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DOVES BY ARMAND HAMMER

It’s such an uncompromising song, it tackles grief and the processing of it in a vulnerable but ultimately human way. The production (credit to Benjamin Booker & Kenny Segal) is unsettling but warm, like you know that it can only get better but you have to just sit and deal with the discomfort of your current situation in order to get there. There’s a delicate piano melody that fades in and out of the mix alongside the faint hum of a guitar making what is in concept a experimental rap song into something different, the ‘rapping’ is more like spoken word poetry. Benjamin Bookers intro despite being repetitive due to his relaying of ‘I was only a dove, only in love’ is made so powerful due to how worn out and whispery his voice is, like it’s a memory of a loved one haunting you. Which in turn fades into billy woods’ verse which reads more like poetry than a rap verse. Some of my favourite lines being: ‘They called like "Come now, he doesn't have long to live", I dress slowly, Came back that night and took my baby out the crib so I could hold him’ or ‘Locked doors never had a key but you test the handle occasionally, God forbid it swing open” “Attic stairs broken, don't go up there, From the windows i watch the diggers disappear in soft wet earth, Dinner served, i waited for my guests, long table set.’ It’s so bleak but perfectly describes the little moments of discomfort you feel when losing someone and I think it works perfectly combined with how minimalistic the production is. The closing segment from ELUCID is a lot grander in scale and thematically darker, the production starts to get corrupted with static crackles slowly consuming each layer of the instrumental whilst ELUCID foretells the impending end. It’s a sucker punch that catches you out but it works due to how the song is structured all the emotions caused by loss are only told about up until this point and ELUCIDs part represents the listener tackling them head-on. It’s uncomfortable and you’ll probably skip it on relisten (hell I often do) but I think it’s purpose is so powerful and as a whole the song is incredibly thought provoking.

@bensinc

Apr 13, 2025

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Been sobbing to charli’s so i lately

Hand in my pocket by Alanis can ruin me when I’m feeling the quarter life crisis too Also Bowie’s Five Years, cause the apocalypse and whatnot

@remisira

Jun 21, 2024

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Songs - by adrianne lenker

Absolutely heartbreaking and devastating, but one of the best albums I’ve listened to in recent times I love the mellow guitar vibes and the vocals are just perfect in every way to encapsulate the nostalgia and melancholy of the themes the album talks about Just listen to it, trust me

@Guxtuuz

Mar 9, 2025

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quiet place: day one score

Honestly wasn’t a huge fan of the film but some of the tracks are incredibly beautiful. Definitely worth a listen.

@mattstasoff

Oct 26, 2024

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Some of my favourite songs from movie scores

•Dreaming of Fiji - The Truman Show •The Great Wide Open - Bones & All •Finale - The Kingdom •PM’s Love Song - Love Actually •Intuition - I Lost My Body •You’re Where You Belong - Top Gun 2 •Cora - Last of the Mohican’s •Open Title - 25th Hour •Almost None - Saltburn •Opening - Carol

@mattstasoff

Oct 30, 2024