What the (Weird) Kids Are Listening To

My eldest kid and I have a shared language, a shorthand of silly words we use from time to time, usually to express bemusement or (often fake) chagrin. For example, if I ask them if they've done something that needed doing and they tell me they haven't, I'll respond via text with 'blerrrg' or 'flump' or some such. 

The same kid has a wildly eclectic and expansive taste in music. Yesterday, the two threads crossed when they texted me to say they were listening to a song called "Flump", by a band called The Skull. As you likely know, The Skull is a Chicago-based doom metal band that's been around for about a decade. And doom metal, obviously, is "an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres."

The kid sent me a link to the tune, and to be honest, I had some apprehension. But upon a few listens, it's got its own sort of appeal. I don't think I'll be running out to buy The Skull concert tix, but I've heard worse. 

Enjoy "Flump", by The Skull.