http://www.absolutepunk.net/blogs.php?u=1527452 herbienay's latest blog entries. en AbsolutePunk.net Blogs http://images.absolutepunk.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.absolutepunk.net/blogs.php?u=1527452 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=369071 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:37:16 GMT Cursive's [I]The Ugly Organ[/I] came out ten years ago yesterday. This is not a nostalgic piece, I was four years old at that time. Rather, this is about my reactions to this record. I picked it up from FYE because my brother had "The Recluse" on some of his old high school mixtapes, and he generally has pretty good taste in music. Generally. I had no reason to expect it to be good, and I honestly didn't. I got home, unwrapped this, Northstar's [I]Pollyanna[/I], and Thrice's [I]If We Could Only See Us Now[/I]. I decided to put this on first since I'd no clue how it'd sound. The first track, "The Ugly Organist," was weird, being a fifty-second introduction rather than a real song. But when "Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand" picked up, well, I actually said, "Wow," out loud. Every song flowed seamlessly to the next. "Driftwood, A Fairy Tale" began with the spoken word sample and it was perhaps the strangest part of a song I'd ever heard. The transition from loud to quiet in "A Gentlemen Caller" came from nowhere. Hell, "Staying Alive" ends with three minutes of the exact same thing. But what I loved most...the lyrics. I'd never heard anything like it. Tim Kasher's blatant, self-deprecating honesty is powerful in a whole different way than I was used to. [I]"So why do I think I'm any different?/ I've been makin' money off my indifference/ we all pass the hat around/ this is my body/ this is the blood I found/ on my hands/ after I wrote this album/ play it off as stigmata/ for crossover fans/ some red-handed sleight of hand."[/I] That is a serious verse from this album. [I]"Well here we go again/ the art of actin' weak/ fall in love to fail/ to boost your CD sales."[/I] Who the hell writes like that? Who the hell thinks to write like that? Tim Kasher, and I'm glad he did. He's writing about his life as a musician through music with a bitter honesty I doubt I've ever heard in lyricism before. [I]"So read on/ accuse me when you're done/ if it sounds like/ I did you wrong."[/I] The Ugly Organ came out ten years ago yesterday. This is not a nostalgic piece, I was four years old at that time. Rather, this is about my reactions to this record.

I picked it up from FYE because my brother had "The Recluse" on some of his old high school mixtapes, and he generally has pretty good taste in music. Generally. I had no reason to expect it to be good, and I honestly didn't. I got home, unwrapped this, Northstar's Pollyanna, and Thrice's If We Could Only See Us Now. I decided to put this on first since I'd no clue how it'd sound. The first track, "The Ugly Organist," was weird, being a fifty-second introduction rather than a real song. But when "Some Red-Handed Sleight of Hand" picked up, well, I actually said, "Wow," out loud.

Every song flowed seamlessly to the next. "Driftwood, A Fairy Tale" began with the spoken word sample and it was perhaps the strangest part of a song I'd ever heard. The transition from loud to quiet in "A Gentlemen Caller" came from nowhere. Hell, "Staying Alive" ends with three minutes of the exact same thing.

But what I loved most...the lyrics.

I'd never heard anything like it.

Tim Kasher's blatant, self-deprecating honesty is powerful in a whole different way than I was used to. "So why do I think I'm any different?/ I've been makin' money off my indifference/ we all pass the hat around/ this is my body/ this is the blood I found/ on my hands/ after I wrote this album/ play it off as stigmata/ for crossover fans/ some red-handed sleight of hand." That is a serious verse from this album. "Well here we go again/ the art of actin' weak/ fall in love to fail/ to boost your CD sales." Who the hell writes like that? Who the hell thinks to write like that?

Tim Kasher, and I'm glad he did.

He's writing about his life as a musician through music with a bitter honesty I doubt I've ever heard in lyricism before.

