Screaming Trees

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This is an album full of songs of sorrow. "Dollar Bill" is a recognizable song about the end of a romantic relationship, but the others contemplate death.

This album has a hard, brooding sound appropriate for the 1990s new rock. It's not quite heavy metal and it's so heavy on the hard side of psychedelic that it can only belong in its generation of grunge music sometimes referred to as "whiny," but definitely not sugary.

The talent with the instruments, the drive and the ability to express a mood are not in question. Many will say that is enough, but MIM disagrees. Although many psychedelic and heavy metal bands believe in fantasy and timeless feelings as the source of inspiration, we would point out that not connecting music to purpose and history ends up putting one in a competitive pit where others have come before you. Even the expression of sorrow can become trite, unless we the public can see what is specifically historical or new about the sorrow in question.

MIM has explained that one might even "like" this music while knowing rationally that there is something wrong with it, maybe even profoundly wrong and evil. Being a Maoist means being a revolutionary scientist and that means having the ability to question everything that we like.

Who are you to decide?

See also our MIM Theory on gender issues

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