{"id":12313,"date":"2023-01-24T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12313"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T22:53:05","slug":"album-review-shoehole-magic-hate-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2023\/01\/24\/album-review-shoehole-magic-hate-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Shoehole :: Magic Hate Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.57.39-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.57.39-PM.png 540w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.57.39-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.57.39-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.57.39-PM-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Gabriel Fars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making deals with the devil, the embarrassment of still living with your mom, being a drunken man-child\u2013This album really is about the important things in life. The things that you think about when you\u2019re sad and still awake late at night when all you can do is stare up at your roof and pray that your brain will shut up so that you can just. Go. To. Sleep.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Magic Hate Ball<\/em> is an incredibly raw album, but not in the way you might have expected. Shoehole presents their lyricism and music as a form of vulnerability and the honest truth about human emotions. Even down to the chords and rough guitar strums, you can hear a wave of aggression behind the music. Even the choice of tone in the lead singer\u2019s voice is intentionally as angry as possible, even cracking at some spots because of the emotion put into it. Guitar parts that, at some spots, seem to imitate that cracking and can sound distorted or gargled at times. Although it can come across as a bit excessive, the distortion does seem to add something to the anger in the music, perhaps further expressing the absolute blind fucking rage of the album.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the type of album you listen to when you\u2019re debating whether or not everyone in your life hates you or if you just need some new meds and a nap. Going through some of my favorite tracks from the album, that fact just becomes more clear to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re still thinking about that one situation you never really got over, or if you\u2019re going through some serious post-nut clarity, \u201cIt Probably Wasn\u2019t Worth It\u201d is the song for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always thought that the future would hold some better feelings, but I just feel old.\u201d The lyrics on the track \u201cDUDE! SHUT UP!!\u201d are just a bundle of relatability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This album leaves you feeling as though even after you turn it off, you take a small part of it with you, and I think that if you want an album that just feels completely and entirely fucking raw, this is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DUDE! 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