playlist review: Running around on all fours biting people

As soon as I saw "Running around on all fours biting people" linked in the Sighswoon Portal discord music channel, I knew I needed to get into it. Receiving a sliver of someone's mindset through playlist curation is one of my favorite bits of contemporary music consumption; other favorites of mine include "soundtrack to a cyberpunk movie about my life" and the epic techno playlist "i am dissociating" which I found in the comments of a hot girl's TikTok a while ago.

If I could describe the mood of "Running around on all fours biting people" I would say: twitchy electro-indie music that is either European in origin or at least sounds European. Very heavy on the Björk and Radiohead. "Crimewave" by Crystal Castles, "Deceptacon" by Le Tigre. Songs that are feral but just holding it together enough to express the ferality. Great tunes for when you feel a little weird and a lot aggressive. All together it reminds me of the below meme. I give it five out of five iPod classics!!

Molly Mary O'Brien runs I Enjoy Music and tweets here.

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an argument for listening to new music and not worrying about getting old

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In the zorb with Sycco