on my mind a…
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Reset
I started this blog a while ago, intending to write a lot. After the first post, I got a little hate. I tried to wrap it up nicely and quickly so as not to sit in that discomfort. In doing so, I lost all passion to write. I think the purpose of writing is to…
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Brother, Sister Album Discussion
A little while ago, I started listening to the Rolling Stone list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and I started writing a little bit about each album to memorialize it. After a while, I shifted to writing about some of my personal favorite albums. I found that I had a lot to…
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“In A Sweater Poorly Knit”
This song starts with instruments fading into a collage of sound. Then, a lone acoustic guitar for the first verse. After the first refrain, harp, electric guitar, and bass come in. The second verse is drums and both guitars playing in unison without bass, giving it a more intense feel. Taking out the bass in…
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“Brownish Spider”
Musically: guitar from the previous track bleeds into this one, is then cut off. Harp and acoustic guitar are in the rest of the song. The harp part is played by the artist Timbre, who also plays on “In A Sweater Poorly Knit”. Every thing I’d thought I’d learned Ambition and illusion turned …
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“O, Porcupine”
Drums begin the song, the guitars enter with the separate parts they play during the verse. The bass entrance marks the transition into the first verse, during which it plays a little groove with starts and stops. After the verse, we get a transition of three slammed notes three times followed by a drum break…
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“In A Market Dimly Lit”
In this song, we start with a pensive guitar and bass bit, then the accordion comes in. Halfway through the first verse we get distorted right guitar entering with snare clicks. There’s a strong guitar transition into the chorus, which is a great heavy part featuring a lovely recurring bass dive. The intro repeats and…
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“C-Minor”
This song starts with shakers and bells before one guitar enters. Everyone else comes in in the verse, including a horn playing along with the lead guitar. The first phrase of the chorus is soft before everyone including the background vocals join in. A second horn is added after the first chorus, adding harmony to…
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“Orange Spider”
“Orange Spider” is a continuation of the spider trilogy of songs. Whereas “Yellow Spider” had an accordion with the acoustic guitar, “Orange” has background vocals during the singing portion and two brass instruments at the end (flugelhorn and trombone). The background vocal begins very faintly in the background on the second phrase (“crumbed and sugared…’)…
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“The Sun And The Moon”
This song starts with both guitars in a way that, for a while, made it difficult to get my bearings. The left guitar comes in first with a pickup on the “and” of beat three, but since it’s the first sound in the song I always want to think of it as a downbeat. Then…
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