yobo_i

Long live the internet.

It's so cool to find music that feels as online as i do, and its cool to see it getting love here, because that means that im not alone in having ridiculous screen time stats and kinda liking it.
As for the music I dont really listen to edm much, maybe because i still partially see it as the 2010s radio slop i grew up on but i like electro pop so i gave this album a try and i wasnt disappointed, makes me wanna listen to more edm.

When i listen to this album i feel like im looking through a misted window out into a cold grey london street and i absoloutely adore it.
It's a consistent 30+ degrees celsius summer for me rn and I kinda hate it, I'm constantly sweating and my summer wardrobe is hot trash, and so i like to listen to this album to feel like im being transported to a cold autumn in a london apartment.
Reading, Writing & Arithmetic is an album that really doesnt overcomplicate things, but in a way ... read more

THANKS MOM!!1!1!!!
So me and my mom were talking about synthpop and she introduced me to omd (enola gay specifically) and i was immediately hooked so i decided to give one of their records a try.
Theres a certain ambience with this era of synthpop records where its either a mirror disco ball robot dance party or music you would hear in a post apocalyptic scene in a movie.
Architecture & morality definitely falls into the latter of those, the songs feel like reminiscing after something ... read more

I didn't want to write a super long review for this album and ramble about the production choices (although im sure someone is willing to talk about the ethereal vocals and the starry synths which are truly lovely).

No, I wanted to focus on the emotion this album evokes, because crumbling manages to feel meditative in its most dense and psychadelic passages in a way that feels like a dream ballet where you just dance your heart out hearing only the music and no thoughts. In that same way ... read more