Remember Love may be my new favorite song of all time

Over the past 2 years this has absolutely been the Kendrick project I've returned to the most. Something about it just makes it grow slightly and slightly more on me month over month, year over year. Maybe my feelings towards this album are just reflecting the journey of the album itself, of taking steps, of growth. It's such a weird situation where there's a few songs that are just decent and not as many high points as other albums of Kendrick's, and yet this is my ... read more

The very first thing I noticed while playing the game was the music. These first few years have been nice, so here's to the next 14.3 billion 🍻

Pure triumph. Parannoul means “blue sunset” in Korean, which may have applied to TSTNPOTD, with its simmering self-loathing hidden under a blanketing veil of dissociative sound, or even to AtM, with its cold but shimmering beauty. But between this and gold river? I think we’re about to experience a truly golden sunset, one that we will remember forever.

i must apologize to my parents, for they will never become grandparents, as i am in love with a toe

This shit nourishes me on a *genetic* level

i made this

All 3 extra tracks go harder than half of the songs on the base album, and yet I can totally see why they're only on the it's the same but there's three more songs so it's not version. Perfect deluxe treatment for a perfect album.

Where were you on June 21st, 2024?

This is conversion therapy for straight men (i'm losing my goddamn mind)

As someone who is LGBTQ+ but, due to my presentation, social class, upbringing, and the nature of my identity, I have almost never engaged with the culture nor felt comfortable enough to engage with it fully. On top of that, I've pretty much always lived with the luxury of existing as the cultural default. I present very much as a cis, straight male, and I'm fortunate enough to not need to let others know ... read more

Absolutely gorgeous math rock compositions that feature woodwind and brass as primary instruments alongside the classic 2 lead guitars, bass, and drums. Somehow with so many melody lines going at once, not to mention the intricate drum lines, it all still feels very well-balanced (even including the occasional synth effects o_0). Not much else to say; it's just really, really pretty.

If I had some sort of strong emotional history with this EP, I could easily see it being perfect in my ... read more

If this were any other group, this wouldn't be an enjoyable listen. The charisma of ATARASHII GAKKO! carries this project HARD. It's decent fun throughout, but lots of these songs feel under baked. Like, for example, why does Omakase feel like it has the weakest chorus drop of all time?

There's only a few songs that I feel compelled to come back to, such as Hero Show and Tokyo Calling, but to have only 2-ish great songs and only 2-3ish good ones beyond that doesn't add up to a solid project. ... read more

The fuck?! I only listened to this based on the album cover, it wasn’t supposed to be this good!

Hitohira have seemingly discovered exactly the things that can make J-rock, midwest emo, and shoegaze so addicting and created some of the most infectious and lively songs that any of those genres have to offer. These 3 elements are interconnected very well on つくる, but unexpectedly no singular sound arises from the mix. Rather, each element feels distinct, going supernova separately for ... read more

Far better than I remembered. There's a bit of a rough patch through the middle where things sound a bit samey, but other than that this just bleeds fun and creativity. You can really feel how many great latin voices are coming together on this hearty album. And in a genre like cumbia which can often feel stuck in the past or hung up on one sound, this feels refreshingly modern (especially on the production side of things!)

Rainy days with grey skies, the shift of the seasons from winter to spring, the calm rhythm of the ocean, florescent lights reflecting off the wet ground, looking wistfully out a train window, breath fogging the glass, thinking of the other person, giving up confessions and sorrowful goodbyes, protecting each other from the cold, a story told through the interplay between male and female voices, accompanied by comforting yet bittersweet shibyua-kei?

They weren't lying, this album really is ... read more

This shit is heat

Atarashii Gakko is an idol group made up of four who started as friends (as opposed to a group assembled by an agency) and who prioritize doing things that they think are fun and interesting over sticking to the same bland idol formula. In fact, it's not just a priority; their entire ethos is "to push the boundaries a little with our freedom and individuality, which led to self-proclaiming that we are the youth representatives of Japan," and these are things that ... read more

It's never all sunshine and rainbows, and it's never all death and destruction. With love comes pain, and with sadness comes hope. I wish I had even a moment to see emotions and experiences through Adrianne's eyes, and I feel like I would listen to her musings on life and love forever.

The images that she weaves together are so pretty and mesmerizing (ex: Please deliver their angel eyes, On the wings of moths and dragonflies, Through the morning and evening their sun set my sunrise, Let them ... read more

The main sentiment I was getting from the discussion of this album was something like "this reminds me of The Avalanches, but it's just *not* The Avalanches." And after listening to this album over the past few days, that just tells me that I should REALLY stop procrastinating and listen to Since I Left You already, because this was a really good front-to-back listening experience. The sampling was noticeably well-executed and the song progressions were very engaging/creative. The mix ... read more

This EP is a fucking blast, dude. Incredibly catchy, vaccuum-seal tight, urgently brisk, full of vitality. Plus, cute kitty. Need I say more?

For recordkeeping: 80, 80, 90, 80, 90

If someone hasn't heard of the pillows before, I really wouldn't be able to articulate to them what exactly the difference is between their music and that of a generic alt-rock band, but there's just SOMETHING about it and especially the FLCL soundtrack that is bigger than its genre. After only watching the show once-through, I already recognized 90% of the songs on here (most of which don't have a hook or lyrics!), which really speaks to how iconic and memorable these arrangements are. the ... read more