9. Royal TruxTwin Infinitives
First of all, I rarely listen to this record. I’ll just be completely honest. I love Royal Trux. I listen to other records of theirs. But this undeniably a huge record for me and it’s on my mind every time I make a record. I just discussed Get Hustle bringing their living room to an all ages space, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard embodying what he’s writing about. This record is like inviting a person into your home and you don’t know when they’re going to leave. I don’t want to go into detail but when I’ve been in sketchy situations where I’ve either had a house guest or I’ve been in someone’s house and think “God, I don’t know if I’m ever getting out of this situation,” it’s enjoyable, it’s thrilling, it’s exciting, it’s scary. You have that feeling. I don’t mean to in any way diminish Twin Infinitives by saying I don’t listen to it. It’s just so heavy, it’s such a commitment to listen to. I compare this record to, in the best way, Nabokov’s novel, Ada, Or Ardor because it’s not even a book, in my opinion. It’s a presence in your life while you’re reading it. It ceases to be a novel and becomes a feeling as though you had a house guest that won’t leave.
