{"id":113860,"date":"2022-06-17T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=113860"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:00:58","slug":"video-premiere-tulip-creature-not-a-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/video-premiere-tulip-creature-not-a-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Premiere: Tulip – Creature, Not a Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Wily works at the LHC now?<\/p>\n

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Every chance I get, I point out how little I like most mathcore. Despite having the attention span of a gnat, the hyperactive energy of the genre with its non-stop tempo changes, squeaking quitars, and penchant for incorporating odd bleeps and bloops is just too much for me. Plus, it’s named after the objectively worst school subject. What’s not to hate?<\/p>\n

There are exceptions, of course, and if you’re familiar with Minnesota’s Tulip<\/strong>, you might already have noticed that they’re somewhat outside the genre’s usual fare. The aggression is certainly here, as are the odd time signatures and a dash of electronica, but the overall result is different enough to catch even my curmudgeonly ear. This can largely be attributed to the simple but immensely important fact that Tulip’s songs don’t change direction every 5 fucking seconds. The band is instead perfectly fine with settling on a groove for longer stretches of time, letting you appreciate it in all its weirdness, which reminds me a lot of Freighter<\/strong><\/a>, one of the few other exceptions.<\/p>\n

Given all that, and how enraptured I was with the band’s previous, self-titled outing<\/a>, I’m more than happy to present the first track from their upcoming 2nd full-length Derangement, Exquisite Tenderness<\/em>.<\/p>\n