Shoegazer Sunday: Have A Nice Life’s “Earthmover”

Posted on August 2, 2026 by Lawrence Person

“Earthmover” is a song from have a Nice Life’s debut album Deathconsciousness, reported be be among the top feel-bad albums of all time. But this song, about giant stone golems who destroy the earth and then, faced with existence without purpose, long to die, is simply too silly a premise to get depressed over. Instead, I’m posting it here for the surging noisecore wave of sound that kicks off after 5:30 into the song.

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
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