I think greg edwards is allergic to fame. Cuz, like, failure and autolux were fantastic and really top notch music... that went nowhere. His musical style reminds me a lot of kurt cobain:
spaced out, abstract, cynical and depressive yet poppy, melodic, and not at all serious...paradoxically dispassionate yet very energetic... apathetic & disconnected from time, yet dysphoric and angry and accutely aware of past present and future.
And, you know, failure wouldn't have been an ounce as good as they were without his influence. No offense to ken andrews, he writes good music, but greg has the real talent that made failure so special. Failure was a paradox... creepy brooding dark undercurrents, beneath a surface of chimey melodic pop, Failure sounds like time itself, layered time.
And, greg is really what made that happen. That's why autolux is the win, meanwhile everything ken has done has been good but it just didn't have the artistic interest of failure. I remember when "hunted" came out with yotr, it was really awkward because I felt like ken was thinking "oh man, how do I emulate a failure song? " it was just so artificial.
I think greg edwards is allergic to fame. Cuz, like, failure and autolux were fantastic and really top notch music... that went nowhere. His musical style reminds me a lot of kurt cobain: spaced out, abstract, cynical and depressive yet poppy, melodic, and not at all serious...paradoxically dispassionate yet very energetic... apathetic & disconnected from time, yet dysphoric and angry and accutely aware of past present and future.
And, you know, failure wouldn't have been an ounce as good as they were without his influence. No offense to ken andrews, he writes good music, but greg has the real talent that made failure so special. Failure was a paradox... creepy brooding dark undercurrents, beneath a surface of chimey melodic pop, Failure sounds like time itself, layered time. And, greg is really what made that happen. That's why autolux is the win, meanwhile everything ken has done has been good but it just didn't have the artistic interest of failure. I remember when "hunted" came out with yotr, it was really awkward because I felt like ken was thinking "oh man, how do I emulate a failure song? " it was just so artificial.