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The Mattoid:
Eternifinity EP
It seems as though mental derangement has long been a silent partner of musical talent, but it's rare to find artists who are calm and at peace with being schizo-paths. On this EP, we find The Mattoid (incidentally, the word "mattoid," as Websters revised unabridged dictionary tells us, describes "a person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy) experimenting with heavy doses of cheery melodies and upbeat tempos to combat the shit-storm that is a lifelong culmination of disappointments and letdowns. With track titles such as "Happiness" and "Joy," which actually are about torture and agony, you can see how The Mattoid views sadness and despair merely as temporary deviations from a path toward ultimate blessedness. "Crazy Muthas" is a near-perfect description of the tumultuous process of loss and failure, but to these tests of perseverance, The Mattoid simply replies, "so what?" mere moments before blissfully chanting, "I feel happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy." He is one crazy mutha indeed, but at least he's correctly assessed the situations in front of him rather than losing his shit as most of us tend to do in our own lives. This little EP essentially is sprinkled with songs in the classic vein of Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart, so it's almost impossible to view The Mattoid's oddball style as anything but infectious. Two sanity-challenged tracks that are guilty of this assertion are "Tinkli Vinkli" and "Little Surfer," and while both songs feature lyrics that would frighten Ween's strangest and most obsessed fans, becoming nervous while listening is all part of The Mattoid's plan. Like with anything else, this record is just another example of the sick healing the sick. Another advantage of this record is that you can put it on when you're not feeling gloomy enough to listen to The Cure or The Smiths, and when you find that youve grown so weary from life's senseless aggravation and suffering that you just want to get silly. You put this EP on and hope that when the fun stops at the end of the record, your troubles will not seem like such a big pain in the ass anymore. However, take my word when I tell you that listening to this record on repeat for an entire day will render you paranoid for at least a few hours, so make sure you don't listen to Eternifity before operating any heavy machinery.
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