And then we listen to Nirvana’s ultra-scabrous new album, In Utero, which Kurt keeps saying in interviews is The Real Him, the raw and uncompromising sound that’s always been in his head, not that Nevermind bullshit, that sounds like Mötley Crüe to him now, that embarrasses him now, aren’t we all embarrassed by it now? And so now we’re embarrassed, just a little, by how much we love(d) Nevermind, and no no totally we totally love In Utero instead, which seems to consist entirely of the thrashing, gouging, exhilarating screeches in between the chords of “In Bloom,” and there’s tons of I No
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