detectivefranku

If I had a nickel for every time a WIndmill band included a line about breadcrumbs, I'd have two, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

A re-listen before I see them live tomorrow

The audaciousness of this album is something deserving of its own study. Unrequited love in a homosocial setting, regret, longevity, self-assurance and destruction, and so on; each track taking on its own narrative journey whilst still maintaining continuance through callbacks to previous lines and balancing tragedy and optimism. Will never not be enchanted by the lush instrumentals, which make the songs feel as if they'll burst from the seams. ... read more

You guys are no fun at all

Dazey and the scouts, the best to ever do it.

Re-listening this album after a long while and reflecting; for many reasons, this album was monumental for and during my formative years as it's helped me shape the views I now hold. I hadn't had a good grasp of feminism, aside from the prejudiced portrayal from anti-sjw creators, and had been deeply hateful towards my gender. Getting into the riot grrrl scene in general helped sway me away from those influences, but it was Maggots that ... read more