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SOMETIMES THE TEXT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! I WANNA GET HIGH! AND LISTEN TO THE CURE ALL NIGHT!

To be fair to Gene Loves Jezebel, Billy Corgan brought them onstage / it was in 2011, it’s on their Wikipedia page / but for the most part, however big that chorused bass may throb / you and me, and all of us, are going to have to find a job

John Darnielle you’re right about everything ever. But especially once and future goth bands.

this song fucking rocks. 1. the instrumentals here. wow gorggggggg. 2. trent reznor mention 3. the story… love a predatory/shitty contract don’t you .? 4. ONLY COWRITTEN SONG IN THE MOUNTAIN GOATS CATALOG! also this is one of the only times i’ve seen the discrepancy between The Extra Glenns and The Extra Lens name acknowledged in writing. THANK YOU PETER HUGHES!

this song was my blog title on tumblr for a hot minute + the illustration for the song in the cd booklet was my header :-) christian death mentioned here… (RIP Rozz) the annotations here remind me very much of what JD said before playing an unreleased song from Days @ the SB show this August. Long Beach, can you hear me? Can you hear me, Long Beach?

days is like the spiritual successor to goths. the more i think about it. sonically and thematically. ars poetica about The Scene. i like this song as well. what song DONT i like on goths? i need to listen to goths in full again and give it a reassessment.

and dave went to new york…i don’t care
you can’t shut people up
once they get back from their christmas out there.
i originally heard this song as the jordan lakes version. but i appreciate the original very much too now.

wear black when You come around / wear black in Your absence

IM FANGIRLING THR FUCK OUT OVER THIS SONG I LOVE RAIN IN SOHO I LOVE TO GO TO SOHO AND SAY WOW ITS LIKE RAIN IN SOHO I LOVE THIS SONG. THE ALL CAPS SCARED ME OH MY HOD. NO PROMISE SWEETER THAN A BLOOD PACT NOTHING HARDER TO GO THROUGH WITH THAN A VANISHING ACT. WEEEE PLAYED FOR YOU BUT YOU WOULD NOT SING! NO ONES GOING TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING!!!!!!! 😁😁😁

i also love this song. incoherent but functional. And it is gorgeously arranged. John Darnielle your beautiful mind. outside it’s 92 degrees. and KROQ (the rock of the 80s) is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees.

despite not loving goths i love this song. Wow holy shit wow. wow. i don’t have anything to say other than it’s making me tear up.