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lord almighty.
i don't really have much else to say that i didn't already say last week; i have been absolutely INFATUATED with these slow, jazzy little instrumental pieces from various older films i will never see. there is something soooo sensual and luxurious about this track - to be fair, the title alone, "easy lovers", does also give off such a vibe. but i just can't get over the way each instrument sounds so perfect together, from the flute, to the saxophone, to the bass, ALL OF IT is SO GOOD. it's just so so utterly moving. it makes me feel greater than i am, in a meaningful sort of way. i remember there is more to life when this track plays. is that getting too faux deep?
i've been soooo fucking obsessed with fight club over the last week or so, and have been looking for tracks that give me a similar sort of vibe to how i personally feel about the film (dreary, glorious, "bigger-than-life", erotic??? LOL) and have come across SO many good ones. i can only hope my journey through this genre continues to be as fruitful.
this might sound kind of priviledged or just sorta out of touch, but lately i've been really enamored by gloomy, depressing, capitalistic-ruined cityscapes. think fight club or watchmen. where everyone is just living such an inherently dreary life and trying their best to make something out of it, like it's possible to escape that downward spiral.
intervallo II reminds me of that kind of thing. people having sex in the apartment next to someone who's rotting in bed. a woman crying in the room below a person getting high on anything they can get their hands on. there is so much life in a city, and maybe this says something about my own view of life, but most of it is sad. or it makes me sad, at least.
i've been writing a lot lately and thinking about how people turn to anything they can to continue forward. maybe it makes me feel better about my own life, i don't know.
anyway, yeah. this instrumental is just really beautiful and empty and makes me think of concrete jungles of decrepit, abandoned buildings and land too broken for life to grow on. i guess you could see it as peaceful annd pleasant if you want. either way, hopefully next week i'll have something a little more upbeat.
i really like jack stauber! i think almost all of his songs (other than mindsight which makes me way too uncomfortable) are fantastic. i listened to him a ton in high school - i can actively remember the FIRST time i saw his stuff ~5 years ago and listened to sooo much pop food & hilo back then. i think i kind of tuckered out my brain of those two albums in particular, even to this day, though i still find pizza boy to be a genuinely emotional experience... anyway,
i haven't given much of his micropop stuff a listen but wow there are some real goodies on there!!! hence my highlight of fighter here... all of jack's stuff is so upbeat and catchy and really lyrically skilled. he's such a talent; it's so absurdly impressive and unimaginable that he can make so many unique tunes and animations. i'd love to have a fraction of his talent......
groovy, edgy, catchy, PERFECT...
i've always enjoyed the neighbourhood but haven't listened so much in a few years. they're pretty good, though i do feel like jesse rutherford (singer) gives me sorta creepy vibes... anyways,
been very casually making an agent of asgard: loki playlist because it's fun to think of songs that match his vibe (especially in that comic, where he's super cool and suave and cute and in the throes of young-adult angst and depression and "what do i do with myself?" types of dilemmas, not to mention the whole... loki thing). i wanted something that could "intro" the comic + playlist (the comic starts with him sorta fourth-wall-break-narrating himself going on a little heist and subtly (or not so subtly) bragging about how cool he is); this one popped up and it fits SO well. been listening to it nonstop over the last few days; i genuinely think aoa loki would enjoy it and vibe real hard. LOL is it self-centered to think he'd enjoy the music i like? probably...
"i'm the devil's advocate / you don't know the half of it / good luck tryna manage it / if a god is a dog and a man is a fraud / then i'm a lost cause" so fucking good... god i love loki
this week's sotw is the entire album. it's SOOOO GOOD.
VA-11 HALL-A is a cyberpunk bartending visual novel. it's such a good game. the characters are fantastic, the story and art is great, and the OST is AMAZING... i just adore cyberpunk stuff; it's such a beautiful and deeply interesting aesthetic. i really highly recommend the game even if you don't like visual novels, because it's a super fun and genuinely moving experience! there really is nothing like VA-11 HALL-A.
this has gotta be one of if not my favorite OST from any game. garoad is so talented and each track is so catchy and groovy and synthy. i particularly like "snowfall", "your love is a drug", "until we meet again", and "digital drive", but honestly the entire album is just fantastic. love love love this album and the game!!!!
don't have anything crazy to say about this one, it's just a really good tune. would probably be nostalgic if i'd heard it when it first came out... ummmm yea its a GOOD SONG! WHAT CAN I SAY!
it also very much reminds me of the 2013 young avengers (the one with loki, obviously). very late teenager-y and happy but sorta edgy and just. good vibes but a little dark and bittersweet as well. very young avengers-esque if you ask ME!
i promise i do not only listen to slow, melancholic songs, but i've certainly been in that mood lately... anyways,
i do believe i am genuinely changed by this song, like in a completely unironic & serious way. it really is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard - i probably say this about every song i like, but i really do mean it in this case. daneshevskaya's entire "bury your horses" EP is just... fantastic and lovely and so utterly wonderful. i especially like "estuary dig" as well. but something about "dr. john averies" just transcends everything... ughhhhh mannnn
on a silly and perhaps lame note, i very much associate it with a very very very deeply sad loki moment - hard to explain without spoiling so i'll keep that annoyingly vague. but while this song does make me sad, it's kind of in an acceptance way. heartbreaking because it's how things are and there's nothing more to do but mourn and cry and remember. "please be nice to me / okay now be mean / as long as there's / something to talk about" like BRO. BRO!!! what the fuck...
WOWWWWWW WOWWW OWOWOWWW
is there really anything more to say... i adore haley heynderickx and her "i need to build a garden" album, and i have somehow failed to give this track its due diligence until... well... this past week!
i think the tune is so lovely, the guitar wistful and almost melancholic, and the lyrics are beautiful (as they always are with haley's songs) - "are you slow walkin' through a season" i just... wow!!!! such a beautiful track!
i'm truly and utterly in love with this instrumental. i think it is deeply melancholic and desolate, and so accepting of both. it makes me think of cities at night and feelings of emptiness we have come to accept as an inherent part of us. the unavoidable realization that this is it, this is all we get, and that we must go on regardless...
i listened to this a TON (literally on repeat) when reading the watchmen comics, and they are practically synonymous in my head now. this certainly contributes to the pensive, almost mournful vibe i get from "so", but even without such an association, the instrumental still draws up similar feelings, i'm sure.