notjulietberto

Ecstatic transcendence is achieved through grotesque perversion of the highest order. Crimes so disgusting and physical that they become spiritual rituals, as the most animalistic actions become a way of communing with nature and creation. An amoral universe is truly a place of horror. When you live in a world where the gods are being raped or are raping people, what chance of justice and safety is there?

They made a huge mistake in putting what could very well be the greatest song ever written first and then following it with a bunch of songs that are merely great. Literally nothing else could follow it and even remotely compare. The first time I finished listening to this album, I immediately relistened to "Candy Says" like 8 times. In terms of emotional, spiritual, and artistic weight it easily towers over every song I've heard by The Velvet Underground, even ones I think are ... read more

Telling a French person you like Chantal Goya's early songs is humiliating because they only know her for her music for toddlers. It's like trying to say "No, no, you don't get it, Peppa Pig actually has some really good episodes early on"

Music that is at once extremely physical - seizing your entire body, eliciting an utterly primal reaction, piercing directly to your primitive nature - but also extremely spiritual - rending you from this reality, forcing you to approach the ineffable Infinite, the transcendent absolute.

I never dance while listening to music, but this music is so awe-inspiring and enrapturing that it forces my body to spasm, writhe, and contort in a way I don't understand and can't control.

It ... read more