bitterblossom12

Steely Dan.

Hi this is me - these are two new tracks I put out today.

Both tracks are about famous works of Latin American fiction, which is a central theme of the album.



Mexico City ’73 is about the novel Los Detectives Salvajes (The Savage Detectives) by Roberto Bolaño. The book is about a young avant-garde poetry circle in Mexico City in the 70s. The characters mostly hang out and drink and write poems and party and try to get published. They are at first energetic and optimistic ... read more

This album rules. I was into it back in 2013 when I was listening to a lot of indie rock. I think Laura Stevenson was like a couple years too early for the boom in indie rock girls headlined by Japanese Breakfast, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Snail Mail... this album is way more fun than all of those.

My favorite album of all time. I don’t know why I didn’t have a rating on this. The summer before I went to college, around June 2011, I had breakfast at a classmates place before one of our last days of high school. Her brother was older and was DJing and played “Polar Opposites Radio” on pandora and I just remember hearing that song and being like “what the fuck this is the best song I ever heard.” Got massively into MM that summer as a camp counselor and ... read more