![]() You’d think that I would have noticed before, but I listened to this kind of music so exclusively that I honestly barely even considered anything that operated outside of the standard rock framework music at all. Neon: Neon Is Life cassette (self-released) It’s only recently that I’ve come to the realization that most of the music that I listen to is extraordinarily stiff and regimented. ![]() ![]() Maybe if you focused on the winner and/or the spoils you’d be on firmer footing. you have to win something-and both of these tracks omit any discernible object… they’re just about “winning” in general. Is there something in the word “winning”-whether it’s the sense of the word or just the sound-that makes it difficult to write a good song around? My only hunch is that winning is usually a transitive verb-meaning that it takes an object, i.e. As was the case with Leatherface’s track, I have a particular least favorite moment: at about the 1:50 mark, when Borland pronounces the word “win-ay-EEEENG.” Again, the word seems jammed uncomfortably into the melody, and has always struck out to me as a bump in the road on an otherwise outstanding album. Like Stubbs, Borland wrenches and stretches the word, often adding in multiple extra syllables in order to bend the word into a melody. It’s not an offense against music or anything, it’s just an idea that doesn’t really come together, which only sticks out because pretty much every other idea on this record does come together.Īnother great songwriter, Adrian Borland of the Sound, also struggles with prosody as he attacks the theme of “Winning” on the album From the Lion’s Mouth. My least favorite is the iteration that comes at about 1:37, when the two enunciations of the titular word are bridged together with a hissy scream that could have come from a Carcass record, the overdubbed scream overlapping slightly with the words on each side. Despite the varied approaches, he never really lands on one that works. In the chorus, Frankie Stubbs sings the word “Winning” twice in close succession, and he experiments with different phrasings for the lyric throughout the song. I actually really like the song’s catchy main riff-it’s pretty much classic Leatherface-but something about the way the syllables are drawn out across the chorus has always been like nails on a chalkboard to me. Admittedly, it would have been hard to keep the cresting wave of the record’s previous three songs-“Not a Day Goes By,” “Not Superstitious,” and “Springtime”-going forever, but “Winning” is a steep drop, particularly since Mush is marred by few other dicey choices. That is, with the exception of the track “Winning,” which has always been my least favorite on the album. There’s a good ten-year stretch during which I would have called Mush my favorite album, and while it doesn’t quite hit as hard for me as it did during my early 20s, it’s still a great album that never fails to bring a smile to my face. Still, it’s an impressive collection.I’m sure I’ve mentioned before how much time I’ve spent with Mush in my life. Persona obsessives will notice that a few games are missing - the original Persona, for instance, as well as the Persona 5 and 3 dancing games, Persona 3 Portable (P3P) and Persona 5 Royal, a director’s cut of the fifth numbered entry that was released in the West last year. The streaming service has the soundtracks from the Persona 4 spin-offs Dancing All Night and Arena Ultimax, the crossover titles Persona Q and Persona Q2, as well as two live concerts performed in 20. If you’re looking for deep cuts, Spotify has you covered there too. That includes the soundtracks from Persona 5, Persona 4 (and Golden), Persona 3 (and FES) and Persona 2. As the Twitter account AniPlaylist points out, almost everything from the long-running series is available to stream. If you love the jazz and hip hop-inspired beats of Persona 5, or the slightly mellower vibes of Persona 3, good news: all of these tunes are now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. My favorite element of the Persona franchise, though, is the music. A unique JRPG series that blends modern anime visuals with excellent dungeon crawling and an engrossing slice-of-life simulator. The Persona games are undeniably stylish.
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