Five Songs, 5/23/2019

A rare double clueless day!

Radiohead, “We Suck Young Blood”
  1. A carefully placed comma makes this song title pretty funny.
  2. Handclaps are bitchin'.
  3. The recording on this is beautiful.
Summerlands, “Lost My Mind”

Power metal, as a genre, usually features lethal amounts of cheese. By and large, I don’t mind some cheese with my music every now and again, but it has to be a rare treat, and I usually don’t myself craving it. But beyond the inherent corniness of the genre, the songs usually don’t appeal to me that much, being kind of heavy on wailing (both from the singer and lead guitarist). As a result, I mostly tend to avoid power metal. So, I’m not sure how I ended up with this. I must have read a good review somewhere? Or sometimes, I like to sample records from genres that I don’t love just to see if maybe my tastes have changed.

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