okay. just cried to the entirety of this album (50% cause of the album, 50% cause I needed to cry). on the bright side, I feel miserable enough to finally get around to watching Manchester by the Sea!! yay me??
do you like concept albums? music that explores the complexity of humanness? do you want to cry and cry until you're purged of all emotion? if any, or all of these apply to you, LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HOSPICE RIGHT NOW!! one of my favourite songs on the album is 'Bear', and I would recommend that you listen to it if you wanna get a feel for what the album is like rather than diving into headfirst.
found myself slightly malnourished, annoyed, in my luteal phase and wanting to die in the same way dramatic tumblrized tweenagers “want to die” this morning. regrettably/embarassingly moped around the house like this for hours until i finally decided to put down my phone and put on good old lenny cohen - sitting on my couch & listening to so long marianne felt like returning to church as a previous non-believer. very Steven Yeun in that one beef scene. Yes I cried. Yes I loved. music is so wow ❤️
I think I've bawled my eyes out to every track at this point for different reasons. not even exaggerating. once you think you're done with it you get hit with a brand new emotion and find new symbolism in the lyrics. and another painful feeling to unfurl and free yourself from. if I could get everyone to listen to an album this would be my pick
i first heard this poem through an interpolated reading of the first stanza in the song 'Exit Scott (interlude)' by Solange. it is truly one of the most beautiful expressions of love and adoration i have ever read. i often think about these lines: 'If it were possible
to place you in my brain,
to let you roam
around in and out
my thought waves -
you would never
have to ask -
why do you love me?'
