05. Father And Son

[Mexicola]

Wasn't sure about how high up the vocals were on this one, but it's sitting better with me now. Took a few spins.

[Altruizine]

We got Father and Son but no Mother and Daughter? Fixed:


Bonus vid. Pretty funny how the beat is actually similar

[Betterthanyourkids]

Pretty sure at :55 they slipped in a chopped up "allahu ackbar". Interesting cos I don't think there's any other references to Islam on the album?

Also instant fav on first listen, all-timer. I did laugh, but laughter is by no means an indicator of bad art. It has a very abrupt ending, which is unusual for them, and I like it.
It's hard to describe why it's good in subtle terms - it's just an absolute heater

[Distant Nebulus]

Yimino does similar vocal chops in many of their tracks but this one is outstanding. I also get some DJ Paul (Three 6 Mafia) vibes off of this and Naraka. Three 6 Mafia production, especially from the late 90's-early 2000's was incredible.

[2020k]

I think that's wonderful A̴̻͉̞̻̤̖̟͎̺̺̖̫͂̓͊̂͘͘͠H̵̢̰̲͍̪͉̲̹̜̲͕̬̟͇͔̖͙̽̓̀̏̓̂̌̌̃̋̑͊͒͌̀̄̔̔̂̍̂͛̅̃͑̄̏̊̏̐̆͛̿͊͆͑̒̿́̅͊͘̕̕̕̚͘͜͝͠H̸͈͔̖̖̼̰͕̟͇̼̙̖̘͍̬͉̭̝̻̫͎̮͊̓̄̌͗͛̈͌́̆̓͐̿͜U̴̡̢̢̡̹̘̰͇̦͚̖͈̩̻̭̞͕̦̘͇͍͓͑̅͗̌͒͒̊͌̈́̽̔̄̿̉͗̎͊͑̈́̅̌̏̕̚̚͝͝G̸̢̢̟̼̭̮͎͔̣̬͓̠͖͈͚͎̓͗̄̔̏̃̋̊̏̉̏̈̈́̐̈́̀̋̿͐̍̓̊͐͐͑͊͗͘̕͜͜͠͝͝ͅH̷̨̢̨̧̩̙̖̖̯͉̤͎̘̪͈̠̼͍̮̘̳̲̪̯̠̮̜̲͖̺̬̻͈̟̼̼̝̯̥͋̐̈́̿́͋̓̈̉͒̌̈̄̿̀͐͌̕͜͝A̸̢̨̤͉̼̤̮̝̲͓̬̯͎̯̬̻̖̲̠͍̘̬̯͕̼͍̥̠͖̞̞̫̲̱̭̩̘͔̻̥̗̠̳͊̏̐̓̈́͋̿̋̑͌͋̄͊̌͛̀̊̽̈́́̋̎̽́̀͐̐̏̓̓̔͛̕͘͝ͅŲ̸̡̧̧̢͕̟͙̲̼̯̠͎͖͈̗̟͖͉͈͍̣̮̠̟͎͓͈̗̺͍̲͕͓̰̲͓͓̱͖̝̤͖̘͉̄̎͑̑̋̽́̀̑̈́̓̈̂̈́͛͂͌͋̇̋̿́͜͜͝͝U̴̢̬̮̩͈̤̪͔̘̭̳͚̣̠̦̮̱̠̟͈̗̩͙̠̦̘͈̝̫̣͉̱̼̘̬̮̤̪̣̲̗̳̯̟̰̇̏́͗͆͌͑̈́͊̈́̆̃͋̊̽̈́̈́̈̓̍͊̇͜͜͜͠