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this whole porter album is very close to my heart, i don't listen to it oftenāonly for days where i want to stare at clouds and do nothing else.
but any day is a good day to listen to the james ivy version of this perfect rendition !
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this is an album I return to in the fall/winter, and while it might not sound like a comfort album from the description iām about to give it still plays a sort of comfort album role for me during this time of year where itās easy to isolate and feel listless.
this album was made in the midst of a period of debilitating illness for the artist that left him mostly bedridden for months at a time, during which he had little else to do but languish in his deteriorating mental and physical state. each song focuses on a different thought spiral that took over his mind in this time: his past relationship failures, his unhealthy coping mechanisms, his āinner demons,ā and his increasingly frail body.
though the subject matter is pretty bleak, the production and composition across the album is gorgeous, and the care that went into making the album reveals how music became an escape for Bathsāa medium into which his suffering could be channeled into something which allowed him to transcend the restrictions of his illness and give meaning to his pain.
I found this album during a time of similar struggles in my own life, and the album was a sort of companion to me throughout that period. It gave me some sense of not being alone in my experience, and if Baths could make it through his period of isolation and pain, then there was no reason to think that my own wouldn't also pass eventually.
luckily it did, and now I can listen back to this album and find comfort in the role it played for me and also just enjoy it for being gorgeous music regardless of any personal connection I have to it. also I think itās a hopeful album simply because it existsāa testament to Bathās resilience as an individual and talent as an artist. and since heās found health and happiness and gone back to making the very cute and wholesome music that is his usual style
anyway all this to say if you tend to feel a little bleh this time of year and have a high tolerance for hearing otherās tragedies then this album is a great fall listen and oddly kinda cozy
Nov 1, 2024
my favourite album of all time. brings me comfort like nothing else. i wouldnt say its a no skip album but its worth a full listen thru at least once. perfect for a rainy day and reminiscing.
Mar 31, 2025
A song about a particular bar in Portland, OR. And a ādark night of the soulā spent there. š„
Also: "the title is a metaphor for when you're not doing well. But it's also a song about redemption and realizing that you're worth something; that you're special and not special at the same time."
To my ears, itās the sound that snow makes on a moonless night. Lovely.
Apr 17, 2025
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sure yes i can check your story and know what youāve been up to today but who the fuck cares. iām live texting you as i descend into drunkenness, sending you screenshots of weird emails, incorrectly correcting typos because weāre like š¤š¼ this
traditional social media are boring, all you need is a few close friends on letterboxd, pi.fyi, last.fm, plus i got your #, iām gonna text u
Mar 7, 2024
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it basically means āiām here already, i might as well be at peace with itā
started truly believing in it a few years ago when i first moved to nashville. there are a lot of things i donāt like about my life, down to daily tasks like having to wait for a bus despite being an impatient person, up to not being proud of my own family dynamic, but i'm learning to make peace with itāthis is the one life iām gonna have, and some things i just canāt change, whether thatās for now or for a long while
Aug 29, 2024