Self Injury Poems

Hai-Q Music Review: 'American Tragedy'

Q? Just our clever moniker for a queer-based quickie review (the “q” is for queer, get it?). In order to catch up on the large number of CDs coming in, we put our intern to the test of coming up with some poetry to describe the music. We’ll focus on the smaller releases so you won’t miss out on the bigger names, but we wanted to give these guys a shot, too.

In Hai-Q Music Review , members of Hollywood Undead conceal their faces with masks and bandanas, unique to each vocalist. Very fetishistic if I may add. I fell in love with “Everywhere I Go” when I was in high school and can’t seem to tear myself away from the new, catchy tunes of “Apologize” and “Comin’ In Hot” off the band’s second full-length release.

Tragedy move and disturb me (in the best way, of course) as he expands on the meaning of the chorus.

But there is levity with head-nodding “Gangsta Sexy,” with lyrics that fall back on silliness. Charlie Scene describes himself as ‘flossy,’ which isn’t a word I’d heard since Fergie used it in “Glamorous.”

“Bullet” is upbeat with extremely dark lyrics about suicide and self-mutilation. It’s almost oxymoronic, but works so well with that I didn’t flinch. I didn’t even think about how I was singing along about self-destruction with the chorus My legs are dangling off the edge / The bottom of a bottle is my only friend / I think I’ll slit my wrists again and I’m gone, gone, gone It made me wonder if the child was lightening up the tone of the song with her adorable voice or if it was disturbing that they used a child to end a song about suicide. Still working on that one.

“Levitate” became one of my favorite tracks and yet is also about suicide and substance abuse. Still, its chorus always had me yelling at the top of my lungs along with the song.

“Pour Me” brings a feeling of sadness about alcoholism as opposed to the fury or helplessness of previous tracks.