mucus_attack's Last.fm Journal

Sharpen your Teeth or Lay Flat review

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:22:46 +0000

So, I thought I'd write something about an album that I think should get more recognition. But then I remembered that can't write if my life depended on it. Oh well.
The album begins with Barnacles a down-beat, mellow song with lyrics of doom like the chorus- "We clung on like, barnacles on a boat-even though the ship sinks you know you can't let go." And you become very comfortable with the mellow yet somewhat depressing tune as it drags on and you start hearing nicer things like "boy's first book of stars" and "saw it as satellite...constant unblinking..." The song finishes, leaving you dreamy and soothed. All of a sudden the low, pounding sounds of Spilled Milk Factory interrupt the silence. The obscure lyrics begin with "tease your neck, kiss your spitless mouth." The singing harmony between a normal, sane voice and a high pitched voice, screaming the words said by the first voice.
Sharpen your Teeth goes on to Parasites. This happy, lively songs is very different frome the first two. It feels like a parade, a marching band with trumpets. The words are a different story though. They talk about dying and being forgotten and having meaningless lives. And at the end of each verse Brock shouts declaring-"and all your thoughts-yeah- they rot!"
As the marching band fades in the distance, the elegant finger-picking, Hotcha Girls, envelopes you in its lovely melody. The verses are sad, "Smells like autumn, smell like leaves you dont know that you're rust and not belong so much and then get left alone." But the song moves on-"Mama's little truck stop rose, her dancy feet her happy laugh..."
The album moves around-eventually comes to the song Ice on the Sheets. The words are complaining about reckless lives admitting to the fact that it was involved in this maddness.
Sharpen your Teeth comes to a country sounding song. This song is different from the others album because of its country/folk melodie played with a banjo and a fiddle. Smoke Like Ribbonsstill, though, is not the average country tune. It has an edge to it that defines it from the rest.
This song finishes with what seems to be wolves howling. Eventually the howling drowns out the music. A new, unrelated tune on the acustic dominates the last one and a half minutes of the track.
And now, after making your way through the mojarity of the album, you'll come to maybe my favorite song on the album(maybe even in the world.) You can hear the simple beat in the beginning until the soft melody cuts its way through. A few seconds later the tune picks up and becomes jumpier with-"Things I don't remember, there were dressed up aligaters..." The lyrics are full of childhood memories and the tune suggests smiling on looking back. “Caught with our pants down, hiding in the dog-house, figuring out what we’re good for"-Things I Dont Remember
So Long to the Holidays, track 13, concludes the album. Its flowing rhythm, brought about by the continuous humming of an electric guitar, give the song a peaceful quality. The few words are dragged out, “So long to the holidays, so loooong…” The tune fully explains the feelings of its title. Leaving the weekend to go back to the usual routine. Inevitably being thrown back into the order of the world-it’s okay.
The CD is over.

Link:http://www.subpop.com/bands/uglycasanova/

song titles answering intense questions

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:09:36 +0000

Go to the music player of your choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud and press play. Use the song titles as your answers. NO CHEATING!

How does the world see me?
Song: kissing the lipless
Artist: The Shins
Comments: im offeneded
Will I have a happy life?
Song: iris
Artist: The Goo Goo Dolls
Comments:i think it mean yes. maybe not.

What do my friends really think of me?
Song: brand new colony
Artist: Postal Service
Comments: im a bit off, arent i

Do people secretly lust after me?
Song: parasites
Artist: Ugly Casanova
Comments: thats disguisting

How can I make myself happy?
Song: satin in a coffin
Artist: Modest Mouse
Comments: obviously

What should I do with my life?
Song: 3rd planet
Artist: modest mouse again
Comments: im guessing i shouldnt be an astronaut. ae man, i was really planning on it.

Why should life be full of so much pain?
Song: young pilgrims
Artist: more shins!
Comments: pilgrims-i knew it.

How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Song: drops of jupiter
Artist: Train
Comments:is that another one of those champagnes with funny names? i wouldnt be surprized.

Will I ever have children?
Song: castles made of sand
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Comments: yay!!!!!!!!!!

Will I die happy?
Song: speed of sound
Artist: Coldplay
Comments: quickly! yes.

What is some good advice for me?
Song: cat faces
Artist: ugly casanova
Comments: i going to steel one of those cats that just rome around in some asian countries(specificly israel)

What is happiness?
Song: hotcha girls
Artist: ugly casanova again
Comments: if hotcha was a real word maybe id be able to come up with a better meaning. (probably not though)

What is my favourite fetish?
Song: tiny cities made of ashes
Artist: modest mouse
Comments: well who doesnt know that?

How will I be remembered?
Song: things i dont remember
Artist: ugly casanova
Comments: ok. (well, to tell you the truth i accually got "dark center of the universe." but i got to try again because im special.

another list! whoooo!

