Word: towardness
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...threatening to dissolve into chaos while just clinging to some semblance of structure. The influence of Pavement on the band is clearer than ever on the beautiful lo-fi ballad “Heart Swells/Pacific Daylight Time.” (It even has two parts!) Some of the experiments toward the end of the album fall a bit flat, giving the impression that Los Campesinos! are trying a little too hard to push boundaries without any real concept of where that will take them. But on the best tracks, the group has never sounded better.The preoccupations...
...confined by the turmoil and decay of its environment: there are dilapidated railroad buildings in the background and cloudy skies above, but the Clash will not be dismayed. They stand in the foreground, smiling, smirking, and staring down the camera. Another photo captures the band’s hostility toward authority: the album artwork features crosshairs fixed on a Confederate general commanding his men to charge. But there are just too many narratives. The visual element of “The Clash” demands a lot of attention and ultimately exacerbates the work’s fundamental flaw?...
...looked away from the house, it was a peaceful night. The dark sky was dotted with stars in the way that only the sky over a British moor could be. A cool mist crept over the purple hills toward her, and she longed for it to hurry, it looked so fresh and cleansing...
...turned back toward the manor. One turret had already crumbled, groaning, to the ground. Flames leapt from every window and door—hellish orifices in neat rows. The entire roof of the great hall was a liquid pool of red and yellow. On and on it burned. Within her, another fire lapped ravenously, unforgivingly against the inner walls of her being, threatening to consume her. A rafter fell with an explosion, and Roxanna lifted her hands to shield her face. But then she stilled, staring down with horror at her once ethereally white hands. They were black with soot...
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