ZoomerUnbound

The key takeaway from this album is if you start with a schema of resentment, you cannot go wrong. It matters little where this resentment is directed, where your life goes, or even where it started—only that you are resentful. From this position, everything falls into place and the world almost seems predictable; any manner of behavior seems obvious with resentment as the prior. One of the odder things I see people do, which I used to struggle to explain, is pairing the high with the ... read more

I remember in school learning about Thermopylae and reading Herodotus, or at least some abridged version of the Histories for young kids, and resonating with the Spartans that survived. I don't remember it as well now, but from what I recall there were a couple Spartan soldiers who either missed the battle or were not killed and returned to Sparta. Both were shamed for not dying or fighting; one ended up hanging himself and the other redeemed himself by dying in a later battle. I ... read more

The only flaw I hear in this mixtape is the use of second person pronouns, specifically those directed at a "you" that isn't listening. An egoism that is wanting is not an egoism worth believing in. A line like "how'd you get it? You're pathetic" should not be uttered in the same collection of songs as Beware. If there is an outside to this world's inside, and I get out, what was the point if enough of me lingers behind that I feel the need to admonish ... read more