mogwai – “hunted by a freak”
the opening notes of hunted by a freak just hit me, like that moment of recognition when you’re standing in the audience and the familiarity of a song washes over you and you can’t stop smiling. mogwai have a gift with melody that is, at the same time, not melody. vocals that are barely discernible as such ebb in and out over the steady backbeat and constant guitar. there’s something happening between the vocals, guitar, and bass that i can’t put my finger on, it must be something to do with overtones or harmonics (i should have paid more attention in physics). it’s like looking at something through wet glass, morphed, always changing.
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