day 16.
artist:thursday
album:war all the time
I'm kind of cheating, here. i listened to this album today (which would be day 17) but am counting it for yesterday because i didn't listen to anything yesterday but the new iron & wine (about six times, at least) and because that is not an old album from my collection, it defeats the spirit of the project. i figured i was going to cheat either way, but i like the idea of fudging days better than going against the idea of what I'm trying to do here, so you will get two entries today, after i finish this one i will go listen to a different album and write about that to catch up.
now that the business junk is out of the way, onto the regularly scheduled entry:
war all the time is my favorite thursday album. thursday is quite the limit of the hardest stuff i listen to, and even they tend to get on my nerves with all of the screaming. this album, however, is much more mellow and easier for me to handle, which is why its the one that i generally listen to.
this song is brought to you by a falling bomb is my absolute favorite song on the album, and it has been since i first heard it. i love the imagery it produces-staying in bed, hiding from the world but still being able to hear it all happening outside of the window. this song is probably the main reason that i listen to the album, though there are other good tracks, this one stands out as the best.
remember when i said that records were time machines? this album is no exception to that idea. listening to it takes me right back to college (of course. I'm starting to think that the years between 2003-now produced NO music, as everything i seem to listen to is either recent or from college...) and especially to driving along the beach. i must have listened to this album a lot doing that because the memory of the beach in my mind is extremely clear.
the other thing about listening to thursday is that i always have the immediate and overwhelming desire to dye my hair jet black. i know that this is a stereotypical "emo kid" statement, but its the honest truth. the band references black hair dye on more than one occasion, and to be quite honest with you, i used to listen to the song jet black new year when i dyed my hair in college, so theres that. i actually almost ran out to the drug store to buy a box of hair dye between record sides, but thought rationally about that and decided it was a terrible idea. or at least, not a well-thought-out one. i do miss having black hair though.
i feel like i should have more to say about this band and album than it appears i do.
This was one of my favorite albums circa 2003 as well. I have a vivid memory of leaving a concert of theirs at the electric factory and being thoroughly impressed. But I sort of fell away from them a few years ago and haven't been able to get back into them.
ReplyDeleteI find it funny that you're contemplating the black hair dye as well... I was thinkin of getting some but I might keep going with the pink instead. One guy at work told me black would look really severe on me and I was like LOL that's the whole point... one woman emo party yeah...
Anyway. You are correct about the music thing, there were maybe a few good things that came out, but basically nothing really good happened for about the last 5 years. I think we're entering a new era of good music though... here's hoping!
This was the last album I was excited about. The last album I preordered, and the last album I have listened to straight through for more than a couple times (save for maybe Hide Nothing from Further).
ReplyDeleteThis is up there with my favorites and totally brings back the beach for me too. I used to run along the LB boardwalk listening to this baby. Nothing better for a run.