a mixtape i made last year. i don't usually listen to my own music but this was the first time i felt i truly made something that was not only special to me, but something i was proud enough to revisit and not pick apart all of it's flaws. these songs mean the world to me, and i hope others will find the same comfort i receive while listening them! for fans of: animal collective, modest mouse, radiohead, joanna newsom, bjรถrk, daft punk, car seat headrest, lil ugly mane and beck.
well, i'm just a sucker for synthwave, and very, very, much enjoy this new release from tom. <3 goes well with browsing are.na late at night when you should really go to bed.
here's a completely under the radar gem of weirdo bedroom folk pop filled with bubblings of synths and fluttering flutes and random eclectic acoustic instrumentations, fragments of hooks and choruses, digressions into distortions and reemergences of natural ambiances with waterfall sounds, harps, xylophones, all mixed together in such a wonderful and fascinating way and i've been obsessed now for months... it sounds to me as if daniel johnston in his prime had access to a DAW.
Apple Music tells me that this was one of my most-listened to albums of 2023, and it's still in regular rotation. Ten perfectly crafted electronic tone poems, or maybe short stories told in beeps and boops, by turns menacing, nostalgic, and sweet. Especially recommended to listen to on headphones after nibbling half an edible before drifting off to sleep. (See also NWBC co-collaborators' solo projects: DJ Python's hypnotic percussive tapestry Mas Amable, and Ana Roxanne's trippy ambient daydream Because of a Flower.)
this album makes me want to chew on drywall. it is absolutely terrifying, like a horror movie for your ears. the sounds are so primal and visceral. 10/10.
