Before we even heard a note of their music, we were immediately drawn to British metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon. There was something about the cover art of their second full album, Suicide Season, that spoke volumes.
The image -- seen above -- depicts a pretty girl in a black dress holding a huge handful of bloody, dripping intestines. It wasn't entirely the blood and guts that hooked us. We've got piles of gorier album art from bands we wouldn't listen to for a free meal at Nobu. Our attraction had more to do with blank expression on the girl's face, her perfectly formed hair, the blood spatter on her arms. Look at the top half of the pic and it could be an anxious girl at her friend's wedding.
Anyway, the artwork convinced us to check out this British phenomenon, and guess what? They're pretty good -- chaotic, turbulent, enraged and gifted in the art of the breakdown. Some of the riffs are even kinda catchy, though, overall, the band is more memorable for its machine-gun rhythms, piercing guitar squeals, falling-down-the-stairs beats and sociopathic vocal rants, which seem like they're pieced together impulsively by vocalist Oli Sykes before he chews them up and spits them back in our faces.
When we asked someone from the band to send us a guest blog, we had no idea what to expect, but it kinda makes sense that the resulting email from guitarist Curtis Ward is full of stream-of-consciousness penmanship. What surprised us was how close he seems to be to his mommy. Dude, has she even seen your cover art or tour shirts? Click "more" to read Ward's blog and watch a promo clip for the band's current U.S. tour.
So, I got asked to write this blog and i haven't got a clue what to write about -- like no idea while I'm writing this sentence. I haven't been given any direction, just left to my own devices.
Scary.
Ermm.
Its snowing outside.
I'm in Milwaukee.
What can I write about.
I tried writing about what I'd do if I was rich, but couldn't think of much I'd do.
Then I thought I'd write about how I don't mind people downloading our songs. But then i realized if people didn't and bought our CDs, then I probably wouldn't live at home with my mom. I'd live in an apartment with six other dudes and be real poor. But at least I wouldn't live with my mom, which is nice, don't get me wrong.
I know! I'm gonna write about how I like living at home with my mom.
So, normally I come home from tour in the middle of the night. I leave my suitcase in the hall open and go upstairs to bed. I go into my bedroom. My bed will be made all crisp and ready for me to collapse in. All my floor will be cleaned -- my whole room in fact.
In the morning I'll wake up and go downstairs. My mom will have gone to work, but all my clothes will be washed or in the washing machine getting clean.
I'll look in the cupboard of the fridge. All my favorite food will be there waiting, and that's because a few days before I come home she'll ring me and ask what i want. How good's that?
Then, I'll go to my car, Peugeot 206, BTW. We don't make as much money as you think. Damn illegal downloads.
Yeah, so I get in my car and all the Big Mac/sweets/cans of pop/crisps/mud is all gone. The carpet's cleaned and all in all smelling fresh. Everything that was wrong with my car is fixed, just good to go.
Then I'll come home later.
I'll get asked what I fancy to eat. Then, boom, it's made, brought to me while I'm watching TV.
Then, every Sunday we'll have Sunday dinner, which to people who don't know is pretty much a Thanksgiving dinner every sunday. Tastes so good. Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, roast parsnips. Everything so f--king good.
But now that I'm 21 I think it's time for me to leave. I'm far too old to have someone say, "Turn your music down."
I know it's stupid because I'm never actually at home, but having my own place would be sick. Come round for a cup of tea when I get one.
So, in the meantime, I love my mom and everything she does.
Sweet blog or what?
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