Aspirations to Fail and Disappoint [Side B]

The second disc of Aspirations to Fail and Disappoint contains a structure similar to the first as it opens with "The Pentabarf," a long guitar instrumental culled from the same sessions as "Trimorphic Protennoia." "Breath of Norea" goes from piano, to hip-hop, to black metal blast beats, to something reminiscent of klezmer, to Herrmann-esque stabs, to choirs all in the course of a few minutes. "Insurgence" is a walk through chamber-pop and "Mission to Juxtaposition," an older Illusion of Art song that didn't make it to being recorded for the first album, displays all instruments being independent and out-of-step with each other. "A Pact of Amenity," much like "Becaue I Am Too Mediocre," features annoyingly childish and overly melodramatic lyrics but uses chord structure more reminiscent of 20th century classical than douchebag community college folk. "Boo to Buddha" is in no ways against Buddhism but is actually a poem written by Aleister Crowley (cannot remember from which book) that Illusion of Art set to music with a guitar tuned like a lute. "The Last Draft of This Letter" recalls Brel and Gainsbourgh but with an odd rhyme scheme and the orchestration treats the orchestral instruments as independent rather than backing sounds. "Where Dost Thou Sleep" combines sampled guitars with real ones and vocals layered as many as thirty times over inconsistent electronic beats and the ubiquitous Commodore 64. Closing the record is "The Somnambulist," a progressive metal song with multilayered vocals mispronouncing the word "somnambulist."

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