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Posted: December 13 2015 at 10:03
Slightly off-topic: Slowcore has to be one of the most misleadingly named music genres I've ever encountered. Isn't "-core" usually meant to suggest the whole thing is a sub-genre of hardcore punk? Always imagine it would refer to "punk in slo-mo" stuff like later Black Flag, Flipper, The Melvins, early Swans and The Wipers...
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
Slightly off-topic: Slowcore has to be one of the most misleadingly named music genres I've ever encountered. Isn't "-core" usually meant to suggest the whole thing is a sub-genre of hardcore punk? Always imagine it would refer to "punk in slo-mo" stuff like later Black Flag, Flipper, The Melvins, early Swans and The Wipers...
The name seems misleading, but there is a connection. Codeine's sound is a logical extension of post-hardcore, as are other slowcore bands such as Seam and lowercase. Even Red House Painters and Idaho have their -core-y moments. Carissa's Wierd bears little resemblance to post-hardcore, but they actually came from a hardcore scene and their sound arose only out of the necessity to play quietly as to not wake up one of the members' grandmother. I can't say Low really has any connection to post-hardcore, though. "-core" is misused a lot of times, and it is here, but it's definitely not the most egregious usage.
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Posted: December 13 2015 at 13:48
Makes sense then. Also that Swans did gradually transition to mellower material, to the point they today are basically Pink Floyd for goths.
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Posted: December 13 2015 at 19:25
^I've only tried that album once, but wasn't able to get into it. It's weird that I wasn't, because I've always wanted an album with strings that thick that isn't Scott Walker to exist. I guess I'll give it another try.
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