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Old 12-14-2018, 07:01 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MicShazam View Post
To me, that album mostly doesn't register as "confrontational". I hear it as a form of post rock/metal hybrid. Post rock is more expressive of angst and other emotions, but not so focused on attitude. I don't know what edgy would mean in 2018 since everything has been done to death. Nothing feels edgy to me, that's for sure. The most provocative music in a time where every manner of abrasive music has been done to the furthest extreme, it seems far more challenging to dare make something embarrasingly earnest and pretty.
1. Both are done in spades.
2. Nothing ever truly reaches its limitation imo. Oversaturation is one thing, but pushing the envelope in "abrasive music" requires innovation which is difficult to predict.
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