And when their mouths will open up, just what words should come out but 'we wish we were dead'? Nothing hurts them, nothing gets under their stone skin. Eating all reality, producing only dust and sand. An army of the golems is stalking, now, the heart's lands. And want is not a need reserved for human beings, its fingers on your throat is pain that all things know. They wander ridges high, between earth and sky, like spikes upon a crown we wear upon our brow. More than a symbol, more than I bargained for.

The earth's grating sounds, they soothe the great machines, that yearn so desperately just to lay them down within her gaping mouth. I've gotta try to let the music do most of the talking here:Ĭarved out of stone, earth, blood, and bone. You just can't accurately describe the contents with words (much less wrap your head around everything being presented without some time to sit on it), and these two tracks certainly don't represent the entirety of the release, but. Expect lots of billowy effects and flowing washes of reverberating sound, plodding basslines and bright guitars, both live and programmed drums (I think?), generally sparse monotone singing, etc.

Have a Nice Life just delves into a great deal of dark, droning, morose, sort of gothic, sort of new wave, sort of experimental compositions with additional industrial and post-rock smatterings-amidst other textural explorations-through angles that range from structurally loose and abstract to openly melodic and emotionally moving. The band cites amongst their influences My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, New Order, Swans, and Sisters of Mercy, to name but a few, and while my background is relatively inexperienced in most such niches, I'd say there's a solid parallel to be drawn here. The songs contain elaborate references to 12th century apostasies the book will help those without a background in religious history to understand their meanings.' Lofty enough for you!? These contributions, which obviously make up the bulk of the booklet, 'explore the deep religious symbology used for inspiration while writing the record. which includes a fucking 75-page booklet with lyrics, artwork, and a treatise written by a University of Massachusetts History professor. The impressive debut release from Connecticut's Have a Nice Life (released by the intriguing Enemies List and recommended to me by a kind reader a few months ago) is an incredibly ambitious 90-minute double-CD that was recorded over a massive stretch of five years (from 2002-2007) for a total cost of a mere $1,000-which insanely enough even covers the cost of the CD-R's and packaging.

Have a nice life - deathconsciousness