favorite hanl songs
Aug. 31st, 2022 08:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlrockthis is a messy continuation of my parannoul and daughter posts; i've succumbed to full-blown hanl discog appreciation and i feel like i've finally listened to enough to make this post so here it is T__T there are definitely some random demos and bootleg tracks i haven't listened to yet but overall i'm pretty confident in this list (even if certain positions could be shuffled around etc. it's all variable!!!). as always i am making this for my own reflection's sake because i don't have anyone to talk with about my emotional support 2008 post-punk album π and That's OK. this also contains a pretty liberal mix of hanl/gc/bw tracks because it's all the same to me <3
just going to delve into this but i did really love this 2021 interview i read earlier that looks back on deathcon's legacy ;__; in some way it's hilarious to me that db has gone down the monetized self-help guru path of combatting the Depressive StruggleTM but it's obviously nice to see them both doing better in whatever way, or i guess just to see people be able to achieve an amount of normalcy while maintaining a very balanced + equitable view of their work and how other people interact with it. really like this part in particular........
[ THE LIST ]
- 20. winter's house (giles corey, hinterkaifeck) [4:45]
19. choir of assholes / you think it'll make you happy but it won't (black wing, no moon) [8:08]
18. burial society (have a nice life, the unnatural world) [6:40]
17. my body betrayed me (black wing, ...is doomed) [5:03]
16. holy fucking shit: 40,000 (have a nice life, deathconsciousness) [6:27]
15. i'm going to do it (giles corey, giles corey) [6:16]
14. science beat (have a nice life, sea of worry) [5:36]
13. guggenheim wax museum (have a nice life, the unnatural world) [5:14]
12. the big gloom (have a nice life, deathconsciousness) [8:04]
11. the icon and the axe (have a nice life, time of land) [5:57]
10. destinos [13:13]
from have a nice life - sea of worry (2019)
fateβs a funny thing / it makes a victim of the will
sea of worry is definitely their least popular album but i think it has its moments!!! and ok yes longest intro ever but you just have to let it build. like bro it's vibes i swear... i've heard the voids demo version but i honestly prefer the rerecording *__*
9. is this real life, jesus christ [5:18]
from black wing - no moon (2020)
is this real life?
is it real life?
or am i really so stupid?
jesus christ
when i look, all i feel is guilt
is it real life?
or am i really so stupid?
jesus christ
when i look, all i feel is guilt
the main focus of hanl music obviously isn't their lyrics but i love how db can offer up like the most plainlyyyy painful lyricism and that it still works because of the well-accompanied instrumentation but also because sometimes that's just what hits. like he gets how our brains manifest the same simple circular depressive rumination without any finesse and you get the all i feel is guilts the if i feel something my body betrayed mes the i don't want to live at alls etc. etc. and on this track particularly it fits so nicely with the synthy darkwave energy that has a lot of life to it despite being so sonically cool. like u FEEL IT!!!
8. defenestration song [6:02]
from have a nice life - the unnatural world (2014)
i thought i'd wither down / a sacrifice *__* i love how aggressive and loud the guitar/drum combo is and how it layers over the drowning get off my bAACCKKKs and also how the whole thing aggressively flatlines into the outro. like yeah..... fuck me UP.
7. deep, deep [5:24]
from have a nice life - deathconsciousness (2008)
does anyone else feel guilty?
like i did it all myself
one feels a lack of love and there's no limit
to the explosive power of this bomb
you can sleep in these hollows and rivers
exalt the righteous and drown the sinners
jesus christ, oh, jesus christ
why is love so lonely?
like i did it all myself
one feels a lack of love and there's no limit
to the explosive power of this bomb
you can sleep in these hollows and rivers
exalt the righteous and drown the sinners
jesus christ, oh, jesus christ
why is love so lonely?
girls it's deathcon time. i feel like i could have put more deathcon tracks higher but if i'm being honest i think places 7-16??? really depend on my mood LOL. it's not like i think deathcon is thaaaat much better than anything they've put out. well i mean it is but also you know. anyway JESUS CHRIST WHY IS LOVE SO LONELY....... HOW DO WE RECONCILE OUR DEATHS...... REAL. the way this builds up is kind of insane.........
