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this record has been infuriating and puzzling me for the past two weeks. cameron winter is the name of a man I do not know & a name associated with a public figure who gets under my skin in a very specific way. cameron winter is a 23-year-old white wealthy new york cis guy and it’s painfully apparent in many of his public & artistic choices. his music videos, his marketing, and what i saw of his instagram livestreams are insufferable. interview quotes like “i’m young ... read more

what does comfortable art mean? what is the strength of art which is so deeply steeped in conventions and traditions? i think any decently-versed rock enthusiast is going to hear in First Day Back the vocal mania of Tim Kinsella, the basslines of On the Might of Princes, the drive of Mineral, and the twinkle of American Football. these are not cutting edge sounds by any means, they are sounds deeply steeped in 90s suburban American teenage angst.
First Day Back is not a trail-blazing band, ... read more

i am a massive Residents fan, my name is eddweena partially in reference to the opening track of Not Available.
with The Residents coming to Chicago, I flipped my lid with excitement! I didn't think I'd ever have the chance! But when I saw they'd be playing this.... I had a horrible sinking feeling.
Why are we still entertaining this moral blemish in their catalog with such open arms? The chanting? "The Walrus Hunt"? Hello? This album is extremely and unavoidably ... read more

[ 8 / 10 ] ~ 7/3/2025
the catastrophe of our modern nose-picking musical era is how overlooked this record is. an astoundingly consistent package which leans further into Black's off-kilter song structures and returns to the maniacal distortion-laden bombast of surfer rosa. i love Kim as much as the next alt rock trans egg who needed a female role model, and certainly there's a nakedness to the band without (as much of) her lush backing vocals, however this album is no husk! it's ... read more