Smog - Cold Discovery
Get lost in the eerie woods and unsettling drawl that comprise Bill Callahan’s voice. Most Smog songs would qualify nicely for a Halloween post, but there’s something especially chilling about “Cold Discovery”. Maybe it’s Callahan’s choice of words–gnashing teeth, not-so-soft places on the body, busted locks–that cause me to shiver, but the incessant wail of instruments toward the song’s end doesn’t put me at ease either.
The most unsettling moment occurs when the song culminates into the verse “Well, I can hold a woman down on the hardwood floor”. Bill Callahan here as Smog claims responsibility to catalogue thoughts most minds would only briefly ruminate over before nervously dismissing them. He poses the question: is there anything more frightening than discovering what you’re capable of?
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