For those who don't like to read: Disgusteens are from Japan. They play shit kicking pop-punk. They've been around for a solid 12 years now, they just released a new LP. I'm really trying to not say "disgustingly good pop-punk," because I feel like that would be douchey.
I had a glorious moment earlier today when I went to look up this band. The last thing I knew about from them was "Songs for Swinging Losers," which came out in 2001. Safe to say, I thought this band was long fucking gone, like everything good about the world. Upon checking their geocities website out (apparently this place still exists in Japan? What in the fuck?), they're still fucking killing it, and they just came out with a new LP. I'm currently trying to see what I can do about getting this LP, but it'll probably be a little bit before anything becomes of that, if anything comes of it.
Disgusteens- "Born to Sleep"
So yea, this band, once had 4 members, apparently operates as a 3 piece now. They used to release quite a few things under Snuffy Smile records as a band called "Blew". I'm running out of things to say because just download the god damn songs and listen to them, they're fucking ragers mannnnnnnn. It's pop-punk that is played correctly, what the hell do you want me to say? I still find it weird that these dudes consistently play shows (there are videos on youtube that range between 2001 and 2010 of them doing live shows), but these guys are just now releasing their 3rd LP. Whatever, none fucks given, they've already released two great LPs (as well as some great tunes in their previous band, Blew), so I really can't complain about wanting more music.
But I'll always complain, because it's fucking fun and I live in America. Everything sucks, fuck you.
For Those Who Don't Like to Read: You probably know Off Minor. If you don't, well they write some of the best lyrics I've ever read. I'm also going to try and write shorter entries now, I hate being redundant.
Instead of putting this in the little disclaimer, I feel it's better to write this here. Off Minor is one of the very small amount of bands in the world that can actually move me to tears. Off Minor is one of the very small amount of bands in the world that I will actually throw out all of my voice to, for every single song. All of their lyrics are truly something else, and it also helps that the music they play along to is also quite fantastic. It also helps that Off Minor wrote 2 of the most sincere (god I hate using that word when it comes to describing music) and fantastic albums of the last decade.
Off Minor- "Everything Explicit"
what's best left unsaid? a speaker spent, a listener left with regrets in his stead. in a life of loss, silence can cost you more than you expect. held tongues relate a bitter taste when prone to reminisce. anamnestic but recipient absent, the circuit's dead. as we live these linear lives, unidirectional, towards an inevitable end we must make everything explicit. that's how we left it: unsaid. i'm at a loss for words.
There are two songs that Off Minor wrote that are especially important to me. The first one, and probably the most important, is Everything Explicit. I don't know how Off Minor managed to nail the thoughts I've had about losing someone close to me, but this song hits way too close to home for me to be comfortable hearing. Honestly, this might rank as the most important song in my life, because nothing I have ever heard as ever been able to put into words how hard it is to know you can never ask someone another question again, it's something will forever burn into your conscience. I really hope anyone that reads this doesn't know what this is like, or will never know what it's like; it's truly one of the most awful feelings in the world; one of the feelings that will forever haunt me, straight to my fucking grave.
Off Minor- "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options"
post-morbidity, pre-mortality, the dying proceeds and the living itercede
on behalf of your best interests as we perceive them
and so you sign, this document, stating the following: "please let me go"
post-morbidity, pre-mortality, facing the inevitably
that i could never begin to understand
what is it you see staring down the barrel of limited options?
what goes through your mind as you make the decision to end all decisions?
never say everything will be ok
never say everything will be ok
never say everything will be ok
NEVER, AGAIN
The second Off Minor song that means more than the world to me is "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options." Reading the lyrics, it should be painfully obvious what this song is about. If you don't, well shit, sorry, I'm not spelling this one out for you. I will continue to talk about it though, and then the painfully obvious will become painfully obvious to you. Wanting to kill yourself sucks. It sucks too much. That feeling is also up there for one of the worst things I've ever felt, and I really hope I never feel this way again. It's a true burden of weight upon your psyche, and the thought of it alone is enough to crush you. To anyone who ever feels this way, please talk to someone you care about. Let people know the way you feel, because feeling this way is a whole other world, and if you don't find help, it will get to you. And no one should have to feel this weight, everyone has a purpose, even if you haven't found it yet.