6. all teeth [4:29]
from have a nice life - voids ii (2014)
it's a wicked life / isn't it?
that's how you really feel / isn't it?
you'd like a different life / wouldnβt you?
you were made to be crushed
made to believe in luck
you were built to break
an army of imperfect animals
all teeth, no hope
that's how you really feel / isn't it?
you'd like a different life / wouldnβt you?
you were made to be crushed
made to believe in luck
you were built to break
an army of imperfect animals
all teeth, no hope
i actually loveeee the lyrics on this one T__T this is a cover of an afterlives song which is db's brother's band and i really think this version is just so gorgeous and has so much heart. the og is quite nice too though!!! but also i listened to this so much while writing sharlfic that now i just associate the song with him..... π
5. no one is ever going to want me [8:06]
from giles corey - giles corey (2011)
i'm armed to the teeth
like a fucking animal
like a fucking animal
i ruin everything
i get my bony hands on
i wanna feel like i feel when i'm asleep
sleep!
sleep!
sleep!
like a fucking animal
like a fucking animal
i ruin everything
i get my bony hands on
i wanna feel like i feel when i'm asleep
sleep!
sleep!
sleep!
my favorite giles corey song ever <333 this really grows on you with each listen imo. like bro it's vibes [2] in terms of insane buildups and i swear the anticipation of the 1 2 FUCK YOU gets you every time. loveee the guitar in this
4. bloodhail [5:38]
from have a nice life - deathconsciousness (2008)
ARROWHEADS [AD INFINITUM]
it's bloodhail it's ARROWHEADS ARROWHEADS it's BUT I JUST DON'T ACCEPT THISSSS it's (once again) BLOODHAIL! what else is there to say!!! even though this isn't my personal ultimate favorite or whatever it really does deserve to be their representative track like yeah it's legit a triumph of production and sound i won't front. vibe-o-meter off the mfing charts....
3. cropsey [7:11]
from have a nice life - the unnatural world (2014)
a sign
that i've been praying for
a solemn augur, pure and true
to tell me what to do
that i've been praying for
a solemn augur, pure and true
to tell me what to do
this one is so devastating and brutal jeeez. i don't even know how to describe why it works for me Properly but i think the sample and vocals in all their desperate surging edge and then the fuzzy noise are just sooo well balanced it's insane. i love how he sings a true god that i can settle for / and spin my body in a longggg slowww arc too T__T
2. earthmover [11:28]
from have a nice life - deathconsciousness (2008)
and want is not a need
reserved for human beings
it's fingers on your throat
is pain that all things know
and when their earthen mouths will open up
and just what words will come out but
"we wish we were dead"
reserved for human beings
it's fingers on your throat
is pain that all things know
and when their earthen mouths will open up
and just what words will come out but
"we wish we were dead"
it's EARTHMOVER!!! literally best album closer ever i'm not even joking. honestly how do you talk about this coherently c__c idk jack shit about music but like it's just earthmover it's the painful furious ebb and flow of the track it's the kind of song you have to experience in bed lights off 3am earphones in surging through you until u Get it and its total catharsis. u know......
1. i don't love [6:07]
from have a nice life - deathconsciousness (2008)
i'd say earthmover and i don't love are pretty equal when it comes to the top spot and i'd argue that earthmover is more impressive as a Holistic Track even? like the production is insaneee and once again it's really the most perfect effective closer for deathcon and sums the feeling of the album so beautifully. but i'm also obsessed with the lyrics on i don't love in of course the most embarrassingly indulgent way possible and atp i've found so much comfort in playing the song over and over in 2022 that i can't even pretend it isn't the most special to me ;___; Real.................
okay i'll stop here <3 always here to provide objectively useless dreamwidth rambles
