i remember thinkin' murder in the car

[quotidians]

Essex Dogs is my favourite Blur song. I think it's the best thing they ever put out, and prefer it to anything they did prior to 1997. It's essentially slam poetry set to a trip hop beat, a theremin, some synths and a grimy, distorted guitar that sounds like it's imitating a chainsaw revving up, or maybe dogs barking. I've always been impressed with how it produces such atmosphere with fairly little. Heat trapped in asphalt, a drink-stained shirt that sticks to your chest and a misguided attempt to wash it off by running into sprinklers, disaffected youths trying to look busy, etc.

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[comix64]

i see your visual. i like the quick match-on-matchbox sound that starts at around 2:55, it makes me think of various dutch angles of youth standing against a wall, looking off to the side trying to seem tough.