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ok there's a lot i like here. i love the LINER NOTES! the album was written as part of a song-a-day project that seeks to have been iteratively happening over 12 yeaes. It does feel like music that gets written when someone has refined their instincts. I feel like good iterative musical practice is as much about learning to steer impulses, and there's SOMETHING here that sings that. It feels like the gentle and magical result of doing the right thing because you've walked these paths before. idk. i love it. it also just sounds incredible!!!
Dec 3, 2024
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a year ago, a girl i was going out with recommended this album to me, after i heard the song "Insecure" while we made out in her car. a year later, we don't really talk anymore, but i finally listened to this album all the way through... and i loved it so much that i felt compelled to text her and thank her profusely for the recommendation. i kept my text to her short and sweet, but i have a lot to say about this special album.
i'm jewish, and though i'm not a religious person, i've been thinking a lot about religion lately and what it means to me. growing up, i went to synagogue with my family for the high holidays, and i didn't particularly connect with any of the scripture in this sterile environment. throughout college, i was involved in an alternative jewish space that welcomed everyone as they were and centered social justice, and we hosted events where we got to share food, space, songs, hopes for the future, etc.
now that i'm not in college, and not living with my family, i'm figuring out what religion means to me at an individual level and how it affects the way i interact with the world around me. it's been years since i've been to a synagogue, but i try to go to concerts as much as i can, because music means the world to me and experiencing it in a live setting, in community, is sacred... and by sacred, i mean that it commands your full attention, it swallows you whole, forces you to let go.
i haven't experienced this album in a live setting, and because northern picture library have since disbanded, i likely never will. but the other day, after smoking some weed, lighting some candles, laying on the floor in almost complete darkness, and playing this album on my noise-cancelling headphones, i saw god in my room.
every sound on every song envelops you completely. the vocals, the harmonies, the organ, the field recordings, the synths, the guitars, the lyrics... everything is perfection in its purest form. the mix makes it sound so close to you, yet so far away. the overexposed album cover feels incredibly fitting, with every song making up a sliver of a bright and beautifully blinding heaven. and it doesn't surprise me at all that the length of this album is an angel number (1 hr 11 mins).
i can't remember the last time i was this moved by an album. it solidified my desire to, one day, go to divinity school and do extensive research on the many religious qualities of music; i still have loans to pay, life to live, and lots of music to listen to, but i'm excited to go down this rabbit hole one day. it's kind of funny that i've come to this conclusion honestly, considering that the girl who recommended this to me is majoring in religion, and i never thought i would want to study religion at an academic level. i guess this is just a testament to how everyone you meet, and especially everyone you care about (or have cared about), are woven into the fabric of your life, no matter how long they're a part of it. what goes around comes back around... life is a spiral!
i hope you take the time to listen to this album and let it move you. i can't promise you'll see god (we're still getting to know each other), but i guarantee it'll restore your faith... if not in god, then in yourself <3
Oct 1, 2024
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i have ordered a lot of new CDs. to keep this one short, i'm hopefully going to start my own neocities page and link it. ill still write here but I like the idea of my own webpage. could work for a j*b as well.
as for music to keep this SHORT before a big blog post soon.
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
this one speaks for itself. i hyped this one up for about a month before I actually listened to it, which was on my birthday for the right time. it's bittersweet. its a dream you don't want to ever leave. it's a party you never want to see go away. and unfortunately we will never Really live that. only want it.
one quotable line:
"And if the sun comes up, and I
still don't wanna stagger home
then it's the memory of our betters
that are keeping us on our feet"
anyways there's a lot more words to go with this song that I just cant write into this one. maybe another time. shoutout sentriescord for hyping this one up.
Drinking Age & Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed) - Cameron Winter
love takes miles. is already a whole other song that can't be covered here but, WOW. this album has been in my rotation since it's release but it still hasn't failed me. geese too.
today /
I met who I'm gonna be /
From now on /
And he's a piece of shit /
U R UR ONLY ACHING
this is a masterpiece. its beautiful. the subtle tempo changes, the abrupt pause into a synchronized guitar/vox part. how loud it gets. the easing in and out like a wave. the eventual explosion with violins, to a half-time. i changed my life you can too with this song.
Front door keys in London, am I alright?
Think I'm gonna fake it, one, two, revive
Lost some years to talking, now I'm alright
Last train out from under, out of my sight
two riders down is a whole other song that just. can't be discussed yet.
i really love this band. you should too. they need more support, finishing their foreseeable tour only 2 weeks after album release???? guys GO GO GO GO its time to listen to uplifting music this is it.
anyways that's
it bYE
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Stuck overnight in the empty halls of John Lennon International airport, I read this a couple of times and drove myself effectively insane, having significant ramifications on the following months. Great story.
Dec 3, 2024
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This album feels like playing a banjo on a tiny spaceship made of 2x4s that runs on vegtable oil. If you've ever played The Outer Wilds, this will scratch the itch
Dec 3, 2024