BRAID – I’M AFRAID OF
EVERYTHING (POLYVINYL)
I used to know a fat
girl from Manchester Nottingham and cause concern of unleashing an STD in Leicester . Rumour
was that the sleeping bag that they shared had to be burned (had to be
destroyed). She then got a job in a
bank, lost the weight and reeled out a pretty decent and impressive set of
Facebook photos. In other words she grew
up and left childish things such as Braid behind.
Braid were emo before
emo turned silly, went goth and got silly haircuts. That said beneath the exterior it would seem
attitudes were much the same. Don’t cry.
“I’m Afraid Of Everything”
is a terrible song title and sentiment to unleash on the world. And then the fuckers place the song in the
middle of a three song release. It’s the
meat in an emo burger. Not to worry
though as to large extent all three songs on this release sound the same.
So why am I giving
this release such a hard time? I guess
for me it just represents a really bad time in my music education, a moment
when people were insistent that this was some kind of pinnacle and peak in
playing.
I whine but I’m not
proud of it. I don’t record music about
it. Occasionally I’ll write about it but
the key element is that I will sprinkle it with a heavy dose of humour whereas
this kind of earnest display of emotion seems to lack such abandon and
humility.
Poor old Braid, it’s
not their fault.
Thesaurus moment: wet.
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