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after listening to blackie's debut EP just earlier today i really thought it'd be cool to give this LP a shot since that's an album I see more people talk about than his other releases and it is claimed as a hip hop prodigy and holy shit man this is just much better than his EP (which was like already great). this album is definitely one of the most primal pieces of music ive ever heard in my life, it sounds much rawer than any other hip hop album.

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* NOTE THAT THIS WHOLE ESSAY IS ABOUT Valentine Card / Kantina / Were, Are and Was or Is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE ENTIRE ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i felt like writing about the entire album but i think this thing is what i mainly want to talk about.

i first listened to unwound all the way back in early 2023, which was a time of colossal change in my music taste. i had been listening to an addictive amount of Lightning Bolt ever since december of the year prior, so that was when ... read more

the first contact I ever had with Sprain was a monologue at the end of their performance of God, or Whatever You Call It at The Morroccan Lounge in Los Angeles (The Lamb as Effigy (Live)). my perception of "performance" was twisted to a whole different plain of thought. i hadn't ever seen someone who had affected an environment this much during a gig as Alex Kent at that very moment. a guy who just so blatantly told everyone he was gonna kill himself "right fucking ... read more

i think we know by now that goreshit has been the main madman in breakcore. breakcore has always kicked with me ever since the first time i gave it a shot because ive always been a fan of drum based music, whether the drums are sampled or not. i like rhythm because life is all about rhythm, but to be fair the whole genre sounds nothing like life. well it at least sounds like a "near death experience" but it sounds more like death than anything really, and i think its awesome that a ... read more