COLONY OF BIRCHMEN – Mastodon

This song is sweet as peaches. Is it metal? I never think of it as such personally. They kind of remind of an angry Sonic Youth actually, only without the pop sensibility. This song veers closer to Wagner than The Beatles. You want to call it a masterpiece? You won’t get any argument from me.

What I think of when I hear this song, is three little kids running into the room every time this song came on and performing what we would later come to call the “Dino-Dance.” My three kids mind you, this wasn’t a home invasion or infestation. Cute as buttons, they would stomp and snort their way around the room while flapping their arms, or holding them close to their chests T-Rex style. The therapod and not the glam rock band.

Sometimes it even brings a tear to the eye.