one of the reasons ajj is superior is that no other band seems to convey the experience of the cognitive dissonance of trying to live as a ‘good person’ and act according to morals in the first world and mitigate the harm and damage you inflict upon countless others simply by virtue of your day-to-day activities as well as they do. it’s a constant undercurrent to almost every one of their songs and they have mastered that particular conundrum so expertly
it’s like. you inhabit the belly of the beast. you try to be good. you try to be good. you try to be good. you try to be