͝͝͝Ư̸̧̨̨̨͈̣̪͍̖̰̦͇̻̹̭̬̘̩̥̳̦̣͕̮͙̬͍̘̫̭͚̖͈͓͉̫̜͚̹͍͔̮̅͛͒́͐͂̋̽̆͐̍̓͗͒́̆̈́̈́́̐̈͐̀̍̈͒̐̿͆̈́͊̌̎́͊̓̚͘̕͜͠͠͝͝͝ͅH̶̛̛͈̹̖̳̹̣̣̰̙͕͖̜͐̓͊̓̋͛̐͑̇̾̄̋̒̀̐̑̇̓̽̃̅͊̇̽̂̎́̑̀͋́̐̇̋̉̍̅̇̀̈́͗̚͝͝͠͝͝ͅH̶̡̧̡̡̨̡̨̛̼̞̻͖̳͉̼̠̼̮͍͍̜̰̱̳̹̖̫̣̞̹͍̥͎͖̼͈͓͓̬̊̔̃̂́͗̄̉̏͋̈͊̓̓̊͋͑̃͛̀̒̋͂̂̈́̍̄̉̊̆̂͂͗͐́͂̚̕̚͜͠͠͝ͅͅH̸̢̙̬̣̥͇̠̟̺͇̦͐̓̓̑͋̅͆̈̍̈͆́̐̋̓͗͆̊̉͐̆̌̄̽͊͒͂̔͊͊͋̌͊͛̃̕̕͘͜͠H̷̢̡̡̗̜̝̬͓̻̱͉̻̟̱͉̗̙̲̯͙̬͓̣̞̠͍̜̹͖͔͔̤̻̣̮̘̼͚̘̻̰̘̗͖̠̜̹̟̓͂͂̆̇̂̍̃̇̇̇͆̓͛̀͂̽̿̇̉͝!̷̡̨̢̡͈̘̫͕̺͉̲̪̥̱̜̦̥̞̦̰͖͎̪͖̜̖͎̥̗͇̰̖̗͙̻̼͇͚̖̦̖̈́̋̎͆̃̿͊̿͒̉̈́̿̎̒̏́̚̚͝!̶̡̙̣̟̘̱̙̀̄̍̓̈́͂̏̐͠1̵̧̭͉̖̝̟͉͍̤̝̑̉͑̂̈̃́̇͋̈́̓̓͒͆̒̉̇̇̀̚͜͝͝1̷̧̡̧̨̧̢̧̧͈̭̩̗̖̠̯̮̻̼̫̩̩̬̝̥̣̪̲͖̙̭̮̖̫̯̫̤̘̙͍̖͍͙͍̗̗̠̬͉͖̰̉̈́͑!̶̢̡͕͙̭̲̱͇̺͔̖̠͙̩̜͗̒̈̑́͒̈̒̽̓̒̕͝!̸̧̨̢̢̭̗̲̝͍͈̭̬̠͉̮̙̝̞̹͚̝͓͚̳͖̮̰̬͎͖̖̳̭͙͚͌̍͛͐̊̊̓̐̿̋͗͆̋̂͛̓̅̂̑̒̌̈́̉̄́̋̀͘͜͝!̵̢̛̠̹̤̪̟̔͐̉̇̌̂̎̈͒̇͊̅͗͊̉̄̉͂̊̄̓̔͛̓͆͛̋̍̈́̈́̈̅̈́̀̕̚̚͠͝͠!̸̡̨̧̧̢̡̛̤̝̤͔̯̦̟̳̲͓̦̩͎͇̩̟͍̹͓̘͒́̃̾͊͆̓̔̓͊̏̌͘

[burst__of__indigo]

The intro reminds me of B07 from R35TT or something...I don't know why, exactly. it's sparse compared to the intro here.

[rasterskan]

Many of the vocal chops sound like they've been ran through Adobe Enhance Speech at some point, which wouldn't be out of place considering Marcus studied AI in 90s. It actually provides a pretty interesting texture to the whole thing.

[fractalz42]

My favourite on the album, I find it so weird, so unexpected, even for BOC. Awesome deviation from their standard sound, but with the weirdness retained.

[shinealight]

I will go to rhetorical war for this song , I am very surprised it is getting one of the more polarised reactions elsewhere. It's got that joyful and even funny energy of some of the best tracks from Old Tunes and MHTRTC.

