Originally Posted by RVCA

14. Cap'n Jazz - Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over (1994, Emo/Post Hardcore)



If you've ever been a teenager, as I'm assuming most of you have at some point, and you've ever had emotions (particularly lust and frustration), I think you'll find Burritos quite agreeable. You've got some kids banging away at their instruments and one dude absolutely effacing everything humanity has ever learned about singing. There's nothing fancy here. No gimmicks, not very much technical skill, not a whole lot of polish... and I think that's exactly what makes this an essential Emo album. Rather nonsense and surrealistic lyrics combine with frequent shifts in tempo best described as "spazz attacks" to create something raw and real. And from what, a bunch of 16 year olds? Impressive.

Kitty kitty cat, kitty kitty cat...

Originally Posted by bob.

i downloaded and listened to the Alcest album a few times the other night.....at first it kind of made me think of what Sigur Ros might sound like if rather than starting to make crappy pop albums they started making more "metal" sounding albums but kept the unique style they had......i love the mixture of harmonious metal and jarring "black" style screams and guitar....loved this actually

thanks