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Cherophobiac “Unknown Liquid Substance”

“Unknown Liquid Substance” is as cold and creepy as its title implies. The vocals sound aloof, the percussion is a dense churn of electronic clicks, and the piano part has the grim, vaguely hesitant quality of Thom Yorke’s playing on Radiohead songs like “Pyramid Song” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief.” The composition is elegant and pretty, but the mood is all muted anxiety and desperation. The lyrics express an unwanted passivity in terms of what happens within your own body, but then also crave the passivity of not needing to confront or deal with dark realities. The refrain is particularly bleak: “Close your eyes now and pray not to have a choice.”

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