Entry 445 - Hostage Pageant - Barren Terminals

 

I feel like noise is becoming a safe haven for me at this point. The past few days I've been struggling to listen to anything melodic or anything with structure. I go through these points where music is boring, and I know its temporary... but its boring none the less.

Noise is that unexplored region of music that still have interest for me. It is so different and so chaotic that its unlike any other type of music I have ever heard. Most if not all people who listen to it would say that it's not even music... its just noise. I get that, but it's also the exact thing that draws me into the genre right now.

Hostage Pageant play a style of noise that is all over the place. One moment it will be quiet humming or a mechanical grinding. The next it will be incredibly harsh static and feedback loops. The next moment it will be all but a dripping of water. It's difficult to follow if you are looking for patterns. It's best just to let go of any sort of preconceived notion of what music is and just go with the flow here.

Even through all the chaos and harshness of the music there is peace here. Through all the craziness and insanity there is catharsis. It's a cleansing effect. My mind has nothing else it can do other than to listen to the insanity that is Hostage Pageant... and the crazy thing is that I'm truly beginning to enjoy this stuff.