After 11 years together and seven studio albums, Sleater-Kinney are no more. Thus passes "one of the most compelling sounds in rock music today" I am truly pissed off about this. I listened to their bountifully acclaimed 2000 and 2002 albums All Hands on The Bad One and One Beat only relatively cursorily.

However, last year I fell head over heels for what I think was their recording zenith, The Woods. I named it my favourite album of the year in 2005 in reply to Padraig's post, and I haven't listened to anything new since that is so compelling. It'll forever be one of those milestone records for me, stupendously obliterating the circumference of my musical comfort zone. Is there any better feeling from listening to recorded music?

I guess it's a nice way to bow out on such a meteoric high of a record built on the back of so many highly praised albums in the previous decade.

I thank my lucky stars I got to see them on their first (and last :/) show in Ireland in 2005.

I'd like to quote the bible on their final record, and today's bad news:

"The pair (saccharine and suicide) are two sides of the same woman, the ultimate predicament: To survive these days, you have to be either suicidal or superficial. Sleater-Kinney, meanwhile, get by simply sounding fucking supersonic."

"So goodbye, Sleater-Kinney. Thank you for everything, from "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" to "Modern Girl". Thank you for being an inspiration to women everywhere. No, fuck that-- to people everywhere."

All our little wishes have run dry
Made it to the water, waded in the lies
When we felt the heat
Couldn't turn it into fire
Too caught up in our own desires



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Published by Paul.