What is nothing? Nothing is something. The number zero is still a number, though it
is the absence of a number. The color
white is still a color, though it is the absence of color. So being nothing could really mean being
something, but just the absence of something else as well.
This is not
my first og around with Shivering Window, and when this new cassette came out I
was kind of surprised because I didn't find out about it until a few months
later, and then here we are now.
Basically, it seems like this came out of nowhere in some ways, but I'm
okay with that.
Through some
drum machines, the music of Shivering Window continues to be rock based around
the principles of home made/lo-fi recordings with hints of the garage and even
psychedelic. If you have been listening
to Shivering Window before now, as I have been telling you to do, then this
will come as no surprise to you and be pleasing to your ears. First time listeners should expect to be
floored.
One of the
things that does strike me in an almost humorous context on this cassette is
lyric: “I'm not just another burnout”, which changes into “You're not just
another burnout”. It's a nice idea to
think so, on paper, but I'm still not sure I couldn't have done more with my
life.
While I prefer
cassettes over any other music medium, and the comfort of the slow hiss here
should be proof enough as to why, I am willing to admit that even I believe the
music of Shivering Window would sound most excellent on vinyl. That is to say, should a Shivering Window
record exist (and perhaps this is a request for it), I would be willing to buy
it- and, no, I don't typically make requests for records.
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