Joy Subtraction's unanticipated second LP in all its misery
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
4-panel digipak
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T-Shirt/Apparel
A sad little design on Tultex 50/50 shirts so soft you'll think they're made of kittens.
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Passive aggressive expression of disdain via mirth on Tultex 50/50 shirts so soft you'll think they're made of kittens.
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lyrics
Nice Things (This Is Why We Can’t Have)
I never understood why people like Sonic Youth
I tried to be a fan, but I guess I’m too obtuse—right!
Chose passion over business so I make no money
And I hate the rich! hate the rich! so fucking poor is all I’ll be
I never thought of you, that’s why we’re in this mess
I’m majorly, desperately self-obsessed, so depressed
So fucking sorry ’bout what I said last night
I’m a brutish, nasty pig, but I gotta win the fight
This is why we can’t have nice things
This is why our love is shot through with gangrene
A toxic limb bloated with disease
Prognosis: amputate beneath the knee
Mad at life, hard to love
Unlike the mighty Flag we could never rise above
This is how relationships fry
In American culture, where good taste goes to die
My passion’s writing songs that nobody likes to hear
Never made no money, got this ringing in my ears
I never thought of you, that’s why we’re in this mess
I’m majorly, desperately self-obsessed, so depressed
This is why we can’t have nice things
This is why we can’t have nice things
supported by 8 fans who also own “Nice Things (This Is Why We Can't Have)”
hardcore punk, jazz, alien themes, kind of all my jams wrapped into a tight package. Intense, freaky, lean runtime but feels dense especially being sectioned into essentially 4 parts. Easily one of the best punk records of the decade so far. Also that drumming...holy shit alienasu
supported by 7 fans who also own “Nice Things (This Is Why We Can't Have)”
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer