Disappearer plays tricks with my mind. It has me convinced that the main riff is identical to another piece of music that I may have heard once. I could be experiencing some sort of aural deja vu, but sometimes I really think it's out there. Maybe a 60s spy movie? A theme from an old TV police show or
It's a ghost story, perfect for this time of year. It begins like an engine idling, then the gas pedal is slammed to the floor and we drive off into a rainy October night, Thurston Moore singing
Here it comes again, out of the rain
Seems to have a new kind of same
This guy is driving along in the rain and he keeps seeing signs pop up along the road and they blink and flash and he's possibly getting hung up on subliminal messages, seeing faces in them and tripping on it:
It turns to me and it turns to gold
It turns to see a fast lane slow
At 2:20 we are off on a guitar solo that intensifies over time as the car careens around hillsides of dense lurching trees and shadowy figures.
By the end of the song, the message...
...comes alive, through and clearer
Ghost arise to a mirror
Whoa, I need a scooby snack if we're talking about g-g-g-ghosts. Jeepers! Now let's see who our ghosts really are...Sonic Youth? Yeah, we would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for our electric guitars getting tuned all weird and stuff.
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