Tonight while playing the Sims obsessively I have been on an AFI binge. It is strange, after AFI stop touring and take a long break I tend to not listen to them much or if at all but when the buzz about a new record starts happening I get right back into their catalog in anticipation. I have listened to most of their records tonight except for the first few because they are very different and not very good.
The reason they continue to be my favorite band, since I was in middle school, is because they embrace change and apply that to their music. Every single record is a progression, they really do not stay with the same sound very long. If you listen to the records in order you can very much see that. They started to take shape to what they are now in "Black Sails in the Sunset", still my favorite record because it was the first one I ever heard. Davey Havok is also an amazing lyricist and I love his style and often dark tone. All in all, good stuff. I would supply downloads but I am much too lazy. Enjoy some lyrics to one of their best songs...
Let's admire the pattern forming. Murderous filigree.
I'm caught in the twisting of the vine. Go ascend with ivy, climbing.
Ignore and leave for me the headstone crumbling behind.
I can't help my laughter as she cries.
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
Let's amend the classic story, close it so beautifully, I'll let animosity unwind.
Steal away the darkened pages, hidden so shamefully.
I'll still feel the violence of the lines.
I can't stand my laughter as they cry.
My soul brings tears to angelic eyes.
And miles away my mother cries.
Omnipotence, nurturing malevolence.
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