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therogueheart · 3 years
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Since I’ve seen someone take a screenshot of this post, crop it out of context and try to accuse me of comparing what they did or using Buck’s situation to validate Taylor’s publicly;
(You can also see the post I made condemning what Taylor did, the one that prompted the baiting ask about Buck, here. You can also see my other post about why what Taylor did is gross as fuck and how Buck’s situation is nothing like hers here.)
I said it was a ‘dumbass’ thing to do because it was. In that actual real life situation, while all his emotions and reasons are valid, what he did could’ve had multiple consequences. Even Athena, who is notoriously lenient on Buck, pointed out to him that it was a stupid thing to do.
Eddie was considerate and gentle, but even he knew what Buck did could’ve had bold consequences. He understood why Buck was doing it and he was validating those factors, but he was also aware that it could’ve gone really wrong.
Nuance and critical thinking exist but some of you are literally incapable of it. I was even defending what Buck did and pointing how it wasn’t at all like what Taylor did (which is what the Anon was trying to imply.)
What Buck did was risky and stupid, but he had incredibly valid reasons for doing it. He was trying to save his sister from the armed, dangerous, abusive man who’d stalked her across America, stabbed someone, and had kidnapped her.
Taylor Kelly went along with sexual advances in order to trick Buck into unlocking his phone so she could gain details for her work. Just the most recent exhibit of her long, long line of manipulations. Especially in regards to Buck.
They are not the same and they are incomparable. That was the point of my post. You can’t just crop out the actual point of the point, share a snippet wildly out of context then try to act like my actual point doesn’t exist.
Buck has literally had multiple storylines now over five seasons that depict and challenge his habit of diving into things headfirst, usually without considering or actively dismissing the potential consequences.
I can recognise that, and the possible consequences of his actions, while simultaneously defending the fact that saving your kidnapped sister is nothing like flirting with a man to unlock his phone without his consent. When he’s literally fully conscious and all you have to do is ask him to load up the app.
I am the survivor of an abusive relationship. I’ve had not one but two partners access my phone without my consent. It literally made me shake and feel nauseas being painted out as undermining what happened to Maddie or defending what Taylor did. Miss me with that shit. I’ve been very open about how disgusting I find Taylor’s various actions and behavior.
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recommendedlisten · 6 years
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In certain parts of the country, it may be tough to think spring when you’re still shoveling your way out of a nor’easter on a weekly basis, but the season is officially here, which means it’s time to catch up with what Recommended Listen dug since our last quarterly list. Not every listen that has left an impression gets a formal review due to time constraints, or as in the case of 2018′s first few months, the fact that there seems to be way too much good music coming out these days. That’s not necessary a curse, but it can make for some bouts of content overload that make it impossible to keep up with. If you’re looking to meet your new favorite band, the last few months were a good time to find them as well. Here’s 10 excellent albums to rock while spring cleaning out your emotions in case you missed them the first time around.
American Nightmare - American Nightmare [Rise Records]
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At the start of this decade, Wes Eisold had seemingly outgrown his hardcore roots and remade himself a dark pop fashionista with his synth-pop band Cold Cave. After all, putting his band American Nightmare to bed followed a tumultuous chapter in his life that involved renaming the band twice-over for legal matters atop of a wavering scene that sucked much of the the energy out of the project. 2012′s reunion of the band was a timely reaction to a deserved reappraisal from listeners and critics alike, however, with a rekindled interest in AN’s brutalist sound being long overdue. The band’s self-titled comeback and first new music in 15 years lives up to that legacy, while adding new chapters to it as well. Here, Eisold and company furnish their artillery with wiry post-punk and a metalcore exoskeleton that gives a glimpse into what once was while showing what American Nightmare, and hardcore as a whole, have become during these years of silence. If anything, they’re still deafening, screaming new anthems of survival into the void.
