Artist: Iron Lung
Album: Exposed 7"
Release: 2009
Label: Iron Lung
Tracklist:
1. Exposed
2. No Room (Sex/Vid)
3. Nothing
Lets just get this out of the way now; this is a power violence record and I’m writing this in 2010. Either you think that’s totally cool, and you and I will get along, or you (perhaps more likely) think that’s lame, and probably shouldn’t read any further than this.
Sexless//No Sex came out at the tail end of 2007, right? And I think that title has described the life of everyone reading this right now. Lets just all admit that to ourselves, and move on. The cover art is loose and sloppy, and decidedly sparse – it tries to make sense where there is none. The change in visual style reflects a change in the music as this band goes further into the deep end.
Their lyrics have always been about disease and medicine as an allegory for the harshness of our existence. When they sing “Always exposed, always alone, alone with disease” It’s less about Polio, and more about the cold reality of life. Or maybe it is about Polio, and this band is a total gimmick. Maybe there’s nothing deeper to all their lyrics about disease and medical malpractice. Maybe their cover of Sex/Vid on track two is a sincere homage to a band they know/like/are friends with, but maybe they’re aping this song to have a laugh. After all, one can never truly know, but I think these guys are more interested in laughing at their peers than with them. Maybe I’m just trying too hard to read between the lines, but I can’t help but take it sort of personally when they shout “At the end of your life, your useless, worthless life, you will regret your time.” But then again, I have a tendency to take things personally, and Jensen Ward said he was going to give me a car, which I still haven’t seen.
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-Fritz
Album: Exposed 7"
Release: 2009
Label: Iron Lung
Tracklist:
1. Exposed
2. No Room (Sex/Vid)
3. Nothing
Lets just get this out of the way now; this is a power violence record and I’m writing this in 2010. Either you think that’s totally cool, and you and I will get along, or you (perhaps more likely) think that’s lame, and probably shouldn’t read any further than this.
Sexless//No Sex came out at the tail end of 2007, right? And I think that title has described the life of everyone reading this right now. Lets just all admit that to ourselves, and move on. The cover art is loose and sloppy, and decidedly sparse – it tries to make sense where there is none. The change in visual style reflects a change in the music as this band goes further into the deep end.
Their lyrics have always been about disease and medicine as an allegory for the harshness of our existence. When they sing “Always exposed, always alone, alone with disease” It’s less about Polio, and more about the cold reality of life. Or maybe it is about Polio, and this band is a total gimmick. Maybe there’s nothing deeper to all their lyrics about disease and medical malpractice. Maybe their cover of Sex/Vid on track two is a sincere homage to a band they know/like/are friends with, but maybe they’re aping this song to have a laugh. After all, one can never truly know, but I think these guys are more interested in laughing at their peers than with them. Maybe I’m just trying too hard to read between the lines, but I can’t help but take it sort of personally when they shout “At the end of your life, your useless, worthless life, you will regret your time.” But then again, I have a tendency to take things personally, and Jensen Ward said he was going to give me a car, which I still haven’t seen.
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-Fritz
13 comments:
This is a great little record. You forgot to mention that it is one-sided. I wasn't paying attention when I first put this on and tried playing the blank side, waiting for the power to begin, I thought, "What is this shit? The art of silence has been done you hacks!" Then I realized I was the silly one.
In other words, thanks!
I really like the idea of someone commenting on a music blog commenting on the interpersonal relationships of someone else. Maybe next you can tell us how we could best be maximizing the use of our time.
Colman - at this point I'm forced to consider the alternative that everything about these two guys is one big joke that's all on us.
-Fritz.
Thank you.
thanks for this! can't get enough of this fucking band...probably the only thing that made the drive to work tolerable this week.
hardcore worldview for life
lol @ upset anon.
Also lol @ beardo I am pretty sure he didn't just grow a beard this year to get laid like 75 percent of readers of this blog.
i was under the impression lucid media posts nothing but beard metal
Thanks for posting this. They only sold these at shows and I'm in Alabama (far off their tour routes) and can't afford to travel for shows. Trying to track this thing down would have cost me almost $40 in the "collecter's market". Bleh.
I wouldn't know, I left lucid a while back.
You have definitely read too far into things here. The ultra-aggro he-man is as gentle as a piece of 4-ply quilted charmin and the beardo has been cool longer than you have been alive. You obvious do not know these people and should probably do your research before spewing such nonsense Colman.
could you provide lyrics for "Exposed" track? that'd be great. thanks. just email to unregisteredaccount1@yahoo.com (its a real email). thanks again in advance.
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