the catharsis big cartel pt 1/2

the catharsis – romance

i wasn’t aware of the excistence of the catharsis since i one day opened my mail account and had a new mail by jake, telling me that he had come to love this up and coming u.k. band and that i should check them out, simply for my own sake. well, i did so. i listened to the song ‘o’recluse’, and, let’s face it, it’s a damn good song. so much energy going on. it was all i needed. i searched for a digital place to buy it. i came across the band’s big cartel. unfortunately they didn’t have the clear green rsd version in stock, which i’d really liked to get my hands on. so i took clear vinyl instead.

it took quite some time to arrive and as it finally showed up, man, i was frustrated. the fucking sleeve had two big fucking seam splits. and of course one in the spine of it so it can ruin my shelf perfectly. i hate that! why didn’t they pack it seperated from each other, record and sleeve. easy thing to do! man, fuck that! ok, ok, i need to calm down. probably it was just that wrath inside me that made my relation ship with the music somewhat difficult. the first couple of listens were in passing. it just didn’t click. i thought it was assembled too chaoticly. then i concentrated more on the tunes with reading the lyrics along. it got better and better.

then i took the little book that came with the record written by the singer. basically it contains the lyrics plus extended liner notes and explanations. before that i thought the singer was some pseudo intellectual wannabe-art-dude, throwing around with some vague, sophisticated lyrics just to impress. now i think pretty much the same, only now i understand what he intended to tell the listener, haha. no, forget that, this guy has some deep going stuff to offer and it’s written very good and i’m just an emotionally cold wreck. the music grew on me along with the great lyrics and here we have a damn good record. check their bandcamp page and show some love for the catharsis by buying their records. don't know how many were made on clear vinyl. speedowax records/enjoyment records. 2013.

and jake, dude, you were right, i love the record!