tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849500676397996361.post1869096147639724282..comments2024-02-16T02:23:40.520-08:00Comments on Dozens of Donuts: Death Grips - Bottomless Pit ReviewDozens Of Donutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419864582928187713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849500676397996361.post-47752940128753727542016-05-09T21:36:49.953-07:002016-05-09T21:36:49.953-07:00Maybe it's just me, but maybe we may have a di...Maybe it's just me, but maybe we may have a different subjective perspective on what constitutes Ride hitting on all cylinders. I mean, I do understand that the band focused more on the sonic aesthetic, in terms of having a more mainstream-ish sound, more so than a lot of their other projects, and that catchy one-liners were a focal point in this LP, but Ride to me stayed pretty consistent all throughout the album in terms of the concepts he was trying to portray and the appropriateness of their delivery, although I will admit that in some areas redundancy is a noticeable issue. Maybe it's an issue with the allowance of esoteric means for a much wider spectrum of value attribution than otherwise, which has always been of relevance in all of Death Grips' works, even among their fans.<br /><br />In terms of what Exmilitary had to offer regarding the conceptualization of a completely paranoid and schizophrenic character, I will agree that they have tackled similar issues in the past, although I believe that it takes on an evolution in this album due to its relationship with concepts brought forth concerning the aforementioned metaphorical sexual deviancy with which their fans receive the band. Yes, Ride was schizophrenically egotistical before, but now he seems like a schizophrenic kingpin of a pimp, which is amusing to me.<br /><br />I will have to agree with you on the fact that I did wish the album was a bit more experimental with a lot more "what-in-the-actual-fuck!!" moments; however, overall, I do greatly appreciate what they did bring to the table in this one. Also, I really appreciate as well the reply :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426757381038766296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849500676397996361.post-19734809200036969022016-05-09T20:31:09.958-07:002016-05-09T20:31:09.958-07:00I absolutely see where you're coming from, and...I absolutely see where you're coming from, and you've made a lot of great points that I won't argue. I never looked at it like cause and effect before, but I can totally see that as an answer to why Ride goes from being dominant to battered over his own achievements. I think while one-liners may be enticing the overall content isn't up to the standards of most of their other releases. Not saying it's bad, not at all, just not as good as when Ride's hitting on all cylinders. And I don't feel that was the purpose, as the focus definitely lied on the production and catchiness. Plus a do feel a lot of the content here has been done of Ex-Military better, excluding the fan stuff which hadn't been established yet.<br /><br />Which yes, in regards to your last paragraph, it is absolutely a catchy, visceral album. Comparably to The Money Store in that regard, in my opinion. For me though, as opposed to others, I tend to prefer Ride when he's oddly intimate, or the group when they're being super experimental. Straight forward Death Grips filtered through Pop does a lot to attract my attention but little to make me in shock, especially when that's what I've come to expect from the group.<br /><br />Thanks for your reply though, that was much appreciated! Always great to see that level of thought go into dissecting something.Dozens Of Donutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419864582928187713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849500676397996361.post-76831620787612806702016-05-09T12:58:38.139-07:002016-05-09T12:58:38.139-07:00I don't see a justification in calling this MC...I don't see a justification in calling this MC Ride's worst lyrical performance, or the band's least conceptual release. A reading of the lyrics almost clearly acknowledges to me, at least, that BP is about, in part, the relationship between the band and its fans. The first half, or so, of the album showcases the apathy and indifference felt by the members towards them, and the tacitly vituperative delivery of Ride's admonishment to many a fan's presumptions regarding the band's true nature/purpose. In the second half, the tone shifts to a sexually metaphorical nature wherein a description is haphazardly pieced together of the fans' promiscuously addictive reception of the band, and how such deviance may just end up being self-degrading and with no conceivable end in sight (kind of like a bottomless pit). The conceptual nature of the album is further consolidated if one considers the first part as cause and the second part as effect, although this is just a personal interpretation.<br /><br />Lyrically, this is one of the band's most imagery-inducing works yet, albeit still esoterically packaged in its details. Lines like "arsenic liquid chrome my carcass on my throne" in Houdini, "you're ten thousand leagues subzero sweat dripping" in Spikes, and "I’ll reap you through this maze of masochists bulging with hives" in the title track all give this view of a megalomaniac thinking he is emperor; yet when you juxtapose this with "anomalous like entropy make all things perforated" from Eh, and basically all of Trash, then you see that this egotist is schizophrenic enough to regard himself as both the most important of kings and the least relevant of paupers, which in my eyes is another beautiful rendition of one falling through a bottomless pit, as espousing these diametrically opposed perspectives gives one of the most tenuous of foundations upon which to build one's own subjectively conceived framework of being.<br /><br />In my opinion, the band's ability to mould this form of complexity within the sonic parameters of quite infectiously catchy hooks made this album probably the most conceptually and viscerally satisfying endeavours I've had from them in a while.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426757381038766296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849500676397996361.post-81214159664168361212016-05-09T12:56:12.334-07:002016-05-09T12:56:12.334-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426757381038766296noreply@blogger.com