Sappy and shit, I know. But something like this is really important to me. These two songs are really important to me. And that bass line in "Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options" is really fucking great. If you haven't heard anything by Off Minor, I really do strongly suggest you hear at least these two songs.
Split w/ Life Detecting Coffins (as far as I know, no upload of this exists, but the songs on this 7" should be In SL and Staring Down the Barrel of Limited Options)
For those who don't like to read: this is a collaboration in a park between two dudes, bibi & hummingbert stereo. they're from thailand. I really like it.
Days are fucking long, and days are fucking boring. That's this weekend for me, a whole lot of nothing, and then the Super Bowl (which I'm not really excited for at all, weird feeling). I spent the past 3 fucking days watching season 1 of The Wire (great show, the parts with Wallace at the end of season 1 might be some of my favorite television ever), and I really haven't had damn much else to do. I have no fucking idea how, but I started searching up Japanese electronica and some how from that, I found myself searching for stuff by a dude named hummingbert stereo.
Hummingbert stereo is a guy named Ekkachai Klomcharoen from Thailand. How the fuck I found music from Thailand, I dont know, fuck you. Besides from random links from his soundcloud, I don't really think he has done anything by himself. Thanks to the wonders of random people uploading random shit, I did find a collaboration with Hummingbert Stereo, and a dude that goes by "Bibi." Who is Bibi? I don't have a damn clue. What I can tell you though is that this stuff sounds really beautiful.
From what I can gather (which is about nothing, this is all assumptions at work), this is really just two dudes in Thailand sitting in a park and recording an album, which is fucking awesome. So we've got an acoustic guitar, an xylophone, and I'm pretty sure also a toy piano thrown into the mix (mostly the guitar/xylophone combo though), and it really is just some astounding, pretty (yea I said it, pretty pretty pretty pretty) music. And that's really all there is to it. I'm going to continue throwing this on not only whenever I'm feeling a little down (this music is pretty uplifting), but just shit, whenever I want to relax. There really isn't much to say about this, because I'm not going to over-fucking-analyze two dudes sitting in park playing their instruments, but it definitely is recommended if you're just looking for, I guess, softer music to listen to.
For those who don't like to read: charlie brown gets a valentine was a band. they played songs. they probably drank. their songs are hard as hell to find. you'd like them. my boss is tired of them, but fuck her.
I had an idea to right about Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine (CBGAV) for a while now. But it took me a while to find their first release, Save it for the Van. But that's neither here nor there, now that I've finally got it. CBGAV were from some part of Maryland (money is on Baltimore, because that is where later bands were started from, such as the very fucking good Dead Mechanical, and the mediocre/slightly shitty The AV Club).
Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine- "Cluttered"
CBGAV were a pretty awesome emo/pop-punk band. One of those bands that hit the sweet spot right in the middle between the combination, and they hit it fucking hard/perfectly/whatever. CBGAV is one of the first bands I throw on when I'm felling a little down, and usually I'm instantly thrown up into a happy mood. I found about them a long time ago, probably early 2007, when I found two random downloads (this was the days of scouring rapidshare/megaupload and random posts that contained links upon links upon links!) for a band called, CBGAV. I liked the name enough to download it and try them out. That's when I first heard them in the song "Sentimental Fool," which I must say, might be one of the best acoustic tracks ever made. After that, I was instantly hooked. I mean, I never really listened to them too much, since I was all over people screaming into mics and slamming their instruments because they had no clue how to play them. This all changed about 6 months ago.
Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine- "Distrust in Things Certain"
I don't know what caused this change, maybe it's just growing up. I've gradually lost interest in screamo/hardcore/whatever music, and it's all getting focused on pop-punk with songs about not knowing what the hell you want to do with your life, and just getting piss drunk. Obviously fantastic decision making, something I feel all too well right now. So what it boils down to, really, is that I fucking adore this band, and I think you'll absolutely love them too, because there is no way not to like them. They play fast, great pop-punk that everyone loves to hear. In no way am I trying to sell this band to you, they should already be sold. Download any of the albums below, and I swear you won't be disappointed (I even posted two songs for you to figure out how much you love them!).
