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TG: hey karkat
TG: whatcha got there
TG: what did you happen to find in this amoeba music store
CG: DAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
TG: do i
CG: YES YOU DO.
CG: IT IS A COPY ON INFEST THE RATS NEST, THE BEST KING GIZZARD ALBUM.
TG: ahahahaha no way its the best
TG: fishies is way better
TG: and then a whole bunch of other albums too
CG: HOW THE ACTUAL *FUCK* IS FUCKING FISHING FOR FUCKING FISHIES BETTER THAN RATS NEST.
CG: ALSO, HOW DARE YOU DENY THE GENIUS OF THE STORYTELLING HERE.
CG: A LITERAL PROMINANT MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE IN YOUR HUMAN CULTURE APPEARS AT THE END AND GIVES THE PROTAGONISTS THE CHANCE TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THE BILLIONARES WHO EXPLOITED THEM AND LEFT FOR ANOTHER PLANET WHILE THEY SUFFERED ON YOUR HUMAN EARTH.
TG: yeah rats nest has good songs dont get me wrong
TG: but come on theres no way thats better than polygondwanaland
CG: WE CAN TALK ABOUT POLY LATER. FIRST I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF SMALL CREATURE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BURROWED INTO YOUR THINKPAN AND CONSUMED ALL THE LAST FEW DELICIOUS CELLS YOU HAVE LEFT
CG: FOR YOU TO THINK THAT FISHING FOR FISHIES IS BETTER THAN THIS.
TG: how do you know how my brain cells taste
TG: i dont think weve gotten that intimate yet
CG: SHUT UP.
TG: ok to answer your question
TG: two words
TG: cy boogie
CG: THE SONG TITLE IS ONE WORD, DUBMASS.
TG: i know
TG: twas a joke
TG: anyways yeah fishies had their first attempt at synth stuff and they fucking nailed it
TG: dare i say
TG: even more than they nailed thrash metal
CG: THEY HAVE BEEN DOING “SYNTH STUFF” SINCE WHEN THAT DOUCHEBAG ERIC WAS PLAYING THEREMIN ON 12 BAR BRUISE.
TG: woah wtf do you have against eric
CG: NOTHING.
TG: just like his contributions to pmdb haha gottem
TG: also inexplicably having a theremin in their debut garage surf punk album is not the same as full on techno
CG: WHATEVER.
CG: YES, CYBOOGIE AND ACARINE ARE GOOD, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE FUCKING ALBUM.
CG: ARE YOU GOING TO COME TO DEFENCE ABOUT THAT ANNOYING AS FUCK TITLE TRACK?
TG: wow i thought us both transitioning would made you less angry all the time but here you are desecrating eric and the fishies
CG: I HAVE BEEN NICER SINCE I REALISED I WAS A GIRL AND YOU KNOW IT.
CG: BUT THAT SONG IS FUCKING TERRIBLE.
CG: JUST STU AND AMBROSE SINGING ABOUT BEING SAD THAT FISHING KILLS THE FISH.
CG: JUST DON’T GO FISHING THEN????????????
TG: the song is obviously about the fishing industry in general
TG: rats nest also had a song complaining about food industries on it
TG: but i dont see you saying “ORGAN FARMER MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE WHY DONT THEY JUST EAT WHOLESOMELY GROWN VEGTABLES”
CG: YEAH THAT SONG IS ABOUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY, BUT IT ALSO TIES INTO THE STORY OF THE ALBUM WELL!
CG: IT COULD ALSO BE ABOUT PEOPLE RESORTING TO CANIBALISM BECAUSE OF FOOD SUPPLIES SHRINKING DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING
CG: AND IT IS ALSO, A FUCKING BANGER!
TG: that song is so stereotypical thrash metal it almost feels like a parody of the genre
CG: I DONT FUCKING CARE! IT’S A GOOD SONG!
CG: ALSO, HAVE I MENTIONED,
CG: ONE OF THE REASONS I MIGHT BE SO ATTACHED TO THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT MIRRORS MY FUCKING LIFE???
CG: BEING TRAPPED ON A HORRIBLE PLANET WHILE THE ADULT ELITES SURVIVE UP ON SOME PLATET SOMEWHERE
CG: AND THEN MAYBE THIS PART COULD RING SOME BELLS FOR YOU:
CG: ATTEMPING TO ESCAPE A DYING PLANET, YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT ENDING WIH YOUR MISSION BLOWING UP IN THE SUN
TG: i mean yeah the green sun did kill us when we went god tier
TG: but the songs after that are where your comparison falls short
TG: not ONCE did dirk or jane or roxy or jake burn themselves alive on the surface of venus
TG: but yeah i guess that album does kinda parallel our sburbventure
CG: DOES FISHIES THOUGH?