"So read on/ accuse me when you're done/ if it sounds like/ I did you wrong." ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=369071 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368781 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:18:09 GMT 4:12, best part of the whole album. [youtube]mKVLM0kI7Bw[/youtube]

]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368781 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368681 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:18:37 GMT [youtube]dSIet9em3dY[/youtube] What is he saying after the last chorus?


What is he saying after the last chorus? ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368681 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368322 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:50:18 GMT I have, as of today, finished my very first semester of high school. Exciting. herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=368322 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=367552 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:29:06 GMT Is such a sick song. Colourmeinkindness was a beautiful album, great way to end their time as a band. Although I'm sad to think of how great a followup could be....... "Covet" was undoubtedly my favorite song of 2012.
"Covet" was undoubtedly my favorite song of 2012. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=367552 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=356832 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:53:40 GMT Name Taken: [I]Hold On[/I] is my favorite album. Ever. Listen to it. Saosin: [I]Translating the Name[/I] is pretty good. I used to hate Anthony Green's voice, but it's growing on me. The Get Up Kids: [I]Something to Write Home About[/I] is indeed something to write home about. Really catchy stuff. Hold On is my favorite album. Ever. Listen to it.

Saosin: Translating the Name is pretty good. I used to hate Anthony Green's voice, but it's growing on me.

The Get Up Kids: Something to Write Home About is indeed something to write home about. Really catchy stuff. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=356832 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=355802 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:46:08 GMT "Open your eyes so you can see through my disguise, bring you to your knees." Thus is the chorus of "Cut Like Glass", a song I heard on a mixtape my brother had made years ago. This particular song stood out on a CD that also contained Stars Hide Fire and Finch. I looked up the lyrics and couldn't find it anywhere. I asked my brother (on Tumblr....) and he said it was LAnces Hero. After popping in two more mixtapes, I heard the songs, "Taurus & Leo" and "Your Ghost in Me". I searched on this website to find anything about them, and someone as selling new copies of their [I]Only Motion That Matters EP[/I]. Cut to yesterday, when I came home from school. I found a package bearing my name. When I opened it I found.............. [I]Only Motion That Matters EP[/I]! (Now my avatar.) Pretty sweet. Now today. I looked up the lyrics above, and eventually came to their PureVolume page. Only three songs were up, "The Only Motion That Matters", ""Taurus & Leo", and some song called "Cut Like Glass". That one I'd neer heard, so I clicked paly. And Then... "Open your eyes so you can see through my disguise, bring you to your knees." That was what I'd been looking for! I felt victorious. The end.
Thus is the chorus of "Cut Like Glass", a song I heard on a mixtape my brother had made years ago. This particular song stood out on a CD that also contained Stars Hide Fire and Finch. I looked up the lyrics and couldn't find it anywhere. I asked my brother (on Tumblr....) and he said it was LAnces Hero. After popping in two more mixtapes, I heard the songs, "Taurus & Leo" and "Your Ghost in Me". I searched on this website to find anything about them, and someone as selling new copies of their Only Motion That Matters EP.

Cut to yesterday, when I came home from school. I found a package bearing my name. When I opened it I found.............. Only Motion That Matters EP! (Now my avatar.) Pretty sweet.

Now today. I looked up the lyrics above, and eventually came to their PureVolume page. Only three songs were up, "The Only Motion That Matters", ""Taurus & Leo", and some song called "Cut Like Glass". That one I'd neer heard, so I clicked paly. And Then... "Open your eyes so you can see through my disguise, bring you to your knees." That was what I'd been looking for! I felt victorious.

The end. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=355802 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=355442 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:54:17 GMT The Juliana Theory- [I]Understand This is a Dream[/I]: a good album. Their newer stuff is a lot different. Saosin- [I]Self-Titled[/I]: I like this more than the [I]Translating the Name[/I] EP, and I think it's great. The singer has a nice voice. This Day & Age- [I]The Bell and the Hammer[/I]: a nice indie-ish album. Similar to Lydia, I guess. Understand This is a Dream: a good album. Their newer stuff is a lot different.