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:42:50 +0000

1. What are you listening to right now?
Birds vs. Worms

2. What song makes you sad?
Sound of Silence

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
my humps- black eyed peas (i wont even put a link for this, its not worth the trouble)

4. Your all time favorite band?
Modest Mouse

5. Your newly discovered band is?
Wolf Parade

6. Best female voice?
Shakira (i dont the her music though-just her voice) and the woman from The Cranberries

7. Best male voice?
Isaac Brock- modest mouse

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
indie probably, even though i still cant figure out exactly what that means

9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Chutes Too Narrow

10. What do you listen to, to calm down?
Bright As Yellow

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
havent been to any. im not the "concert" kind of person. i dont like loud noises, being in cofiend space with a lot of people, or extravagence.

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
modest mouse

13. Most hated band?
heres a list:(no particular order)
1.brittney spears, 2.cristina agulara, 3.moriah carey, 4.jesse mcartney, and some other people i cant remember right now (no links for fans, sorry)

14. Song that makes you think?
Spilled Milk Factory

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Ugly Casanova

16. Coolest music video?
Tripping

17. Music video with the most babe watch?

18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
Postal Service (their the only band i have with love songs, )

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
yup

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Nope

21. Are you in a band?
if we can pull ourselves together, yeah

22. If yes, what kind of music does your band play and what is your role in it?
indie. im lead guitar and i compose the music and if we ever need harmony- ill try to choke up something (ha, thatll be the day-when i can sing!)

23. Ever dated a musician?
no

24. If yes, what kind of music did he/she/they play?

27. If no, would you consider?
depends on the personality and what genre he plays. am i being shallow- i try not to be.

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
im thankful every day

29. Best chick band you know of?
thats funny- i dont know any all girl bands

30. Best guy band you know of?
can i use modest mouse again?

31. Last song that you heard on the radio/...etc...?
Some jazz song on WBGO

32. What do you think of Classical music?
I respect it.

33. What do you think of Country music?
respect it (i generally respect anything except for pop)

34. What do you think of Death metal?
i love it

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
non

36. Are you a groupie?
absolutly not (if you know me youll probably laugh at this one)

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
yeah, i love that song Sweet Lulaby. i highly recomend it.

38. What famous musician would you like to have sex with?
i dont want to say

39. Worst concert moment?
no concerts for me
(accually come to think of it im going to my first real concert in march-ooh its sooo sooon!)

40. Funny Concert moment?
cocerts can be funny?

41. Sad Concert moment?
no

42. Best local act you can think of?
local act? wait does that mean people come here and put on a performance?

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
id be one of those indian guitar like things with really long necks consisting of a thousands of frets. those indians.
(i mean the ones from india-not native americans, just to avoid any confusion)
44. Do you listen to the radio?
yup, WBGO all the way

45. Do you watch music TV?
thats all i watch

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
nah

47. Have you met any famous musicians?
no

48. Are any of your friends/family etc musicians?
well one of my friends has been trying to play the drums for a while, another just took up the guitar, and i have a friend who wants to take up the fiddle because she saw it in a movie. oh melanie. ( and another friend whos convinced i should have mentioned her because she sings. -rel- your voice doesnt count as an instrement!)

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
New Slang is always how i feel and constintly in my head.

50. Song that describes your life?
3rd Planet

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
yeah, and i know their life stories too.

52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
absolutly not

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
i dont want to answer this. i think this question brings about creepy answers.

54. Favourite movie soundtrack?
graden state(i love that movie!)

55. Any musician pet hates?
I don't think so.

56. What do your parents listen to?
The beatle, the rolling stones, the eagle, and all the other animals and objects

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
This Here Giraffe

58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
I don’t have any

59. What do you think of people who do?
I don’t judge people. (im such a liar)

60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Im not exactly sure what this means. don’t judge me! Im not an idiot! (who am I kidding)

61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
I Don’t Mind

62. Do you sing in the shower?
I would if I could sing

63. If so, what? If not, why not?
I would sing ugly Casanova if I could

64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
hard dicision. i think i'd be one.

65. What is in your walkman/discman right now?
modest mouse(I really like that band)

66. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
Hed have to have a really great personality if he liked pop or R and B.

67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them up?
Whos hanson?

68. Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, you dig?
I don’t like any of those. (ha, I lied again but its not what you think it is. And if it is- you disgust me)

69. Do you cook to music?
no

70. Do you sing in the toilet?
Yeah, why? Other people don’t?

a half-CD

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:49:37 +0000

I'm very confused. I've had this album([album]the fruit that ate itself) for a while now, but i just looked at its track listing here-and im missing the last 5 tracks! i always thought this was a relativly short album but with Modest Mouse nothing surprises me.
I'm missing half the CD!!(if you dont include the fillers)This sucks.
If anyone knows what going on here or if anyone also has a half-CD, write a post and make me feel better.