Today a suggestion made by a colleague. It's a Grammy award nominated song where the song title already indicates a quite disturbed mind. The lyrics don't disappoint anyway.
I like the dark, and I always have been attracted to that which is the underbelly of society. Twenty years ago I used to like walking in Winter at 3AM on a weekday in Ostend. That city turns into the sinkhole of society in the early morning hours. I always thought that it being the last station on the lines had something to do with it. I wouldn't be surprised Liege has the same feel. The cold wind in winter helps to create that sad, slightly creepy but above all empty and lonely feeling. At that time some pubs are still open and become the gathering place for those where home is a worse place than the bar where they have to listen to each-other's misery. I can guarantee you that you learn a lot about the human condition.
Coming back to the song of today. I like the fact that she holds back her voice until the end of the song. She's cutting the words short, in the way UK millennials with an attitude problem talk. The base hits just when the lyrics state this, nice touch. I like the video starts with crashed car, symbolic for the situation she's in. Well done K.Flay! Here's Blood in the cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2WcOdz96ko
To win you over to the dark side, enjoy the French/Austrian band Elend (as in the German word for misery), classically schooled musicians who wanted to move the limits of music and composed several albums of very haunting music. Listen to this in a dark room and set it quite loud. Knowledge of old Greek might be welcome to get what they are singing about. Atonal neoclassical and dark ambient music experiences for the very few who will appreciate it. Don't say I didn't warn you. Look at it like this: when you arrive at a ravine with a group of people, there's always one who needs to stand at the very edge of the precipice to appreciate it. This is the musical equivalent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWO2cjA5y_Q
I like the dark, and I always have been attracted to that which is the underbelly of society. Twenty years ago I used to like walking in Winter at 3AM on a weekday in Ostend. That city turns into the sinkhole of society in the early morning hours. I always thought that it being the last station on the lines had something to do with it. I wouldn't be surprised Liege has the same feel. The cold wind in winter helps to create that sad, slightly creepy but above all empty and lonely feeling. At that time some pubs are still open and become the gathering place for those where home is a worse place than the bar where they have to listen to each-other's misery. I can guarantee you that you learn a lot about the human condition.
Coming back to the song of today. I like the fact that she holds back her voice until the end of the song. She's cutting the words short, in the way UK millennials with an attitude problem talk. The base hits just when the lyrics state this, nice touch. I like the video starts with crashed car, symbolic for the situation she's in. Well done K.Flay! Here's Blood in the cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2WcOdz96ko
To win you over to the dark side, enjoy the French/Austrian band Elend (as in the German word for misery), classically schooled musicians who wanted to move the limits of music and composed several albums of very haunting music. Listen to this in a dark room and set it quite loud. Knowledge of old Greek might be welcome to get what they are singing about. Atonal neoclassical and dark ambient music experiences for the very few who will appreciate it. Don't say I didn't warn you. Look at it like this: when you arrive at a ravine with a group of people, there's always one who needs to stand at the very edge of the precipice to appreciate it. This is the musical equivalent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWO2cjA5y_Q
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