- Part one: Rounding off the Edges – Guided by Angels
- Part two: Live! Amyl And The Sniffers (Trix)
- Part three: Guided by Amyl
When I heard Guided by Angels for the first time, I got into a heated discussion if they might be a Christian band (they’re not). It’s not always that I look up the lyrics immediately, (though it does happen A LOT) but in this case I just fell in love instantly. If I hadn’t already fallen head over heels for that pumping intro riff.
When they (inevitably, obviously) make a movie about my life, this song is going to be on the soundtrack. Right next to The Dresden Dolls’ Girl Anachronism. Both songs just radiate ADHD energy to me.
Energy, good energy and bad energy
Guided by Angels
I’ve got plenty of energy
It’s my currency
I spend, protect my energy, currency
I had to use these words somehow, in the Rounding off the Edges Series. And I did. And believe me when I say I am not yet done with their words.
All this to say: I absolutely love this band.
Another few lyric favourites:
Does my opinion really make you that sick?
Choices
Every decision, every consequences
My choice is my own, my body’s my own
Opinion is my own, I own it, I own it
And I would rather figure it out the hard way
Even if it takes a little more time
I want all the experiences I have
To be explicitly exclusively mine
Does my opinion really make you that sick?
Freaks to the front
Every decision, every consequences
My choice is my own, my body’s my own
Opinion is my own, I own it, I own it
And I would rather figure it out the hard way
Even if it takes a little more time
I want all the experiences I have
To be explicitly exclusively mine
Live! Amyl And The Sniffers (Trix)
Australian invasion of Belgium – Part one! (See The Chats for part 2)
I got to see them at Trix on November 15th 2022 and I seriously almost started crying in the audience. To say it had been a rough few months for me would be an understatement. This gig was quite literally the first fun activity I had planned since the end of August. And I still didn’t really feel like going, even though I had been looking forward to it for over a year.
So I just stood there and let the energy the band emits (the song is not wrong!) wash all over me. I felt the loud basses coursing through my body. I felt the happiness and enthusiasm of the audience I was in (and then I’m not even addressing that same feeling radiating off of the stage). I felt like somewhat of a person again. Music is my home and Amyl And The Sniffers made me feel SO SO welcome.
At the time I wasn’t in a writing state of mind, so I never gave them the review they deserved. But everything felt a little lighter after that day. Got to meet the lovely Amyl (Amy Taylor) & Sniffer Dec Martens post-show, hanging out by their bus. Great and funny people, so down to earth and genuinly nice. You can tell by my crazy joyous smile. Next time they’re around, I will write them that review and then some!
Guided by Amyl
I search, search
Guided By Angels
For the angels guiding my energy
They’re so heavenly
I love their energy
Angels return my energy heavenly
….
From the angels heavenly guided—fuck!
It might not surprise you that I have a soft spot for the lady Amy(l) who is everything I want to be when I grow up. (Yes, she is 10 years younger than me, I just never had the right role models growing up. Still learning!) The above lyric rings so true to me. (See: Circle in a Square Puzzle.) It is so hard to find the people who bring the best out in you. And so glorious when you do find them.
It took me way longer than I would have liked, but I have found some of my angels both near me and in a ‘love-you-from-afar-way’. Both are represented in the below picture.
Amyl and the Sniffers ,15th of november 2023, Trix antwerpen
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