![]() ![]() They clean the graves and add fresh flowers. Families are sitting around the graves of their dead ancestors. I’m curious about this holiday, so I go to the cemetery to see what’s happening. ![]() Overall, it’s a small glimpse into the brains of five emotionally unsettled, twentysomething Wisconsinites who’ve got hooks (and issues) for days.I arrive in Guatemala on The Day of the Dead, November 1st. Highlights like “(With Respect to) Loyal Serfs” and “The Hardest Part” have harder-edged guitars that evoke Unwound and Silkworm and “The Curtain” has a beaming, Go-Betweens-esque charm. Even guitarist Isaac deBroux-Slone’s cuts, which sound more akin to the effortless pop songs that they’ve released before, have a few curveballs-like the winsome fiddle solo on “If Only” and the tornado of guitar static on “This Time.”ĭesperately Imagining Someplace Quiet adds a few unnecessary details and contains brief lapses of focus-particularly with the not-quite-catchy-enough “Tightrope” and the sleepy daze of “Charley Chimp.” But the album possesses strong songwriting fundamentals, and its high points suggest a band that’s taking more risks. ![]() It widens the scope of the album, but keeps it grounded in specificity.ĭisq bring new accents to the fore on this album-like the cartoonish boings and distorted saxophone on “Civilization Four” or the askew synths and sinister effects on “Hitting a Nail With a BB Gun” that recall labelmates Spirit of the Beehive-and most of them add intrigue or dynamism. Having four lead singers only adds to the impression that you’re hearing the exasperations of several distinct individuals. Feelings of mundane longing are placed next to disorienting and existential anguish.īassist Raina Bock makes her singing debut on the psychedelic Crumb-like “Cujo Kiddies,” cooing with impressive dimension, at once capturing an unfazed cool, youthful innocence and bubbly magnetism, and on “Civilization Four,” she adds silvery droning, which compliments guitarist Shannon Connor’s unkempt voice. They touch on the apocalypse and artificial intelligence to capture a lingering fear that seeps into daily life. In each of these scenes, it feels like an ideal life is slipping away, as on “Tightrope,” when one’s own mirror reflection begins to disappear. Disq are searching for something sturdy to latch onto-whether it be a lover (“This Time”), a sustainable frame of mind (“The Curtain”), or a more evolved society (“Civilization Four”). On Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet, dread is less about day-to-day struggles than a shape-shifting uneasiness that’s harder to pinpoint. Though packed with sunny melodies, Collector was filled with dread-at the thought of breaking one’s negative patterns, confiding in other people, or just being alive for another day. ![]()
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