Tuesday is, in my opinion, the hardest day of the work week: you're
no longer energized from the weekend like you were on Monday, you aren't
clearing the hump like on Wednesday, and the approach of the weekend
isn't tangible like it is on Thursday and Friday. Tuesdays, thus, are
fucking hard. And so, in commemoration of surviving Tuesday, every
Tuesday I will post something that is hard. I would explain what I mean
by hard, but I'm tired and I think that these videos will speak for
themselves. Remember: THIS DAY IS WORTH LIVING.
Day One: King-"Murder Murder Murder"
These guys are a beatdown hardcore band from Flint, Michigan, the
poorest city in America and one of the leading cities in terms of
homicide rates. They're also the real deal: a friend of mine attending
on of their Flint shows was forced to take his band shirt off for fear
of being shot, as the band had become mired in the crossfire of a
recently-erupted gang war. This video isn't coy, it's not bombastic,
it's not clearly a bunch of rich kids trying to act tough out of
boredom, enlarged egoism and a sense of entitlement. King is fucking
REAL, a point which this video gets across really well. They're also
fairly unique as far as tough-guy bands go: in particular, the
vocalist's technique is unconventional in the best way, his occasional
spoken passages coming across as quite spine-chilling. This music is
inspiring without being hopeful: there's no hope, and where there's no
hope, there's no fear and nothing to lose. In other words, the perfect
music for the hardest day of the week.
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