If I lost you - It is a super atmospheric experimental electronic ballad. It reminded me of Bjork, the ballads from homogenic. And the lyrics are beautiful BEAUTIFUL. Again, Shirley's whispering the lyrics in a lovely and at the same time sad way. My favorite so far.
Night drive loneliness - I thought it was about a prostitute that at night wears her blue velvet dress, go out to the street and feel more lonely than ever. Then I noticed it's about a girl suffering for her failed relationship. The lyrics are good but, musically, I didn't connect with the song immediately.
Even though our love is doomed - sounds experimental, sounds atmospheric, sounds rock, sounds different. I loved the chorus and the lyrics: "such strange little birds devoured by our obsessions....."
It is about holding on to a relationship. Trying your best to make it work. Tho is a sickening relationship: "We kill the things we love the most...." And also says something like: "you're the only one worth fighting for, you're the only one worth dying for ..."
But musically I did not connect with it immediately. I think it's the kind of weird song that you have to listen over and over to get it.
"Magnetized", "we never tell" and "teaching little fingers" are typical Garbage songs. Many guitars with pop choruses and nice arrangements. Like NYKOP but more rock oriented and less happy.
"So we can feel alive" is like two songs in one. Literally, the first part and the second are musically very different. There's almost a couple seconds of silence between both. The second part is epic. It is risky. I love it. It is experimental. Aggressive. (Tho I'm not sure if on this description I'm talking about "teaching little fingers" or "so we can feel").
I don't remember too much about "amends".... I just remember that is not as epic as most of closing themes for a garbage album.... It's rocky, it's midtempo with nice guitars and nice choruses.... but I don't remember too much about it.
In general, I think some of us will find ourselves listening to the album and trying really hard to understand the concept. It's not immediate, it's tricky. It's very electronic but not version 2.0 electronic. It's very rock but not debut rock. Lyrics are direct and not very elaborated. Shirley's voice is sounding better than ever. This is by far the most rock oriented album. It's heavier than the debut or bleed like me. And more experimental than BG. I'm pretty sure most of us will be happy with the result. I'm also pretty sure that a few of us will not be that happy.....
