claud9

i’m not gonna lie, i feel like i actually ‘get’ this album every other time i listen to it. but when I do it’s this lush, abrasive, truly immersive experience unlike anything else. it’s one that requires me to be present and actually listen, not just have it on in the background. it’s also been on and off my rotation for years but i’m just recently starting to love it. even when i wasn’t a huge fan it always somehow stuck with me.

I decided to put this on this morning. Sat outside, it was sunny, felt somewhere in 80s and there was a little bit of a breeze. It was dreamy, meditative, colorful, melancholic, and felt both familiar and new. For a little while I didn't think about anything, I was able to just sit and listen.

May be a perfect album, now that I’m actually thinking about it.

Idk this just didnt click for me like 1000 gecs did. I do understand the appeal for hyperpop fans, it just didnt do it for me. Found some tracks to be good (really liked kinkos field trip) but most others i found kinda giving me second hand embarrassment. Ill probably try to revisit in the future, cause maybe itll just take time to work for me, kinda like my experience at first with listening to gecs.

First listen for me was while driving around town at sunset to pick up food. The only way i can describe it would be a feeling of falling in and out of sleep until eventually slipping into a beautiful dream that you dont want to wake up from. I just wish i could experience it again in that same way.