fiction and creative non-fiction from Brennan Quenneville
As some bands age they become parodies of themselves, a problem that Coheed and Cambria can never have because, since their inception, the band has been too ridiculous to parody. For the better part of two decades, Coheed songs have been telling the story of … honestly, I’m not quite sure. A massive intergalactic war, maybe? [...]
Four months ago I launched a newsletter, for which you can sign up---for free!---right here. Today, I'm posting a few of my favorite entries across the newsletter's initial run: We'll discuss Rilo Kiley, Coheed and Cambria, and Lisa Loeb. Let's get to it. Rilo Kiley -- "The Good That Won't Come Out" The Execution of [...]
A recent edition of the Songs & Stories newsletter---subscribe for free today!---covered "The Dark Sentencer," one of the best recent tracks from prog-rock legends Coheed and Cambria. And because that song manages to incorporate a little bit of every era of Coheed, it got me thinking about each record that the band has released over [...]
Every word of Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness is burned into my brain. So too are the album's subtle motifs and, no less, its more obvious ones. This is largely because, for a spell in the mid-2000s, progressive rock concept albums—with their overwrought titles, literary [...]
The Queue is a recurring excuse for me to talk about songs or albums in short form. I'm bending that formula a bit today to discuss The Peer Pleasure Podcast which I've been binging lately. Let’s investigate a few of my favorite episodes. Ep. 147 – Bobby Darling (Gatsbys American Dream) The first episode of [...]
The fast approaching end of 2019 means not only the end of the year but also of the decade. Ten years ago, in a similar situation, I was new to blogging and felt obligated to make clear that my decade-spanning retrospective was no more than one man's personal opinion. In 2019, there's no need for [...]
I've mentioned before how certain songs or moments can burrow into my brain so that I want to hear them over and over and over again. There is a reason that the term 'earworm' exists, after all. And Narco Debut's 'In Frustrate', from their self-title EP, has definitely wormed me. There is a fine line between inspiration and [...]
As regular readers of Type In Stereo will recall, on the heels of two Coheed albums that I didn't much care for, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Coheed & Cambria's 2012 release, The Afterman: Ascension. Being the first in a two-part, back-to-back release schedule, Ascension's success had me eagerly anticipating 2013's The Afterman: Descension. Well, Descension is [...]
While many of their contemporaries have disbanded completely, splintered off into various side projects, or - all too often - broken up only to reunite a few years later in what might lovingly be called a nostalgic tribute (and cynically, a cash-grab)1, Coheed and Cambria have simply kept at it. With a few lineup changes here and [...]
My peers and I are in a conspicuous position when it comes to reviewing the past decade in music: we began high school and likely completed college all within the confines of the decade. High school and college. Those are your prime musical-attachment years. Regardless of whether or not you are capable of keeping an [...]
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