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Get Behind Me, Penguin! Why does Cleveland love it?

because it's true?

By A. S. LawrencePublished about a month ago • 1 min read

Cleveland is obsessed with this album, and I listened to it to figure out why. Here's a track by track breakdown of my thoughts:

Soul Seeker...if the rushing ocean surf was a riff...the rushing ocean surf is a great sound to fall asleep to.

Maggie Rock...a song a rock girl might actually be flattered to have written about her.  If she didn't turn it off out of boredom after the first 30 seconds.

Freemason Confetti...don't these guys know that the cash was an Illuminati thing?  Bruh there's a pyramid right there on the dollar.  I asked Aidan Lawrence what he meant by it, and he said I misinterpreted it, and that the Freemasons would gather cash and throw it around after they win, since it'd be meaningless.  Which I guess kinda makes sense, but it might be a megacope for getting something wrong on baby's first esotericism.

Play it Cool...the most repetitive riff in history?  And this is coming from someone who has unironically called Nirvana good music.

Fort Knox...wow bro the government is like corrupt and stuff.

Eviscerate the Visceral...be careful not to cut yourself on all that edge bruh

Flake...take 5 minutes to deliver a decent 3 minute song idea.

Crop Rotation...actually a fairly unique metaphor and riff.

Paper Thin Skinned Alien...literally three chords!  (Sorry Inigo I don't want to say "actually" four times in a short article.)

Burden...this song's actually kinda good.  They probably wrote it first to whet interest and put it last.  Just like those annoying bands that have one hit and ALWAYS play it at the end of the concert...because being predictable hurts less than seeing people leave mid-show.

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    Written by A. S. Lawrence