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So. It's been a while since I've had a blog, journal, or anything like that. I tried keeping track of my life in a notebook, but that didn't work out. It made me feel like I was keeping a secret, and I knew I'd be horrified if anybody ever found it. Plus it made me feel sorta crazy. As if one day a therapist would see what's inside and go, "wow, you really are fucked up". At least on the internet, I feel like my words have a purpose. Somebody might find them, and somebody might understand. Or they might not. They might just react like my metaphorical therapist.

I'm not even sure how to talk about myself. Who am I? What am I like as a person? Why am I doing this? I'm not really sure -- I'm trying to figure all of this out. I decided I should start getting my feelings out and documenting my existence somewhere. I don't do much living, currently, and I feel like I might disappear entirely if I don't cement myself in these words. I was a little bit worried about being judged, but I've always tried not to care about that kind of stuff. If I'm constantly bending around the opinions of others, am I really living my life as me?

I hope I actually remember this page exists. And I hope I don't become stupidly embarrassed about it. I just want to live without regretting every single little thing I do.

Current Mood: listless

I realized recently that the bulk of my posts on here are set to private/access list only, mostly because I get a bit embarrassed over my personal posts and diary entries :p They look messy, okay...

...Which means that I have a total of, like, three public posts and they're all me complaining about music? I mean, dats a pretty good reflection of my personality, but it's all a bit lonely over here. So I might start putting some older poetry on here, and maybe it'll inspire me to make some more lel. Prepare yourself for the darkness >:) (yeesh, ew.)

I'll start writing some more diary entries once I start actually doing stuff in my life xD

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: "Newport Living" - Cute Is What We Aim For

Listen, I like a decent amount of music that other people love to complain about, but... I think I'm starting to understand why so many HATE Bring Me The Horizon. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing middle-aged metalheads burst an artery as they rage on and on about "ass metalcore bands designed for teeny boppers" and BMTH are the highest profile target for that, but... I don't even have anything critical to say about them. I just want to skip almost every single song that comes on.

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Current Mood: listless
Current Music: NOT fucking BMTH

I posted a review for this on my RYM, but I felt like sharing my thoughts here too. I listen to music too much and I need to talk about it somewhere xD

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Album Name: Omens
Artist: 3OH!3
Released: 18 June 2013
Genres: Electropop, Brostep
# Tracks: 11

My rating: 1.5/5.0

This album fucking sucks. And I'm not even ashamed to say it. It's a droning, boring, forgettable mess. There's only one song on this album I found remotely enjoyable.

I love 3OH!3. And that's exactly why I hate this album. Everything lovable about them has been completely stripped away, or turned down, in this album.

Okay, they're growing as artists. This is a mature step away from their white boy crunk! Unfortunately, it's just not as good. Replacing their dance-oriented and synth-reliant hooks with aggressive wubby bass that sounds akin to the noise made by wobbling a dry erase board, their music is almost ear-bleeding. It's nearly an attack on the senses, if it wasn't so freaking boring. Why the fuck are they doing dubstep? Who knows! I hate it. This is not what I meant when I said I liked dance music.

They've turned down their "frat boy party animal" energy quite a bit, but not entirely, and now it's hard to tell if they're still being ironic or not. Maybe I've gotten used to the signature 3OH!3 poor production quality sound, but I think this album sounds way too over-produced and synthetic -- like they're trying too hard. It's like they're trying to make summer party anthems, but losing their authenticity somewhere along the way. It definitely feels like 2013.

Everything you liked 3OH!3 for -- the humour, the parodying, the hooks, the "wait hold on that's kinda depressing dude" lyrics -- is missing from here. Two Girlfriends is the only track I like from here, as it's reminiscent of their past sound and proves they still have their humour. You're Gonna Love This is a pretty popular song, and I understand why -- it's catchy, and it is actually memorable. Everything else is just forgettable as hell. Some of it you want to forget. It's boring, it drones on, and some of these tracks are way too basic to be that long.

Then again, maybe I just hate dubstep.

Or maybe it just sucks.

Bonus mentions:
Young Blood is an awful song, I can barely sit through it.
Live For The Weekend has some funny lyrics... still bad tho.

Current Mood: sleepy

In the most simple terms, this album is exceedingly mediocre. It's cliched and makes no attempt to work outside of the box, making it plain forgettable. Abandon All Ships are an electronicore band (also known as synthcore/trancecore) -- metalcore infused with elements of electronic music -- but this album has also been described as "brostep" and "crunkcore".

Here's the first thing I have to say about this album: the screamed vocals are fucking terrible. God, they're so boring, so average, and so expressionless. This band has been criticized over their intense use of auto-tune, but I honestly prefer those vocals over the shitty shouting. The track Family Goretrait features short sections of un-tuned clean vocals which mesh well with the instrumental -- too bad they're sung by Rody Walker, and not somebody actually in the band. Rody actually makes them sound good... Guardian Angel features less screamed vocals, and unsurprisingly, it's a much more tolerable track. Hold on, Lena Katina is in this? From fucking t.A.T.u??

A lot of people dislike electronicore, but I'm a fan -- when done properly, it can be something special. This band does not do it properly. They're like a poor man's Attack Attack!, whilst simultaneously being a lot less funny. The metalcore elements of this album are so basic I think they'd be better off switching to plain electropop or crunkcore. Strange Love is pure electropop, and damn, I really like this song. Some bands just aren't destined for metalcore. It's also the song that made me listen to this album... you can guess how disappointed I was. When Dreams Become Nightmares and Heaven feature very nice little dance sections, which is the only thing I listen to these songs for.

The composition of this album is hilarious. Heavily religious songs right next to lyrics about partying and stealing your girl, bro? It's great. I'm curious as to whether or not this band is being ironic xD

In conclusion, this album is just bland. Not necessarily boring, just... there's nothing special. It's purely saved by the fact that I enjoy electropop and shitty dance-infused music.

Current Mood: brain go thinky

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