[jeannedarme]

I will go to rhetorical war for this song , I am very surprised it is getting one of the more polarised reactions elsewhere. It's got that joyful and even funny energy of some of the best tracks from Old Tunes and MHTRTC.

Me too, I love it so much. Manipulating the sample in such an “inappropriate” way is (I think) so similar to the “although not a follower…” melody in 1969 - it’s kind of amusing but at the same time really satisfyingly creepy/odd. Also the beat is perfect.

[Altruizine]

Many of the vocal chops sound like they've been ran through Adobe Enhance Speech at some point, which wouldn't be out of place considering Marcus studied AI in 90s. It actually provides a pretty interesting texture to the whole thing.

I doubt it's literally Adobe Enhance Speech but it sounds like some kind of AI tech was involved. The alternative would be to take speech + text-to-speech samples and mess with them. Some people mentioned using "Melodyne".

I really wonder what it is. What would be awesome is accessing some version of an AI speech generator that can be adjusted to hallucinate demonic sounds. I don't know how proprietary such tech is but I have the impression that it's only big companies that develop and have access to something like that. Normal people would be limited to trying to hack consumer-facing tools that aren't built for that.

The bros are hugely influential so I wonder what connections they have. There's a lot of singing on the record. I doubt Mike or Marcus did any of it. Is it all samples or did they get their "mates" to sing?

[Negamuse]

Circuit bent artificial larynx? I dunno it really does feel uncanny, like it's not just inhuman, it's like it's human but being puppeteered by something alien or artificial

[Altruizine]

Also I want to emphasize how Aphex this is. It's got drums and drones similar to SAWII at the beginning, demonic voices and religious themes similar to Come To Daddy, a melodic jingle that sounds like Little Lord Fauntleroy mix a lot, some Windowlicker because of the ridiculous vocal samples and editing. I don't know if Aphex ever made a beat like that but it's very "trademark idm" as opposed to BoC's usual organic hiphop beat staple.

I mean FFS the voice is urging the son to "come to daddy"

[Alvin]

Father & Son Lyrics (A.A. [Alvin Attempt {31/5/26}]):

When first he ate
He’s seen 2 of these Hooters!
He’s fucking only me
I love you, but, I love The Lord
He can’t even movie, I’m moving them
more than I love any physical bean
But, but, I love a book!
I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
I love, I love: da da dun da da!
But then why can’t you bring that same feeling:
HOME?
…
Nah I wouldn’t think I’m involved
Ugly wish I could be there..
No he’s never canned beans so typical
He’s singing!

What makes you think he can’t do it?
I watched him forgotten it
Well he’s sinnin’!
The Man’s souls will be day of his own:
HOUSEHOLD

Umm..
Well I hardly believe that your own
Father or Mother or Brother or Sister
would be your enemy..
Are you gonna’ call him a liar?

No I’m not calling him a liar..

You’re cleaning him very thoroughly
Well I can do all things through The Lord
maybe can’t do it
Umm, you’re cleaning very thoroughly
You saw by the way we lived in ‘08 dead
Do you believe?
I’m King of these cunts if I made cinnamon..
I really don’t think so..

But ahh let’s see I’ve lost track of

A n e x t r e m e h a r d d r a g o n d e s i g n
(sings)
oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
Umm, it smells some kind of..
The Man’s souls will be the day of his own:
HOUSEHOLD
Ummm..
But I really don’t think so

But ahh let’s see, I’ve lost track

A n e x t r e m e h a r d d r a g o n d e s i g n
(sings)
oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
More than I love any physical bean
He’s killing us
If I made cinnamon..
Well I can do all things through The Lord
maybe he can’t do it
Well he’s sinin’!
(unintelligible) smells like..
(unintelligible) likes me!
I love you, but, I love The Lord
I’m killin’ those cunts
more than I love any physical bean
(unintelligible) is rummaging trough our things
I think that’s wonderful!
But all men have that
I don’t
I don’t
I love
I love
Umm..
I don’t like him
I don’t like him
I don’t, I don’t
Well he’s sinnin’!
(unintelligible) smells like that
W e. h a v e. T h e. E l e p h a n t!
But I love
But I don’t have any money
more than I love any physical bean
But I love killing these cunts

I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..

