The Cloud Nothings, "Wasted Days"
With all due respect to love, heartbreak kicks its ass when it comes to penning tunes. And while inner peace and contentedness is all fine and good, its musical oeuvre pales in comparison to that of disappointment and self-loathing. Alas, not everyone has the chromosomal make-up to be a successful self-loather. Fiona Apple has got it. So does Roger Waters. Jared Leto (30TM) too. Up with People ? Not so much. Which may you leave you wondering: "do I have what it takes to be a self-loather?" Well, as a public service, we at MWMT have developed a simple, less than ten minute, self-diagnostic tool to assess your level of self-loathing. It consists solely of listening to Cloud Nothing's "Wasted Days". Image: Benjamin Chun, Flickr (CC-by NA 2.0) If within two minutes you're ready to move on from what you perceive to be self-indulgent overwrought dreck... Sorry, but you are undoubtedly destined to while away your likely many remaining days in...