Hey Mat, you okay buddy?
Just checking in. It’s been nine days since the release of your Liquid’s self-titled EP on Yeah You! Records, and you've already released some new material earlier today. Seven pristine tracks, completely “fresh” music, in every sense of the word. So, y’know... you good? I dunno, maybe music’s some sort of coping mechanism to get your mind offa sour shit; I’m too stupid to make music, so it’s not like I’d know. Track six, “Without a Doubt”, is a real bummer, so y’know, just wondering. But like, back when I’d let myself get real low, I used to make a bunch of bootleg tapes of whatever, and now I’ve got a couple dozen boots of shit that I don’t even want to listen to anymore. Some people do the same sort of thing with origami or knitting or something, so prolifically producing music can potentially be like that, in’it? According to the j-card, this was recorded over the course of thirteen days. Thirteen days! It sometimes takes me, like, two weeks to write some of these dinky articles that nobody’s gonna bother reading, yet Mat’s over here writing and recording whole EPs in thirteen days. Just another reminded for how incompetent I am.
Or maybe Mat’s just a real-talented boy who enjoys making music and makes it extremely well, I dunno. It’s just that, in my mind, being alive sucks and everything happens as a result of how much it fucking sucks. Like, this channel only exists to keep my mind off of how much I want to die. Oh, and I guess to make music more accessible or something, that too. Anyways, the message I’m trying to say here is that Mat’s a musical prodigy who’s got a real knack for this music-thing, and it’s super impressive how prolific he’s been ever since he resurrected that Liquids Bandcamp page. Under the Liquids name, he’s released two EP’s, an LP, a physical release of a past 2015 EP (Brandon’s In Jail), and now he’s put out another brand-new EP for us to ogle at. Not to mention all these unreleased recordings that he’s probably got sitting around in whatever house he’s living under, with a handful of them being shared with me recently. I’m afraid that I can’t openly share those, but believe me, they’re really something (there may or may not be some bizarre punk-beatboxing side-project that Mat worked on). The fact that Mat’s even been uploading them on his Bandcamp page is amazing too, it really makes up for the fact that all punk blogs are dead and obsolete now. Thanks Mat! xoxo
But this baby’s exactly what you’d hope for it to be; an all-new Liquids EP, complete with seven recently-developed tracks that you’ve (most-likely) never heard. Surprisingly enough, the actual “Heart Beats True” track isn’t even featured in this EP, despite the two sharing the name. I imagine that there’s some sort of significance to the phrase that we’re not aware of, but regardless, it’s a damn good title for an EP. Mat seems to be continuing the trend of light, honeyed rock ‘n’ roll tunes with these Liquids releases, and I’m totally all-for this direction. Those “la la la’s” in “Zilch” and the stretched-out pace in “Without a Doubt” makes my heart flutter, they’re really damn good. That’s not to say that there aren’t some bonafide bangers here, with “Lucky Knife”, “Got The Disease”, and “Selfish” blasting out the door with a higher tempo, while the remaining four tracks typically adhere to a mid-to-low pace. Liquids is good, Mat is good, life is bad, yadda yadda yadda, I don’t need to be the one to tell you all these things. Just enjoy these sprightly punk rock ‘n’ roll chunes and shh.
According to the Bandcamp page, this EP was dubbed onto 100 tapes and are aimed to be sold at the Liquids’ show with Lumpy and The “Dumps” at “Chitown Futbowl”, presumably this coming Saturday. If you want one, ask a punk for details on the show and go there. If not, then either scam yourself off of $30 and nab one on Discogs, or dub it onto a blank yourself. The included image is high-res, so just print it off, dope. Like Mat said, it’s as easy as macaroni art.
Shit, Mat either likes or hates me for posting all of his publicly-released material--or maybe he’s indifferent. I’ve uploaded, like, every major Liquids release to my channel, barring “Mat’s Demo”. Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed about that-no, ashamed, definitely ashamed. But hey, at least he’s getting some money offa this, right? Y’know, with these “altruistic” punks that’re willing to fork Mat over a dollar so they can get his music into their digital Bandcamp music collections--after Bandcamp and Paypal take their cut, of course. Shit, after all that, Mat might have enough money to buy a couple gumballs! Wow!
TRACK LIST:
Lucky Knife - 0:00
Zilch - 1:17
Got The Disease - 3:05
Let’s Eat Him - 4:02
Selfish - 5:08
Without a Doubt - 6:05
Bottomless Pit - 8:42
DOWNLOAD: www.mediafire.com/download/50r...
16 июл 2024
