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Cover Art Magnog
More Weather
[Kranky]
Rating: 6.5

"Moog."
"Check."
"Guitar."
"Check."
"Some sorta weird array of pedals."
"Check."
"Bass and drums and that other crap."
"Check and check."
"Songs with noticeable beginnings and ends. Tunes that seem to go somewhere."
"[sounds of rummaging] I can't find them... but we don't really need them do we? I mean these are just our demo tapes, right? We can work on that stuff for the real album, right?"
"I guess... But what are we going to record exactly?"
"I dunno. If we just jam for a while I'm sure some parts will sound pretty cool, right? If we just wank around for at least ten minutes, something good will happen... We can just give the songs kinda cool titles like 'Pattern Sifter Signatures' and 'Tear Catching Current.' Someone'll throw us a record deal."
"And then if the real album works out we can, like compile this into, like, a giant double CD. I can see it now... the reviewers will like it because it will hint at the promise we have. We'll have those suckers by the gonads!"
"Sounds like a plan."
"Sure does."
"Weird sounding band name that sorta rhymes with 'eggnog'."
"Check."

-Samir Khan

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