I love skulls. My favorite shirt hands down of all time is a black t-shirt with a skull on it and "slow death" written under it. Sometimes people comment on it, about how depressing or grotesque it is (my grandma can not come to terms with why her grandson would want to wear such a t-shirt) and when they do, all I tell them is that it's my "memento mori". Loosely translated from latin, memento mori means "Remember your mortality", "Remember you must die" or "Remember you will die". It was an element used in christian art to remind good Christians that they will die and be judged; that they should live their lives accordingly. That's what I tell people when they ask me why I like skulls so much. Read up on it here at Wikipedia.
Looking for a YouTube to put on my Facebook and saw this band in the suggestions. Apparently they're a folk rock band from Portland. But look at the album artwork! Skulls everywhere. This isn't the first time I discovered a band I liked because of the skull related album artwork. The same thing happened inside the now extinct Tower Records with Thee Michelle Gunn Elephant, but I'll save that story of serendipity for another time. I've been digging this style of music for a while now and they're worth having a listen to.
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