Black Me Out - Against Me!
from the album Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
South by Southwest kicks into music gear this week. I will be there. Yippie.
One of the bands that I am most looking forward towards seeing is Against Me!. They will be playing Thursday Night at the Red 7 Patio. This venue will be great with artists like Chance The Rapper, Dum Dum Girls, and beach goth superstars Tijuana Panthers all taking the stage. Looks like a good place to camp out.
Against Me! are an indie rock outfit currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Their latest album is appropriately titled Transgender Dysphoria Blues, a nod to their frontwoman Laura Jane Grace (formerly Tom Gabel) who is currently in the midst of a gender transformation. The record is a concept album about the experience.
To that backdrop, Black Me Out takes on special meaning with every lyrical statement. Consider the first verse:
I don't ever want to talk that way again
I don't want to know people like that any more
As if there was an obligation
As if I owed you something
Black me out
I want to piss on the walls of your house
I want to chop those brass rings
Off your fat, fucking fingers
As if you were a king maker
As if, as if, as if
Black me out
As the song builds momentum, the vocals soar in a manner somewhat reminiscent Concrete Blonde. Meanwhile, the band rocks with anthemic conviction and some of the best backing vocals I've heard in recent memory.
Do yourself a favor and explore this album and its incredible lyrical content, including FuckMyLife666 with the line "No more sleep. There's a brave new world raging inside of me." Now that is rock and roll.
I can't wait to see this show. SXSW is going to be awesome.
Click Here to watch Black Me Out performed live.
South by Southwest kicks into music gear this week. I will be there. Yippie.
One of the bands that I am most looking forward towards seeing is Against Me!. They will be playing Thursday Night at the Red 7 Patio. This venue will be great with artists like Chance The Rapper, Dum Dum Girls, and beach goth superstars Tijuana Panthers all taking the stage. Looks like a good place to camp out.
Against Me! are an indie rock outfit currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Their latest album is appropriately titled Transgender Dysphoria Blues, a nod to their frontwoman Laura Jane Grace (formerly Tom Gabel) who is currently in the midst of a gender transformation. The record is a concept album about the experience.
To that backdrop, Black Me Out takes on special meaning with every lyrical statement. Consider the first verse:
I don't ever want to talk that way again
I don't want to know people like that any more
As if there was an obligation
As if I owed you something
Black me out
I want to piss on the walls of your house
I want to chop those brass rings
Off your fat, fucking fingers
As if you were a king maker
As if, as if, as if
Black me out
As the song builds momentum, the vocals soar in a manner somewhat reminiscent Concrete Blonde. Meanwhile, the band rocks with anthemic conviction and some of the best backing vocals I've heard in recent memory.
Do yourself a favor and explore this album and its incredible lyrical content, including FuckMyLife666 with the line "No more sleep. There's a brave new world raging inside of me." Now that is rock and roll.
I can't wait to see this show. SXSW is going to be awesome.
Click Here to watch Black Me Out performed live.
Comments
Post a Comment