most people would recognize Hayter from her projects under Lingua Ignota, but SAVED! is able to generate an atmosphere that perfectly harbours the religious (particularly Catholic) motifs and sentiments of the Lingua Ignota projects in a sonic equivalent of a mildew-ridden, decaying wooden chapel where you can hear the unrelenting creaking of the floorboards with every minute step and shuffle. Hayter is able to ensnare the listener in such a disconcerting level of intimacy that gnaws at your skin until it's bleeding raw and tender. since it's an incredible body of work all around, i don't want to solely chalk the project up to an album that attacks your mental fortitude, but i will say one of its strengths is being able to agitate a unique sub-genre of "craziness" that it becomes a complete emotional hazard. unarguably my favourite album of all time!!
Honestly the only reasonable one for me. This album (initially Bewitched) deeply influenced my entire listening course upon discovering it. The credits are due to Laufey, but it was Bewitched in particular, that got me back into this jazzy-pop genre (heading towards more classical jazz). For me, each and every song of Bewitched - The Goddess Edition is beautifully structured and sung. I know a lot of people who believe that all those songs sound the same, but I am convinced you experience a different feeling with every one of them. Claiming that they all would sound the same just doesn‘t do this album justice. It explores love, girlhood, longing and so many more feelings one often keeps deep down to themselves. Laufey manages to portray each one of these feelings so genuinely, I simply could not get sick of listening to this album on repeat. I might also be biased since I got to listen to her perform this album live, front row (hence the photo :') ) - yet, that was the most entrancing and comforting concert experience I ever got to have. This album has been alongside me throughout the entirety of 2024 and I‘m glad it was this one. 🪄💙
"ᑌᑭ ᑌᑎTIᒪ YOᑌ ᖴᒪOᗩTEᗪ ᗪOᗯᑎ Oᑎ ᗩ ᑕᒪOᑌᗪ
I ᗪIᗪᑎ’T KᑎOᗯ, I ᗪIᗪᑎ’T KᑎOᗯ
Iᑎ YOᑌᖇ ᑭᑌᖇE ᑭEᖇᖴEᑕTIOᑎ, I’ᒪᒪ ᑎEᐯEᖇ ᗪOᑌᗷT" an exquisite debut clouded in chronically online electronic ecstasy no i'm not exaggerating. this shit's like mainlining glitter injections into the folds of my brain. like going to a roller disco club on saturn's rings the instrumentals. good GAWD the vocal layering. THE TRANSITIONS I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS IN THEIR ALBUMS such a stunning piece of work, i'm still annoyed how little i hear people talk about it. prophecy alone could have taken tiktok by storm (also, i always think that, if poppy had stuck with purely electronic music, it would probably sound something like this. random, but uknowotimeanroight)
ok so these guys r like the size of fucking softballs or maybe bigger (idk sports like that) and the best orange you’ll ever eat i love to wake up early and have green tea and a big ass sumo orange :D