I love him
I love souls
I love killing him
I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
Umm, it smells some kind of..
Well he’s sinnin’!
Nah I wouldn’t be involved..
When first he ate..

[harpoon dodger]

"I think that's wonderful" is going to enter the pantheon of classic BoC lore like "Orange! Yeah that's right", "I. Love. You", "Lake!" and "Although not a follower of hseroK divaD"

Agree 100%!!

[kyriakos]

this clicked instantly
beat is so fire and vocals samples are silly and engaging

[Alvin]

Father & Son Lyrics (A.A. [Alvin Attempt {31/5/26}]):

When first he ate
He’s seen 2 of these Hooters!
He’s fucking only me
I love you, but, I love The Lord
He can’t even movie, I’m moving them
more than I love any physical bean
But, but, I love a book!
I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
I love, I love: da da dun da da!
But then why can’t you bring that same feeling:
HOME?
…
Nah I wouldn’t think I’m involved
Ugly wish I could be there..
No he’s never canned beans so typical
He’s singing!

What makes you think he can’t do it?
I watched him forgotten it
Well he’s sinnin’!
The Man’s souls will be day of his own:
HOUSEHOLD

Umm..
Well I hardly believe that your own
Father or Mother or Brother or Sister
would be your enemy..
Are you gonna’ call him a liar?

No I’m not calling him a liar..

You’re cleaning him very thoroughly
Well I can do all things through The Lord
maybe can’t do it
Umm, you’re cleaning very thoroughly
You saw by the way we lived in ‘08 dead
Do you believe?
I’m King of these cunts if I made cinnamon..
I really don’t think so..

But ahh let’s see I’ve lost track of

A n e x t r e m e h a r d d r a g o n d e s i g n
(sings)
oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
Umm, it smells some kind of..
The Man’s souls will be the day of his own:
HOUSEHOLD
Ummm..
But I really don’t think so

But ahh let’s see, I’ve lost track

A n e x t r e m e h a r d d r a g o n d e s i g n
(sings)
oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
More than I love any physical bean
He’s killing us
If I made cinnamon..
Well I can do all things through The Lord
maybe he can’t do it
Well he’s sinin’!
(unintelligible) smells like..
(unintelligible) likes me!
I love you, but, I love The Lord
I’m killin’ those cunts
more than I love any physical bean
(unintelligible) is rummaging trough our things
I think that’s wonderful!
But all men have that
I don’t
I don’t
I love
I love
Umm..
I don’t like him
I don’t like him
I don’t, I don’t
Well he’s sinnin’!
(unintelligible) smells like that
W e. h a v e. T h e. E l e p h a n t!
But I love
But I don’t have any money
more than I love any physical bean
But I love killing these cunts

I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..

I love him
I love souls
I love killing him
I think that’s wonderful!
Umm..
Umm, it smells some kind of..
Well he’s sinnin’!
Nah I wouldn’t be involved..
When first he ate..

2nd Attempt: after ‘But all men have that’ line insert:
‘(unintelligible) opened a porthole
But I made that’:

[Alvin]

Might have to learn how to join https://bocpages.org/ so I can submit..

[mechanismj]

This is like some mutated hybrid of Telephasic Workshop and Pete Standing Alone. MHTRTC playfulness meets the sinister undertones of Geogaddi. It feels like forever since we have had something like this to chew on. One of those bizarre tracks you love to hear on a BoC album.

[Den]

Might have to learn how to join https://bocpages.org/ so I can submit..

It’s ‘a man’s foes’ instead of souls. Thank you for writing it all out.