awakebutstillinbed - what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you [Tiny Engines]
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It’s one thing to channel your emotions into your work, but Shannon Tyler lets hers entirely consume her every being throughout the public confessionals behind awakebutstillinbed’s blistering debut what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you. The breakout release from the San Jose basement punk project found a cult following early on in the year under its own self-released merits, but its spectacular energy has managed to get the band signed properly to Tiny Engines for an upcoming wider release, and it’s easy to hear why. These are songs that made their way straight from Tayor’s diary into the microphone as her signature sing-scream bravely bleeds out insecurities and earnest frustrations in the kind of way that makes for highly digestible lyrical fodder for anyone banging their brain against the headboard. Whether it;s an introverted meditation or cathartic outburst, awakebutstillinbed knows exactly how to find a safe space for them inside of capsules as faceted as twinkly indie rock and post-hardcore where they’re allowed to exist as they are.
Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends [Run for Cover Records]
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As a dude, speaking to Camp Cope’s How to Socialise & Make Friends is a daunting task, because anyone of the XY chromosome probably isn’t the most qualified to do the kind of heavy lifting the Melbourne indie rockers’ do here on their sophomore effort. The listen protests and shouts just as much as it lets out heavy sighs as singer Georgia Maq airs her grievances, be it via acid tongue or a higher road empathy, on gendered double-standards and her exhaustion with cultured misogyny in every facet of her daily life, from being an all-women band in a male-dominated punk scene to dealing with guys behaving badly in and out of her circle. Camp Cope’s sound matches both an anti-authoritarian DIY spirit and emotive frustration equivocally, as Maq’s unspooling of guitars over Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich and Sarah Thompson’s steady rhythm clears a path for her to break the patriarchy, if even by throwing just one stone at it at a time.
Corey Flood - Wish You Hadn’t EP [Fire Talk Records]
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Wintertime is known to deplete the body of mood-boosting vitamin D, and Wish You Hadn’t, the debut EP from Philadelphia anxiety punks Corey Flood, may as well be the sonic antidote to transition you from any lingering seasonal affective disorder you may be experiencing as you blinker your eyes back into the sunlight with caution. Their style of rock is rife with a dreamy malaise that sleeps well in bed with the ‘90s gloom pop soft siren sounds of Liz Phair and PJ Harvey, with frontwoman Ivy Gray Klein spinning in her own head where confusion is sex, the self, or some mixture of both. Unlike the other examples of darker dalliances of indie rock found on this list, Wish You Hadn’t moves with a slow current of thought where Klein’s words slink over Noah Jacobson-Carroll and Em Boltz’ guitars and keep in sync with the rhythm she and drummer Juliette Rando make. Her existentialist decrees stream in through tributaries rather than a flood rush, because after all, the dark thoughts that last are usually the ones you let fester over time.
Gulfer - Dog Bless [Topshelf Records]
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“I’m not going out / I’m staying right here in my basement / I’m just gonna chill / And later write a song about it,” screeches Gulfer frontman Vincent Ford on the quartet’s Topshelf breakout Dog Bless. It’s a resounding statement, not just because his voice scrapes against the board like nails grating cement, but in the way it paints a pretty accurate portrait for the listen that never grows tired from start to end, in spite of Ford’s admissions of grown up exhaustion. Themes on adult malaise are evergreens in relatability in the emo scene no matter who you’re springing those choruses unto, yet Gulfer muster up more than enough energy up in those admissions without overthinking the medium through which they push it through that makes their unkempt take on math rock sound sincerely raw. There have been many, many bands before them who’ve shouted these daily anxieties out in small spaces just like theirs, but all that really matters is that it’s done in earnest. If better weather isn’t really your think, here’s a dozen tracks about preferring the basement to anywhere else.