Saosin- Self-Titled: I like this more than the Translating the Name EP, and I think it's great. The singer has a nice voice.

This Day & Age- The Bell and the Hammer: a nice indie-ish album. Similar to Lydia, I guess. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=355442 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=352412 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:42:47 GMT Don't Look Down- Five EP: Good EP, catchy stuff. His voice sounds so much better than it did on Start the Show. The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang: I like it more than The ‘59 Sound. Much more fun. It's a happy CD. Good lyrics, good singing. New Found Glory- Self-Titled: Sweet. "Hit or Miss" is my favorite song, everything's so good. It's classic.
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang: I like it more than The ‘59 Sound. Much more fun. It's a happy CD. Good lyrics, good singing.

New Found Glory- Self-Titled: Sweet. "Hit or Miss" is my favorite song, everything's so good. It's classic. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=352412 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=351222 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:13:16 GMT This sounds nothing like Thursday. The only songs that sound reminiscent of Full Collapse or War All the Time are Millimeter and Turnpike Divides. Ok thanks for letting me rant.
Ok thanks for letting me rant. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=351222 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=351012 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:10:50 GMT Valencia will close their last concert with Space Between or Where Did You Go? I am calling it now. I WAS RIGHT.




I WAS RIGHT. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=351012 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=350762 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:44:46 GMT Yeah it's that time of the month: random recommendations from a 13-year-old time. Midtown- Living Well is the Best Revenge: This album is so amazing. I'm convinced it's one of the best albums ever. I still can't decide if I like Save the World as much. Don't think so, but that one's pretty frigging great too. Jut buy Midtown's whole discography now actually. The Wonder Years- The Upsides: It's very good, full of catchy songs with good lyrics. "Melrose Diner" is a such a great song, right? Totally. Brand New- Your Favorite Weapon: Seems this is pop punk month. This album is good too. I haven't herd the other Brand New albums but if this is the wort they must be awesome. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"? Yeah.
Midtown- Living Well is the Best Revenge: This album is so amazing. I'm convinced it's one of the best albums ever. I still can't decide if I like Save the World as much. Don't think so, but that one's pretty frigging great too. Jut buy Midtown's whole discography now actually.

The Wonder Years- The Upsides: It's very good, full of catchy songs with good lyrics. "Melrose Diner" is a such a great song, right? Totally.

Brand New- Your Favorite Weapon: Seems this is pop punk month. This album is good too. I haven't herd the other Brand New albums but if this is the wort they must be awesome. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"? Yeah. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=350762 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=350662 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:20:57 GMT I'd say THe Dangerous Summer is probably my favorite active band right now. They are so good. herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=350662 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=348952 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:45:17 GMT herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=348952 http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=348942 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:43:39 GMT Autopilot Off- Make a Sound: it's a good punk record. The standouts to me are, "Clockwork", "Cicada's Song", and "Divine Intervention". Fun songs, guys. Spitalfield- Remember Right Now: good pop punk music. I will admit that the singer's voice is at times annoying. Super catchy, good stuff. UnderOATH- They're Only Chasing Safety: I don't usually like metalcore, but this is pretty freaking cool. "Reiventing Your Exit" is one of my favorite songs ever, and that song is probably responsible (along with Thrice's "Image of the Invisible") for getting me into screamo that I like now. In case you couldn't tell I was kinda lazy today. But you probably don't care much.
Spitalfield- Remember Right Now: good pop punk music. I will admit that the singer's voice is at times annoying. Super catchy, good stuff.

UnderOATH- They're Only Chasing Safety: I don't usually like metalcore, but this is pretty freaking cool. "Reiventing Your Exit" is one of my favorite songs ever, and that song is probably responsible (along with Thrice's "Image of the Invisible") for getting me into screamo that I like now.

In case you couldn't tell I was kinda lazy today.
But you probably don't care much. ]]> herbienay http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=348942