someoctober

i’ve been putting off listening to this one for whatever reason, probably intimidated by how sad i felt it was going to be, but finally went ahead and did it. a beautiful album with mind-bending lyricism that i really had to spend the first half adjusting myself to before i could really take it in for the rest of it. this album is one i had to get used to, generally, and then grow fully immersed in, but that’s probably a product of the fact i’d never listened to samia before ... read more

some of lex's best writing and a varying soundscape across genres! since this debut ep aleksiah has grown into herself as a pop songwriter, and she is very, very good at that, but to me her projects are more compelling when they aren't afraid of stepping out of one genre. the ep is rounded out with the vivid rock of pretty picture, the soft joys of ant song and the perfectly-constructed journey of who are you when you're not performing - perfectly complementing the well-crafted ... read more

i was gonna be like ehhh whatever but then i looped victoria and changed my mind for her. just that one just her

heard it early at a listening event and like hiii aoty