The Cardigans are my favorite band of all time. It is honestly a claim I do not expect many music fans, avid or not, to make, but it is one I am making nonetheless.
It all started in late 2018. Up until this point, my music taste consisted of a YouTube Monstercat subscription and a passing interest in progressive rock that went nothing past music what your stoner uncle listens to. In an effort way late into my life to make my music taste interesting, I began to seek out music beyond what I ... read more
THE LOUNGE MUSIC COMPANION #8
After a considerable hiatus from the last entry due to complications finding a full version of this album, the lounge companion is back!
Bea Abbott’s ‘The Too Too Marvelous Bea’ is a perfectly fine album. Very slow and jazzy lounge tunes, most of which are covers from significantly larger and better preserved musicians like Frank Sinatra.
That’s not to say it’s without quality by any means, as Abbott’s singing voice is serene ... read more
I still don’t care much for the material but it’s nice to at least see it finished so I bumped it up a little.
I think I actually prefer the track selection of this release of Glee, but for consistency’s sake the other one is getting put in the list and not this one. Amazing music and Willard warms my soul.
Todd manages to turn even a capella interesting, with extremely unique voice layering techniques and a barrage of different genres to keep things fresh over the run time. This man simply cannot fail (I haven’t gotten to the stuff past the 80s yet so this is not a legally binding sentence).




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