CG: HMM DOES IT? HUH? IS BOOGIEMAN SAM SECRETLY A METAPHOR FOR LORD ENGLISH???
TG: ok whatever
TG: fishies doesnt need to parallel anything because every track on there is a fucking banger
TG: and no one ever fucking mentions this but
TG: there literally was metal on there too kinda
TG: just listen to reals not real and try to tell me that shits not at least inspired by doom metal
CG: OH YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT REAL’S NOT REAL.
CG: I LOVE THAT SONG.
TG: we should probably move on from this argument its got old
TG: see that little reference i slipped in there
TG: to the song its got old from oddments
CG: ODDMENTS. NOW THAT’S A GOOD FUCKING ALBUM
TG: lmao i did not expect you to instantly praise oddments of all things
TG: if you didnt like the fishies title track you how the fuck do you listen to vegemite without going insane
CG: “VEGEMITE” IS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE SONG AND I DON’T REALLY CARE HOW IT AFFECTS THE REST OF THE ALBUM
CG: BUT COME ON. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD SONGS ON ODDMENTS!
CG: IT’S GOT OLD, WORK THIS TIME, CRYING, ETC.
TG: ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah you liked crappy romcoms of course you like the cheesy love songs on that album
CG: ALSO, HOT WAX IS A FUCKING BANGER.
TG: isnt hot wax play a bdsm thing
TG: is that what they made the song about
[2 Hours Later]
TG: ok so weve established that K.G. and L.W. are better than Flying Microtonal Banana but hows bf3k stand in all this
CG: THE SONGS INTERIOR PEOPLE AND CATCHING SMOKE ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, BUT OVERALL I’D SAY IT’S NOT AS STRONG AS FMB.
TG: makes sense
TG: but wait we need to decide if K.G. or L.W. is better
CG: PROBABLY L.W.. THAT ENDING TRACK IS PROBABLY THE BEST SONG ON EITHER ALBUM.
TG: true but supreme ascendancy and static electricity → east-west link are low points
TG: which there are a lot less of on K.G.
TG: some of us is the only song there that i dont really care about
TG: also i find it hard to believe that intrasport is worse than the L.W outro
CG: OH MAN I FORGOT ABOUT INTRASPORT!
TG: yeah see i bet you actually agree with me here
TG: K.G. also has cheesy love songs
CG: YEAH. HONEY IS ALSO A GOOD SONG.
TG: ok but wait i have a theory about that song
TG: isnt it weird how many alcohol references there are in the lyrics there
TG: what if it isnt a love song and is actually just a guy talking about being an alcoholic during the covid lockdown
CG: THE WHAT LOCKDOWN
TG: yeah apparently in future earth from roxy and dirks universe in like 2020 there was a big virus outbreak and society stopped working for like a year
CG: DID ROXY AND DIRK TELL YOU ABOUT THAT OR
TG: no i figured it out myself from king gizz lyrics
TG: but something that dirk did tell me is
TG: apparently there was also this clown themed uprising or something
TG: completely unrelated to the icp presidency thing though
TG: it started from like one persons social media campaign and they managed to take over the entire island of nantucket its pretty wierd
CG: INTERESTING
AMOEBA MUSIC EMPLOYEE: Uh, hey. We’re closing soon so you two probably should leave.
TG: oh ok
TG: karkat its the middle of the day i think they just wanted an excuse to kick us out
CG: YEAH THAT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS
TG: so should we go home
CG: I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY GOOD RESTARAUNTS NEAR HERE
TG: i mean its san fransisco theres probably something good around
TG: idk ive never been here
CG: ALSO, WHY IS THERE AN EXACT RECREATION OF HUMAN SAN FRANSISCO ON EARTH C?
TG: no idea lmao
TG: if they were gonna recreate an earth city here they should have went with something bigger probably
TG: like tokyo or jakarta or something
TG: what was the biggest city on alternia
CG: I DIDN’T KNOW MUCH GEOGRAPHY BUT I THINK IT WAS-
CG: WAIT IS THAT JUNE
EB: hi!
TG: what brings you to beautiful San Francisco 2
EB: i was going to remind you that we are eating dinner at rose and kanaya’s house in like an hour
TG: oh yeah i forgot about that
EB: what did you guys get at that record store?
CG: I GOT A COPY OF INFEST THE RATS NEST BY KING GIZZARD
EB: oh, cool!
EB: i think Fishing For Fishies is better though.
CG: HJDSGHSADHJSDHSDDGHSSHJDSHJKGFJKFJKFDKJDDKFLDFLK
TG: june have i ever told you that i love you