It drives me crazy bc truly nobody has ever Got wrestling and what makes it beautiful like John Darnielle. Like. Opening with a devestatingly quiet and sad song abt a lifetime indie guy who'll probably die on the road, never get any real attention. A song examining his childhood love of Chavo Guerrero and how he and the theater of wrestling in general helped him to process the violence of the physical abuse he was experiencing from his father. The heartbreaking odes to Bruiser Brody, Bull Ramos, and Luna Vachon. Using the metaphor of a tag team's forming intimacy to represent the birth of his son. The silly but earnest theatricality of songs like Foreign Object and Fire Editorial juxtaposed to the concerning, self-destructive violence of Werewolf Gimmick and Choked Out. The exploration of the genuine love and raw, devestating vulnerability that can blur the lines between performance and reality in Hair Match and Unmasked. WHATS HIS FUCKING PROBLEM
