The Martyr – Idiot
Listen, you can choose the subculture that you want to belong to, but you won’t always be able to choose your mood regardless of what your yoga teacher or shrink told you. The two, however, will inevitably influence each other.
To naive outsiders, fans of gothic rock, who are easy to spot because they tend to look like vampyric Edgar Allen Poes, seem perpetually miserable, and always well-dressed. That striking appearance is enough to bring up some questions.
Those questions range from the honest to the absurd. Why are these people so glum all the time? Do they sleep in a coffin, and who does their hair? In other words, outsiders want to know if the mood must move in pace with the style.
All those questions are asked in the moody “Idiot” by The Martyr. The pop-tinged goth-rock sounds use the mysterious, spacious sonic tactics of the genre. But the lyrics are the real surprise, as the artist debates with himself whether all these black clothes and eyeliner make him look like a jerk to those just seeing him for the first time. We know what the answer is! But let that not stop us. Stay black!
Korine – Twist The Knife
There are people who can dance on a volcano. They can twist and shout. They can recite poetry just as the heat rises up. And they can make it all seem too easy. It’s enough to get everyone of us watching that dancing on a volcano is the easiest task in the world.
But don’t try it. Or, at least, be prepared to get singed to a crisp. People aren’t supposed to be dancing on volcanoes. Most people cannot do it. And, frankly, the vast majority of us are far more fragile to even climb in the direct vicinity of the molten lava.
But we need to see people do it, if only to convince our minds for a moment that it’s possible. We need to see people tease danger until it charges like a raging bull. We need to tell ourselves: “Well, they got away with it, didn’t they?”
Korine performs “Twist The Knife” on a burning mountain of emotional intensity. And the dup makes it look effortless. Yes, this is catchy, gothic-inspired pop-rock. But it deals with the kind of topics, the sort of hurt that would destroy most people who would dare consider the implications, let alone swallow the pain and produce something as effortlessly inspired as this. This is volcano dancing alright!
