Boy Sets Fire

Wait for something to happen, Wait to understand I slip, I grasp, I always miss in cycles, Fallen angels never fully regain control (Boy Sets Fire, "Cavity")

I love music. I neeeeed music. And, sometimes, I get into head space that absolutely necessitates listening to a particular band. There are a lot of these head space/band combos; but, for this particular head space I've been residing in for a number of days, the only thing that can soothe it is Boy Sets Fire. Strangely, this is how it's been since I was 19, and first heard Boy Sets Fire. Loki used to give me endless amounts of shit about how often I had to listen to them (he hated them--largely because I loved them, but partially because they momentarily signed onto the same label as Creed). BSF can allay me like nothing else really can. I think because they blend intense, angry, and emo music alongside blistering political commentary (all of which have brilliant lyrics which Nathan sounds ridiculously amazing singing).

Do yourself a favor and check out these songs (in chronological order of albums).

 In Chrysalis

1. Voiceover (Lyrics)
2. Loser of the Year Award (Lyrics)
3. The Tyranny of what Everybody Knows (Lyrics)
4. Cavity (the song that the quote @ the beginning of this post comes from, and one of my absolute favorite BSF songs)(Lyrics) 
5. Holiday in Cambodia (Stellar cover of the Dead Kennedys classic)(Lyrics)

This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice is Being Born

1. Vehicle (Lyrics)
2. In the Wilderness...No one Can Hear You Scream (Lyrics)
3. Endorsement (Lyrics)
4. Blame (Live at Eleven) (Lyrics)
5. Resection (Lyrics)

After the Eulogy

1. After the Eulogy (The best intro song ever)(Lyrics)
2. Rookie (Lyrics)
3. Pariah Under Glass (Lyrics)
4. Still Waiting for the Punchline (Lyrics)
5. The Abominations of Those Virtuous (Lyrics)
6. Our Time Honored Tradition of Cannibalism (Lyrics)
7. (Compassion) As Skull Fragments on the Wall (Lyrics)
8. My Life In the Knife Trade (Lyrics)
9. Across Five Years (Lyrics)
10. Twelve Step Hammer Program (Lyrics)
11. The Force Majeure (Lyrics)

Tomorrow Come Today

1. Eviction Article (Lyrics)
2. Bathory's Sainthood (Lyrics)(might be my absolute favorite BSF song)
3. Release the Dogs (Lyrics)
4. Foundations to Burn (Lyrics)
5. Management vs. Labor (Lyrics)
6. High Wire Escape Artist (Lyrics)
7. On In Five (Lyrics)