Hurry - Every Little Thought [Lame-O Records]
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Every Little Thought, the third studio effort from emotive guitar-pop rockers Hurry, was released in February but its arrival could be considered premature bloom, as the listen feels closer to singing the songs of springtime romance than winter’s chill. So much of the Philly trio’s sound is indebted to conjuring warm sunshine (if even faded...) and a fresh breeze, yet not so much in the same sense as the surf-sided indie rock out there. Rather, Hurry glistens closer to home in big hooks and an FM alternative sparkle as frontman Matt Scottoline’s choruses glide through the air with little resistance, as his riffs alongside the mid-tempo melancholia made by bassist Joe DeCarolis and drummer Rob DeCaroli carry the weight of that wistfulness in well-preserved memory held together by a bittersweet saccharine of fuzzy emo riffs and pristine power pop. Even if your spring fling goes by the wayside, hopefully Hurry will remind you of the parts of its passing worth keeping.
Russian Baths - Penance EP [Good Eye Records]
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Russian Baths may be one of many new bands on the endless post-punk supply chain, yet the differentiating that sets them apart from the rest of that discordant abyss resides in how the quartet have recontextualized that spectrum beyond the surface level with their debut EP Penance. The four-track listen makes the most of an intriguing experiment in short order by exploring various faces of bleakness under the helm of shared vocal vessels Luke Koz and Jess Rees, with the former often anchoring aggression at a loss of control while the latter reigns in a dreamy stasis. When the two cross paths, it conjures a black matter made from angular riffs cutting through subcutaneous layers of shoegaze, hardcore and metal. Penance’s themes often highlight an evil unknowingly lurking in the everyman, and it’s only when Russian Baths tear into that skin where true darkness is revealed.
Shamir - Resolution [Self-released]
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Ever since he ditched the savior of house pop label he never asked for last year, Shamir has been on a creative tear with his new found songwriting independence, which is to say the music we’re hearing is fully and wholly an outpouring of himself rediscovering who he always was behind the studio gloss. Going through some shit has added a healthy layer of dirt the process, with last year’s doubling of HOPE and Revelations being a lo-fi meditative catharsis, but with his latest surprise release Resolution, not only is the hiss amplified, but it shows us a side of the young genre non-conformist we’ve yet to meet where he’s brandishing how sharp his teeth (and songwriting) can be as well. Bookended by politics and filled with a breakup post-mortem in between, there’s enough for Shamir to seethe on through reverb-heavy post-punk slathered in goth eyeliner and the occasional country strummer to make these woes as sad and angry as he wants. They say to think things through before you react, but so far, going with instinct is serving Shamir v.2.0 well.
Sidney Gish - No Dogs Allowed [Self-released]
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No Dogs Allowed, the debut album from Boston-by-way-of-Jersey songwriter Sidney Gish, arrived with a quiet bang that we don’t really get to experience too often these days with artists on the rise. She self-released the effort with hardly a publicity push behind it aside from word-of-mouth buzz, and it all happens to be well-warranted if your lane for melancholic indie pop is a timeless formula molded around a modernist perspective where clean guitar hooks and smart, hyper-specific storytelling run parallel through the satirical gaze of a 20something on a collision course with reality. That Gish initially dropped No Dogs Allowed at the very start of the new year seems like a little quip of irony in itself -- She delivers hers in song with a perked up posture that strolls into springtime better than it might in the wintry blast it initially arrived. Rethinking the conventional is kind of her thing, though...
Teenage Wrist - Chrome Neon Jesus [Epitaph Records]
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Teenage Wrist sound quite literally like what their name suggests – A trio of rather young artists getting their grip around their musical identities while figuring out all of the other hard realities of life that follow one’s coming of age. For a debut album on one of the biggest punk labels out there, Chrome Neon Jesus makes more sense out of all of that than it deserves to this early on in their career, as bassist and frontman Kamtin Mohager, guitarist Marshall Gallagher and drummer Anthony Salazar meld together brooding influences of punk, shoegaze and arena-ambitious ‘90s alternative with such cohesion that it makes for one of the year’s best rock albums so far. That the effort was produced by studio pro Carlos De La Garza (Paramore, Jimmy Eat World) reinforces that their big sound covers the walls from end to end, and by filtering it through layers of beauty and existential terror, the Los Angeles trio have captured a moment that resonates perfectly with a new generation.
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