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diff --git a/docs/music/clancy_review.md b/docs/music/clancy_review.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4f95d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/music/clancy_review.md @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +# Review of _Clancy_ (2024) + +Last Updated 2024-03-31 + +## Overcompensate + +The first single dropped while I was in Boston. I watched the MV in the +lobby at the Museum of Fine Art. I cannot say a bad thing about the music. + +Things that immediately caught my attention: + +- So the boys decided to start an entire album with German (I heard "diese + kleine", "gemacht" and "wir glauben beide", but I couldn't figure out + the rest until someone on Reddit transcribed it) +- Interpolation of "Bandito" from _Trench_ +- First "real" line of song begins at 1:46 which, depending on your + definition, may or may not make the intro even longer than in "Implicit + Demand For Proof" +- Tyler grins every time he sings the word "overcompensate" +- His hand signs V on "twice" which is a classic trope all tøp fans + recognize +- On "by the time", he pretends to check his watch, alluding to the short + published in 2022 titled "sometimes people ask what we do all day before + the show starts." where he does the same + + + +- At the end, someone pulls off "Tyler"'s mask only to find another + person. Tyler himself is actually far away from Dema, and the "Tyler" we + saw throughout the video is just a citizen possessed by Tyler. The + citizen has long hair and looks feminine, which is coherent with a fan + theory (which I believe) that "Redecorate" from _Scaled And Icy_ is + about a transgender person. +- Josh ordered his like 6th? 7th? 314th? custom drum kit from SJC?? + +Only problem I have is the youtube thumbnail. Look at Josh. Why he look +like Elon Musk 😭😭😭 + + + +## The album cover & meta things + +The album cover was not well received. Lots of fans say they could do +better. I agree. Just look at this. + + + +The art style is ok, and it's reminiscent of the low-res, dithered feel of +their teasing website, +[dmaorg.info](http://dmaorg.info/found/15398642_14/clancy.html). It's fine +if it's the style they're going for. After all it's the first time the +boys put themselves on a record cover. + +But I mean… at least give Josh more attention… like c'mon. + +The album is set to drop May 17, which made me worried because if they +tour right then over summer break I might miss it. + +## Next Semester + +Haha! They're not touring until August, and the Detroit show is on +September 29. I guess you could literally… (picks up acoustic guitar) wake +me up when september ends 🥁🥁🥁 + +Anyway, a new single dropped titled "Next Semester" and incidentally +that's when I'll go to their show. I received the newsletter halfway +through a take-home exam, and I was unable to concentrate ever since. + +The song is unexpectedly punk, a _huge_ deflection from the hip-hop of +"Overcompensate". The bass is punchy af and sounds straight from Mike +Dirnt. The drumline is almost irresponsibly simple compared to +"Overcompensate". It's un-Josh. + +_Snap, snap, snap — it's not a bad thing._ Given the punk genre, this may +be intentional. Allow me to go on a tangent about Radiohead. + +Back when I was in love with _The Bends_ and thought nothing could top it, +I tried _Kid A_ and, unexpectedly, it got me hooked in just three seconds. +For context, _The Bends_ is pure rock, and _Kid A_ is pure electronic +— synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, etc. If Wikipedia is to be +trusted, it's because Radiohead grew tired of rock. + +You need dynamics in a song, you need dynamics in an album, and you need +dynamics in your discography. To make "[genre] and [genre] only" is to +become a machine. This is why I get bored of some albums by Linkin Park +and Green Day. To be fair, I get bored with tracks #6-9 on _Vessel_ +sometimes, so I'm not as biased as you think. + +Back to "Next Semester". Interesting things: + +- Tyler's bass is practically identical to mine; he's got a Fender P, + probably charcoal gray, and I've got a Squier PJ in the same color. + Great minds think alike +- Despite probably intended to resonate with students, it did not resonate + with me because I'm doing pretty ok this semester and am not + contemplating suicide no thank you will check back when i need it + +Now. + +Tickets. + +This is the most stressful part, to get tickets before they sell out, +probably not into hands of real fans, but resellers who profit with an +obscene margin. I hope they die. + +Here's hoping my luck works out on April 2. I hope it's less than $100, +but at this point it's not really about cost. |