1: An American Rock 'N Roll/Punk band founded by singer/lyricist Jim Nobodie in 2009. After about two years of playing with the first incarnation (the band on 404) it was shortly disbanded but later reformed in 2011 with a heavier sound and stronger line up. Now ABaCuS is poised to take the world by storm, leaving whatever stands in their way broken and mangled. With their "take no prisoners" attitude, they are surely a band to reckoned with. "What have we got to lose?" was Jim Nobodie's response when asked, "why?"
2: A German band formed in 1971 who made their breakthrough at the Germersheim rock festival, where ABACUS drew no less applause from the 300,000 visitors than PINK FLOYD, SANTANA or ELP who appeared on stage as well. Jürgen Wimpelberg plays keyboards, guitars, drum programming as well as handling vocal duties.
After a lengthy absence from the recording scene, "Fire Behind Bars" was released in 2001. They develop Pop melodies into a wide instrumental manner, with gorgeous neo-classical and symphonic sequences. In a vein near GENESIS, GREENSLADE or PINK FLOYD. ABACUS offers a modern and attractive Progressive Rock music.
3: A British glam rock band.
4: Spencer Stephenson, a young multi-instrumentalist and sample-based producer operating in Denton, TX. He plays drums/writes music with Denton band, Sleep Whale, of the Austin-based label Western Vinyl.
5. Abacus is powerviolence/hardcore punk from Columbia, South Carolina. At large, metal finally seems be opening its borders, shedding subgenre orthodoxy to chart new courses. At this point, nobody’s going to out-blitz Napalm Death’s 1985 LP Scum or outlast any of Sunn O)))’s intricate and maleficent quarter-hour drones. And with blasphemers like Deafheaven and Liturgy offering new on-ramps to the left-hand path, the old guard is increasingly old hat. But we needn’t ring the death knell for metal. Take, as an example, Columbia’s own Abacus, whose full-length debut, En Theory, mines generations of heavy music — from acrobatic math-rock to blunt-force hardcore — inviting heads to be both banged and scratched. Where the band’s 2013 EP skewed hardcore, volleying between crust-punk’s straight-ahead charge and the jagged, erratic eruptions of ‘90s hardcore, En Theory more fully synthesizes the band’s inspirations. On “Loyal Death,” a raw, grindcore blast beat rolls into a d-beat stomp that drives momentum behind a corkscrewing post-hardcore riff. The rhythm stays bullet-straight as guitars make jagged, short-blade cuts. “Nothing Is Sacred” closes the album with bleak black metal, riding a blast-beat barrage with tremolo-picked chords carving a spartan melody from the deafening din. Rather than a series of stylistic exercises stitching together disparate scraps, Abacus treats these elements as cut from the same cloth. The results are thrilling. The ominous acoustic passage “A Figment” flows gracefully into the angled blues-metal riff that opens “Bodies of Water.” It’s not a gambit or a gimmick — neither a prog-metal lark or a calculated break for sensitivity — but a new shading of familiar contours. In freeing itself to embrace all things heavy, without the burden of context, Abacus has produced a fresh, exciting and righteously heavy album. In such hands, metal remains alive and well.
Abacus is:
Josh Bumgarner - guitars
Alex Strickland - vocals
Paul Huff - percussion
Kevin Scruggs - bass
The One I Love
Abacus Lyrics
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So sweet but hardly ever blue
But when the chips are down and far from sunny
Will you help me through?
Where's my rainbow? Where's my sun in the sky?
Where's that light to guide me home, yeah?
Where's my sandwich? Someone I can rely
I just wanna know if you
Will be there for me, as a friend
Anything you're welcome to
Just roll with me, 'til the end
I just wanna know
Would you carry me if I'm crawling
While I'm down and feeling low
Hey, cause I would be that friend
I'll be that friend for you
In that moment, in that ripple of life
Fighting clowns with evil faces, yeah
Kill that rodent, be my alibi
Put things back into there places
Woah-woah
I just wanna know if you, would be there for me, if I called
Can I really count on you, to punch with me, in a brawl
I just wanna know
Would you carry me if I'm crawling
While I'm down and feeling low
Would you catch me if I'm falling (if I'm falling)
While I'm spiraling out of control (if I am out of control)
Cause I would be that friend
I'll be that friend for you
I'll be that friend for you
I'll be that friend for you (for you and only you)
I'll be that friend for you
I'll be that friend for you
(Sing it up, sing it up, sing it up, sing it louder)
I'll be that friend for you
I'll be that friend for you
(Sing it up, sing it up, sing it up, sing it louder)
I'll be that friend for you
I'll be that friend for you (I would be that friend)
I'll be that friend for you (for you too, yeah)
I'll be that friend for you (I would be that friend)
I'll be that friend for you (for you too, yeah)
The lyrics of The One I Love by Abacus deal with the theme of friendship and loyalty in a time of need. The opening lines compare the singer to a jar of honey – sweet and pleasant to be around – but they also question whether their friends will be there for them when times get tough. The lyrics then take on a more urgent, pleading tone, as the singer asks where their support and guidance is in moments of difficulty. The chorus repeats the question of whether their friends will carry them, catch them, and be there for them when they need it most. The bridge brings in a surreal image of fighting clowns and killing rodents, but ultimately reinforces the message of the song – that true friendship means being there for each other through all of life’s uncertainties.
The song is a heartfelt plea for support and connection, expressing vulnerability and a need for genuine connection with others. The use of imagery – the jar of honey, the fighting clowns, the sandwich – creates a vivid sense of the singer’s emotional state and underscores the urgency of their need for friendship.
Line by Line Meaning
Sometimes I feel like I'm a jar of honey
At times, I feel that I am too sweet and lack depth.
So sweet but hardly ever blue
Although I am so sweet, I am hardly ever sad.
But when the chips are down and far from sunny
During difficult times that are not sunny, will you still be there for me?
Where's my rainbow? Where's my sun in the sky?
Where is the light that guides me during difficult times?
Where's that light to guide me home, yeah?
Where is the guidance that leads me back home?
Where's my sandwich? Someone I can rely
Where is the person that I can depend on like a sandwich?
So that I can call you homie
I want to be able to call you my friend.
I just wanna know if you
I need to understand if you will be there for me,
Will be there for me, as a friend
as a friend, will you be there for me?
Anything you're welcome to
You can be involved in anything that I am.
Just roll with me, 'til the end
Can we stay together until the end?
Would you carry me if I'm crawling
Would you lift me up when I am struggling?
While I'm down and feeling low
When I am feeling my worst, would you be there for me?
Hey, cause I would be that friend
Because I would be that same type of friend for you.
In that moment, in that ripple of life
In that critical moment of life,
Fighting clowns with evil faces, yeah
Fighting evil clowns with evil expressions.
Kill that rodent, be my alibi
Be my alibi for killing that rodent.
Put things back into there places
After the chaos, put everything in order again.
I just wanna know if you, would be there for me, if I called
If I called out for you, will you be there for me?
Can I really count on you, to punch with me, in a brawl
Can I trust that you would stand by my side during a fight?
Would you catch me if I'm falling (if I'm falling)
Would you help me if I needed someone to catch me?
While I'm spiraling out of control (if I am out of control)
When I am spiraling out of control, would you control or guide me?
I'll be that friend for you
If you need me, I will be that kind of friend for you,
I'll be that friend for you (for you and only you)
I will be your friend and only your friend.
Sing it up, sing it up, sing it up, sing it louder
Sing it higher and louder and full of sincerity.
I would be that friend
I will be that friend who will not let you down,
for you too, yeah
And for you as well,
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