Maybe I’ll start posting year-end content this week? I don’t know…I want to, but I’m also *looks over Google Calendar app* extremely behind on my work. So maybe! But to be safe, I can’t blow all of my good adjectives to describe DJWWWW’s music ahead of a best albums list, as his release with Orange…
I’m probably not alone in often being overwhelmed by the pace that the internet — which, at least for someone like myself (though I’m guessing if you are here, we are similar types), might as well be life — moves. This applies to everything basically (and dear god, in an election year) (update from original…
Calling the latest two songs from Cemetery “comforting” probably implies that they are more easygoing than they really are — “Tillmans” and “Riffs” still force me to go to all of my favorite descriptions (“shadowy,” “unsettling,” “like walking around a sunny park but clouds keep following you”), but the prior plays out like a lullaby….
The thing about Especia is…they still sound like Especia. The group’s actual structure changed radically this year — an idol group being transformed into a more…focused? What’s the opposite of idol?… trio shedding the idol tag, featuring a new member. They basically became brand new, reflected in a new visual style that rejects A E…
The story behind “First Class,” by Tokyo producer Chocoholic, as shared on HighClouds is a nice enough one for those who need narrative. She flew to California to meet artists Kev and Tate Tucker, who “reconstructed the song and added a positive vibe to it,” in her words (not sure when SUBI’s airy vocals entered…