A college friend of mine has released a CD recently - kind of Johnny Cash meets Sid Vicious while wallowing in the penumbra of popular culture. It's not a new thing for him, though it might be for you. Listen to The Julian Barrett or Winocreep, and read a little about the voice behind the mike.
These lyrics are not happy, though they are often blackly funny, and some lines are downright blasphemous (or so it would seem). Why, then, does it strike me as being somehow - brace yourselves, this might sound moralistic - good? I don't just mean technically. They're definitely well-written songs, but then that's a different matter. This I'd say is both. I don't have an answer, this is how it is at the moment. Theories don't fit at this time; better to let it cook a while and see what comes out. I just want to enjoy the music. Thoughts come of their own accord.
(Image gleefully swiped from http://www.crawlspacerecords.com/photosmay.html.)
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