A truth, moreover, not the least bit lost on me: life’s situation rests atop an abyss of signification. Macuga and Barrett in Have a Nice Life, and Barrett alone with Giles Corey, weave a heavy fabric of psychoanalytic and philosophical analysis with their music, at the same time relating a truth as atavistic as the dust of this earth. While Giles Corey is Barrett’s solo, mostly acoustic project, Have a Nice Life refrains from any defining genre, remaining a kind of transcendental testament to the elements of doom metal, cold ambient, industrial percussion, shoegaze, and post-punk. Each boasts the disquieting, unmatched talent of Dan Barrett, as well as the inscrutable Tim Macuga on Have a Nice Life. Have a Nice Life and Giles Corey are a dark pair of musical projects. ‘I don’t feel anything where… this love should be.’
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