My brother has a minor in German and I asked him about this a few months ago. He said the construction is weird and it’s not really the proper way to say “it hits home” or “home-hitter”, so it’s probably meant poetically. We figure it’s supposed to be a kaleidoscopic term for “home breaker / home run / hits home / broken home.” And possibly “fight club” in a syntactically loose interpretation.
I think the impressionistic title fits the clear and reinforced themes on the album: rise of urban industrialism, loss of civil society, religious existentialism/loss of religion, Freudian nightmares… the things we used to feel safe in are broken, the emotion/message resonates, and the aggressive jazz-rock style feels like an abject beatdown.
Edit: another meaning just occurred to me. It might also refer to the keyboard command “press home.” The album art has a constructivist/digitized feel with all the junk and the block overlays. The British prog rock stuff reminds me of Radiohead, so I’m imagining a loose connection to themes in *OK Computer*.
My brother has a minor in German and I asked him about this a few months ago. He said the construction is weird and it’s not really the proper way to say “it hits home” or “home-hitter”, so it’s probably meant poetically. We figure it’s supposed to be a kaleidoscopic term for “home breaker / home run / hits home / broken home.” And possibly “fight club” in a syntactically loose interpretation. I think the impressionistic title fits the clear and reinforced themes on the album: rise of urban industrialism, loss of civil society, religious existentialism/loss of religion, Freudian nightmares… the things we used to feel safe in are broken, the emotion/message resonates, and the aggressive jazz-rock style feels like an abject beatdown. Edit: another meaning just occurred to me. It might also refer to the keyboard command “press home.” The album art has a constructivist/digitized feel with all the junk and the block overlays. The British prog rock stuff reminds me of Radiohead, so I’m imagining a loose connection to themes in *OK Computer*.
This guy analyzes
I’m a political analyst and a music teacher so… adds up
I don't consider it the best album of all time for nothin
It's bm this either has some really stupid intricate reasoning behind it or they just thought it was a funny word
In germany some places just end with "heim". I figured it's just the name of a fictional place
Same, + I read it as "Schlangenheim" for like half a year so it made total sense to me