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I don't get jealous I get uninterested, they can have you

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“fuck i’m so in love with you you can’t even imagine”

— (hatin)

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La Dispute

Wildlife

This is actually my least favorite album by my absolute favorite band, but that doesn't mean I don't love it! It has a wonderful structure, the way the songs are quartered off and presented is nothing short of genius. It really is an album to be enjoyed from beginning to end, it's a bit of a hard time listening to any track out-of-context. That being said, several tracks from this record are high on my individual ranking list, so like? I have some pretty mixed feelings about this album, if you couldn't tell.

My favorite song on the album by far is "all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks". It serves as a summary of the album up to that point, alludes to the stories told in the songs before, and really pulls the whole thing back together. It's usually the first song I recommend to people who want in, and it's the one that I find often gets people hooked.

The second time I saw them live was at the VERA Project in Seattle on their second NA Wildlife tour. This was back when they were still doing pop-ups, so it was something like 200 of us crammed into the basement of some nondescript office building in the heart of the Emerald City, rocking shoulder-to-shoulder, cheek-to-cheek, screaming in each other's ears and moving as one. Either Adam or Chad threw their pick into the crowd after the encore, and I was the one lucky enough to catch it. I carved a hole in the top with a dremel and put it on a keychain, which I still have to this day.

This is the only album with an actual dedication, which is shown on the jacket artwork and spoken in the first five words:

"To [scratched out]; for everything."

My camera can't quite capture it as the ink is well and beyond dried, but if you look at the scribble very very closely, in just the right light, at just the right angle, you can just make out the name "Helen".