let blind lead feel let blind lead feel studio album solo project lead vocalist album released north_america february europe tracks let blind lead constructed computer generated recorded instruments music software described stream consciousness nature cox song created span hours addition music lyrics written sung spot release tracks arranged order recorded cox described album having dynamic arc north american cover art modified photograph painting doctor treating sick boy face child obscured camera flash cox feels gives picture romantic element lyrics let blind lead autobiographical nature reflecting life experiences cox include abuses received child past drug time spent hospitalized teenager genetic disorder syndrome songs concern best friend guitarist album dedicated winter vacation reflection time met cox examines relationship let blind lead generally received critics praised cox emotional lyrics criticized music lacking substance record charted number billboard magazine chart week production music sound utilizes computer based instruments created recorded musical software program allows cox turn pretty sound keyboard according effects built program seldom band assisted cox production let blind lead showing basics software aiding selection equipment record cox described process recording album stream consciousness songs written recorded addition lyrics album created recorded album title derived dream cox saw group protesters holding sign reading let blind lead feel waking cox wrote phrase bed described concept magazine like able know right direction somebody instinct lead way arrangement tracks let blind lead chronological presented order recorded artwork north american album cover artwork originates medical journal cox discovered store painting journal depicts doctor treating ill boy mom looks concerned described cox painting face boy obscured flash camera kind took away photo according picture romantic idea emotion face got cox described boy boy adding related boy literally store started crying european album artwork created group designs cover art label style music let blind lead characterized ambient psychedelic pop music similar style cox previous work band album cox drawn ambient music ambiguous repetitive nature considers inspired style sonic picture girl groups music instruments heard record include guitar drums bells cox considers voice instrument moving effects vocal tracks music consider songwriter cox prefers use effects voice instrumental ambiguous nature said interested parts like vocalists vocals vocals like instrument create tracks let blind lead cox continually adds elements song feel like getting crowded sounds like missing add music product hours work days pitchfork media cox said song genesis usually beat cox considers music let blind lead dynamic arc half record contains accessible songs depressed middle created kind black hole misery tried bring end cox intended music audience addition wanted album healing element somebody listen way feel like went bad period time came composer runs organization studies music therapy described cox having big influence ideas music considers music art form know immediate effect human found time met talked like meeting hero album opening track ghost story contains sample young boy telling ghost story obtained cox internet audio archive free music samples cox found sample moving create intro set tone rest album wanted create haunted record know kind filled ghosts thought set album nicely summarized song consisting basically cassette effected hammer sounds small horror intended represent depression cox described song depressing song let blind lead concrete musically instrumental track supposed create impression passing falling bed lights instrumental song class sonic track produced compilation album self titled final song let blind lead instrumental track intended bring album circle having start end ambient note recurring focus album lyrics created guitar loop basis song cold ice lyrics cox working produce considered policy print lyrics album liner notes rule enforced label owner believed practice experience rock record despite largely agreeing sentiment cox chose print lyrics let blind lead wanted looked like having words song interview pitchfork_media cox described lyrical origins song let blind lead largely autobiographical nature reflecting life experiences song recent bedroom conveys experience cox aunt died bedroom everybody knew pass away went faded everybody started crying overwhelmed death bring tears like rest family event expressed song lines walked outside cry don know don know cox inability cry stemmed having involved drugs time believes eliminated childhood instinct cry song attempts communicate emotional vacancy sense detachment characterized moving childhood river card based puerto rican short story entitled little coloured boy river story tells boy falls love reflection river believing person similar greek myth cox attempted capture childhood energy remember experiencing relating conclusion story boy jumps water making river card song dead child lyrical contents inspired russian article cox read children born aids confined hospitals lifestyles mistakes parents cox genetic condition known syndrome related article experiences children hospitals having chest sixteen got real children hospitals finding kind haunted weird places guard described sad song lyrics illustrate having age dealing newfound anxiety comes meeting new people cox explains anxiety stems lacking energy represent people guard lyrical content cold ice based relationship cox girl named alice having fallen love fifth grade proposed marry school playground alice rejected cox calling ring given cheap piece years later cox worked alice subway restaurant occasionally reason ask watch change uniform restaurant described having cold ice cox suspects trying torture song bite marks boy prostitution song cox references experience kissing man bit hard shoulder leaving bite marks like weeks experience abuses received child formed lyrical basis song recurring source lyrical subject matter let blind lead cox best friend guitarist album dedicated winter vacation concerns time met seeing bus stop savannah georgia cox attracted kind like physical way seeing melancholy sitting staring ground fell love cox family later drove beach winter vacation relates cox memory beach infected new love found meeting words past moving wondering somebody going come stay uncertainty characterized lines cox considers pop song clichés referencing rain comes goes song cox asks going come staying cox examines addiction drug relationship talks lot things changed relationship met girl friendship gon change difficult cox asserts drugs takes sleep sleep prepared face reception metacritic let blind lead feel received average critic score based reviews indicating universal acclaim release album received pitchfork_media best new music later placed 26th publication best albums week album peaked number billboard magazine chart pitchfork_media praised album review writing works best drawn evolving audio presence entire world explore popmatters found album confessions delivered bare authenticity far compelling repeat rewarded album stars saying song distinctive quality allowing stand backing view album individual elements unify ing greater product slant_magazine negative album writing let blind lead presents intriguing mixture sounds rarely cox whip exciting review likened album tempered version radar magazine wrote tracks let blind lead substantial sean said considering number free songs cox released blog length album point wrote record songs suggest work bedroom pop doesn know quit allmusic writer found let blind lead cox tendency try hard profound title title track example wanting badly important sounds forced wrote review cox narratives little sense noting time singing interview mtv_news cox said reception let blind lead response record general response positive rooted concept emotional album album lot feeling naked fact case reason way stream consciously sic calculated don mind long calculated track listing songs written ghost story recent bedroom river card guard winter vacation cold ice past small horror ready set glow bite marks class let blind lead feel bonus disc included european release collection tracks released digitally bedroom bedroom stained glass swan abandoned closet spring break abc glasgow personnel engineering mixing mixing layout assistance mastering release history
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