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I thought Deluxe just couldn't bypass my love for The Crux, but it did that with flying colors.

It is absolutely heart wrenching and devastating in the best possible way.

And it is such an amazing companion to The Crux.

I was thinking already earlier with the cover release, the theme of the released singles and the way all that links to Delete Ya video and the combined BBB single imagery that it has to be something that precedes The Crux.

The albums are two sides of the same thing (just like BBB and Delete Ya!!!!!) - Deluxe is about working through the immediate hearbreak, moving towards healing, through everything that went around EOB blowing up, and then The Crux is about healing, about moving forward, owning his own truth he wants to stand for.

I love all the symbolism. This man, I love his mind. Nothing in the albums, the way he's done the relases etc is by accident, it's all done with intent that goes deeper than just the surface. I absolutely adore it.

And what comes to the songs themselves...Man, does Mr. Mountebank hit hard.

It's a true middle finger towards everyone who has been riding on the wave of EOB success, everyone who wanted him to be something else he doesn't want to do or to stand for, or everyone who go digging his "trash" before the breakup and now after Crux and try to get something out of it. And maybe the end also pokes at someone who broke his heart and how she was just one more of those, just wanting something out of him.

I still stand strongly behind my opinion that this guy could easily write lyrics and not just for himself and make a good living.

He must've been offered so many things over the, what, year and a half (?), seemingly good opportunities that all just are for someone else's gain in the end and he has chosen not to do those but instead keep his head straight.

I've said this before and I say it again: he's the absolutely best guy who EOB blowing up could've ever happened. Anyone else would've probably totally lost it, but he's clearly kept his head straight with it.

I'm proud of him, he deserves the world.

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i need this song injected into my veins.

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my breakdown of mr.mountebank

nobody asked for this from me but i saw an ask on oomfs blog about what this song really means and it made me think. so here’s my word vomit

for starters my initial take on this song is that it's a rebellion. its just so angsty in the best possible manner. even with the way its produced — the aggressive autotune, the shouting, the chanting. i feel like it's so clear that the mentality behind this song is something like: "fuck this, and fuck you!".

joe truly laid everything out on the table with this one, and he did it by diving head-first into the unexpected: giving it a sound that would make it's own individual mark on the album. he made a point with the lyrics and PROVED it with the production.

reading the lyrics on their own and actually listening to the song are almost two different experiences. we know the words are tragic, but hearing them over an electronic playground really puts everything into perspective. it comes together like this grand mockery of the very "weasels" he writes about.

"climb fast, money talks, then they wanna sell you on what you're all about."

to me, this song is so clearly about his climb to fame and fortune. maybe not so much about the journey itself but more about how it can feel once you've reached the top: overly demanding and a little suffocating.

there’s already the pressure of being in the public eye—the expectation to be a perfect, smiling role model with the whole world as your audience. so what happens when you’ve suddenly wound up in the blinding storm of stardom? people see that and want to take advantage.

so, now you're met with Mr. Mountebank. AKA: greedy, deceptive money-men who don't really respect your art. they see you as someone they can rinse. so, queue the scammy deals, the ignorant interviewers who just want a viral clip, back-stabbing "friends" who either want their rent paid or to be a headline. because that's what a mountebank does. they weasel their way into your life and pull the rug out from under you for their own gain.

on the other side of it, it's also about him refusing to give in and sell out. underneath it all, "once you peel the skin back", he's a normal guy trying to adjust to the "big life" that he tends to feel guilty about struggling with. "it's the american dream!", "the silver/gold spoon!". it can become far too much. but nobody wants to hear that. otherwise, you're spoiled, ungrateful, unworthy.

now that you've got this shiny life that most people would kill for, you don't really have the right to be sad. you don't get to complain. you've had this road paved for you. "your crusts are cut, buddy", you're exempt from having human emotions now. how could you possibly be whining about your struggles when you've got it so good?

you're sick and tired of being told who to be, what to say, what to think, how to act. you're still a person, not some soulless puppet. you've got feelings too, except they've been invalidated time and time again. you signed up for this, remember?

“cast it out, fade away. wish that i could wish my little wish away.”

ouuuchhhhh. yup, just wanting to disappear.

the last few verses completely change tone with a devastating and specific memory about an ex partner. it just feels like such a "fuck it, we're already here, might as well air it all out". that's why i think this song is so genius. it’s this angry downward spiral. how did we get here? on top of everything, as if the "big life" wasn't crushing enough, there’s this too.

nothing's really quite solved by the end. when one thing’s getting you down, the weight of something else can just keep ripping away at you. so he goes into graphic detail about what it feels like to "watch a good thing get fucked". aka: a good relationship going to shit.

we've all heard the "washed out glory hole" line, and honestly? yeah, that's exactly how it feels. lowest of the low, just feeling utterly used and taken advantage of while trying to maintain the rest of your dignity. but it doesn't help that you're a complete pushover. a "jelly roll": a soft, defenceless nothing.

but something in the way he composed it, albeit somewhat bitter, makes it also sound like he’s done giving a fuck. less sulking, more telling it how it is, acknowledging it, and walking on by. “guess that’s our swan song”, queue the epic slow-mo strut away from the fiery explosion.

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stripped down, this song is about the push-back against being used, walked all over, wrung out and left to dry in the bitter cold. rejecting those who've seemingly made up their minds about you without knowing you at all. the mountebanks of the world who wanna turn you into a profit machine. it's like this wrestling match against other people's selfishness, and trying not to lose focus along the way.

because “rats can’t hack it until the trash is out.”

such a great side note to the overall message: release your baggage so you can reap the benefits of your life. it’s pretty cut and dry. bring the trash where it belongs, out the door and off your shoulders. whoever you gotta cut off, whatever toxic mindset you need to abandon — bag it up, take it out and watch it minimize.

what a ride! it's all the feels and all the rage

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5. What's your favorite upbeat Djo song?

That's a tough one! Besides gap tooth I think I'll go with Mr. Mountebank, Flash Mountain or Link. Or maybe Purgatory Silverstar. (As a meme I saw once: choose one?? I'm bisexual and bilingual, I can't choose!!)

Ok, I'll stay with Mr. Mountebank for obvious reasons. This song pumps me up so much, it's upbeat in that angry way that just feels cathartic sometimes. The melody and the lyrics are so in your face, I just love it. Gets me everytime.

And what can I say? When Djo said "washed out glory hole, piss pot feeling like a jelly roll"... I felt that.

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