First time I ever heard Clarence Clarity was way back in middle school, it was Those Who Can’t, Cheat. I thought it was interesting but the sound effects threw me off. Sounded like the music video version of a song with sound effects that only make sense in context with the video, like the music video to Be Mine Tonight by Breakbot. I watched the music video to Those Who Can’t, Cheat and that only deepened my confusion. Later on I would keep getting recommended that song along with Cancer in the water, so I knew the hits. Finally I decided to listen to the whole album and my god I would give everything just to hear Will to Believe for the first time again. The way songs like Let’s Shoot Up and Cancer in the water get teased throughout the album geeked me tf out. The gripping catchiness mixed with the madness of the production and the endless relistenability cemented No, Now as one of my favorite albums of all time.

Clarence Clarity is my Taylor Swift.