Holy shit, WU LYF is back and still good and I'm so excited for a new album! "Go Tell Fire to the Mountain" was probably my favorite album when I found it in 2015, but by then, they had already broken up, so hopefully this is a return to form! It sure like it sounds like one!
Bonus Rec: "Go Tell Fire to the Mountain" by WU LYF (wait for the closer, "Heavy Pop")
https://wulyf.bandcamp.com/album/go-tell-fire-to-the-mountain
It's hard to overstate the obsession I had with this band's debut LP and the despair I felt after their breakup because I missed my chance to catch them in Cambridge, MA in 2011. Now all of a sudden, here they are 14 years later with a pretty great song and potentially more on the way. So much has happened in that time, and it's almost disorienting to revisit them in a completely new context. It's inspiring to see a beautiful thing come back when it seemed to be gone forever.
the opener to their stunning & expansive debut (& only) album . it’s like screamo shoegaze for cathedrals . you can barely ever make out what he’s singing but it doesn’t matter because you can Feel It & the music sounds huge . the whole album would fit the vibe imo but this song is especially perfect because you can scream along with him singing I LOVE YOU FOREVER (& ever & ever & ever) .. & what’s better than that 💞
This band only made one album and it’s so very good. It’s that indie rock from the early 2000s but it’s post rock but the vocals are shredded and it’s something different. And the drummer can’t sit still but he shouldn’t and it’s really good. Just listen to it!
A website with a collection of screengrabs from nearly every movie you could think of, and you can sort by film title, director, cinematographer, year, genre, country, etc. Great for visual references for lookbooks, or just to discover a new film you might be interested in seeing!
I've attached one of my favorite stills, a great moment from Chungking Express (Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 1994).
Just going out and picking up any kind of used physical media (books, CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes) makes the archivist in me happy, like I’m preserving somebody else’s story/ enjoyment of something
My personal favorite thing is VHS tapes, I’ve got a decent collection (all thrifted) and they’re usually the cheapest things offered
At my local indie cinema for a projection of the new Nosferatu, infinitely grateful I have a place like this I can go to see new stuff and incredible programming!
