Pardon the Shriekback spam, but this just hit me in the feels: 'The Fire Has Brought Us Together' - Shriekback ( www.youtube.com )

Rottcodd , 11 months ago

So I’m just scrolling though All New when I see the entirely unexpected phrase “Shriekback spam.”

Really, I don’t expect to see the name Shriekback at all, other than when I post it, but I definitely don’t expect to see a reference to spam. So that was just sort of surprising.

Truth be told, I’ve been mostly unimpressed with their newer stuff, though it’s also true that I haven’t really given it enough of a chance.

In any event, this is pretty good. So thanks, spam or not.

zecg OP , 11 months ago

Yeah, I’ve been listening through their history these days and am enthusiastically sharing, I expect reactions from people subbed to !music are like “we know of them by now”, but their recent stuff is really underrated and it’s pretty incredible. How is this not a widely known anthem?

zecg OP , 11 months ago

Also, here the good people seemingly forgot to put the name of the band in the youtube title and their youtube profile seems to be hodah, so even all the people remembering Nemesis was their favorite song of the 80s and ecosiaing Shriekback won’t see it. It’s under 200 views in four months and for me it’s up there with Devo in the deep comedic bangers pantheon.

Rottcodd , 11 months ago

Here’s a thing I don’t think I’ve ever admitted online since the world is divided into the majority that neither know nor care and the minority that would vehemently disagree:

My favorite Shriekback song isn’t Underwaterboys or Gunning for the Buddha or Nemesis or Fish Below the Ice or Faded Flowers or Malaria or My Spine is the Bassline or any of those.

It’s Go Bang.

So yeah.