Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

This is different from the other two albums mentioned here, being largely instrumental. I like to think of this album as grander than music somewhat. This is also the most inaccessible of the three records, both musically, with each song being 20 minute long with a few acts, and because it is not available on spotify or apple music. You can stream it on bandcamp for free (at least for a couple of streams). I do have the FLACs for the album, so feel free to ask.

The first song, Storm, is almost hopeful but ends with a sample (which is technically about homeless people) that gives of a sense of alienation.. Static builds upon hope with dread and the words of the preacher evoke the same sort of poignant feeling of almost dread in me that the album title and Neon Genesis Evangelion do with their religious themes. Sleep, is about the monotonicity and decadence the world has fallen into, and is in my opinion the best song on the album. “They don’t sleep anymore on the beach…”. The buildup is incredible and it sounds so alienating and dark for the first two acts, while the the third act is kind of post-apocalyptic, being hopeful. Like Antennas to Heaven is the final act and is a wonderful closer.

At its core, I think Lift Your Skinny Fists is an uplifting album for all its dreary sound. It showcases the loss of innocence and the decadence of the world, and still urges you to lift your hands and hope. Storm, Static, Sleep, …Like Antennas to Heaven. Hope after a storm.