lunai

A blood-sunken shell of life in the void of digital space found love in the glory of the sinking sun. As its flesh rips and burns, you are left with their last whispers of hope amidst walls of despair. A gender less voice greets you, desperately piercing together its last remaining memories and feelings of the love that they had left. You hear echos of what they once had been, only to be overridden with metallic distortions that contort in scale and form. They know that they can’t be ... read more

Dance genres in general are meant for euphoria and escapism. Some are built on top on despair of others, some are built from despair within. This song is despair as dance music. You know you are rotting from inside out, desperate for a cloak of normalcy. As this song plays, you grab the hand of someone you just met and you make him dance with you as your body sway with the dark currents of your agony, rippling through your movement. Your flesh lack substance. The guy witnesses you initiating ... read more

For hardcore K-Pop fans fascinated with the songwriters behind some of your favorite K-Pop songs, this one's for you. Charli Taft's debut album is entirely composed of her songwriting, with production handled by her long-time collaborator and husband, Daniel Obi Klein. But be warned... this album carries none of the A&R embellishes of their K-Pop credits, so if you came here expecting Eclipse 2.0, you will be sorely disappointed. Instead, it's an extremely competent collection of throwback ... read more

I want to preface this by saying that this is one of my favourite songs of all time and it got sidelined during the current indie-rock craze. I hope that in the near future when Soccer Mommy receives more notoriety, people will look back on this song and rightfully acknowledge it as one of the greatest songs released in the past decade.
Now onto the actual review. Unlike many other musicians’ attempts to reach critical reception by breaking the boundaries of their respective genre, this ... read more