Faulur is not endemic or inevitable. Don't believe the hype. Some records and artists sometimes sound as of they were designed in test tubes rather than being genuinely creative poetically birthed exercises to me. I'm not complaining, I realise my own ideas of musical perfection and majesty are not shared by everyone.
Take Failure. Los Angeles Failure in case you want the failure pinned down to a specific region. First of all that's a great Rock & Roll name if ever there was one. Where did you get the idea that Rock & Roll was about success. Do you really fancy a peek at Elon Musk's record collection?
Failure have been round the block a few times. They were originally active between 1990 and 1997 and reactivated in 2014. Up to now they've released seven albums and any number of EPS.
Latest record Location Lost feels strangely weightless. I was minded of a hot air balloon kicking clear of its moorings and heading towards the heavens Their sound is dense but strangely crystallised and poised. A list of points of interest on their Wikipedia page covers a lot of ground; Bowie, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Kate Bush . Doesn't really sound like failure to me.
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