This record hurts. This record bleeds. If it wasn't so genuine, one would get the feeling that some junior high schooler is going to be pissed since their life is being ripped off. Under walls of noise, Erika M. Anderson explores the underbellies of resentment: there is the small town gay, the girl who kisses herself with the butterfly knife, the person who was touched and wished that every time would leave a "mark." It's disturbing to hear someone compare their arms to "glass," yet one can't help when they hear "fuck California/you make me boring." It's these extremes that make this record extremely hard to figure out, yet fascinating all the same.
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This record hurts. This record bleeds. If it wasn't so genuine, one would get the feeling that some junior high schooler is going to be pissed since their life is being ripped off. Under walls of noise, Erika M. Anderson explores the underbellies of resentment: there is the small town gay, the girl who kisses herself with the butterfly knife, the person who was touched and wished that every time would leave a "mark." It's disturbing to hear someone compare their arms to "glass," yet one can't help when they hear "fuck California/you make me boring." It's these extremes that make this record extremely hard to figure out, yet fascinating all the same.
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