not the best start but its only the first month, didnt listen to much new music but i did get one whole album released this year in which was plastic death by glass beach :) [released: 19/1/24]

i chose this bc i saw some tweets by the band and the name sounded familiar and i remembered that i had liked one song from them before (cold weather). this album was kind of a mixed bag for me i would probably like their first more based on the one song from it i've heard but i think its overall pretty good just not one that i would do a lot of full relistens to. vocal delivery is kind of hit or miss, when listening 2 all music i find it hard to register what words are being sung at the best of times loll but im also not a big lyric guy so i didnt mind too much. i do lovee the cover art i think it looks so cool and really fits the overall vibe of the album.

the opening track coelacanth was really strong its kind of a slow burn but in a way i found enjoyable. the instrumental break at the 5 minute mark really makes it a stand out song 2 me i love when a song builds like this and really explodes by the end. motions was another one that i enjoyed, found the monotony? repetitiveness? of a lot of the vocal delivery a little grating at first but it does fit the lyrics and over the many times i had to restart this album bc i kept getting interrupted the song grew on me a lot. it does have a lot of forward momentum and i love the horns near the end. wasnt really a fan of slip under the door although i appeciate the sound design of the bubbling noises it really makes me think of like, the darkest part of the ocean. guitar song is fine, i think its the vocals bringing it down 4 me i just dont love the delivery.

rare animal is one i think is pretty good idk i feel like is a little too long but i love when it really picks up in the middle it just felt like that should have been the climax of the song. culdesac has a great guitar line and i like the chorus melody, puppy is one of my faves not a lot to say abt it its just one of the more fun energetic songs which is usually what i prefer in music :] also i alwayyys love overlapping vocal lines. the killer had nice strings but it like all the last couple songs just wasnt really to my taste and i dont really remember them that well. commatose i remember liking individual parts more than the whole which isnt that surprising for a 7 minute song.

a couple extras that i listend to were around half of stick season (we'll all be here forever) by noah kahan [released: 9/6/23]. i liked most of what i heard but by the time i got to growing sideways i just found it all a little repetitive and samey and really just wanted to hear dial drunk again lol. will likely give it another try soon bc i would really love to find others that i love as much as dial drunk very easily my fave rn. i remember liking northen attitude (which mainly stands out bc my first thought was "ohh like the p2 author!!") but most of them all kind of blended into each other.

i got recommended found dead at the crime scene by save face [released: 15/11/23] on tumblr and i liked it a lot :] i wont spoil the surprise but if u are a fan of 2000s emo u should absolutely listen this. i havent heard much from them yet but the three on found dead were all very fun and a lesson in dramatics featuring jariah is i think their only other song i've heard which is probably my fave rn.

i also listened to hiss by megan thee stallion and maybe half of big foot by nicki minaj bc i saw so many tweets abt the drama. i have even less to say abt these as i know very little abt rap but i think i can say that megan won lol.

man this one took 4everr with all the wrestling with javascript i had to do i nearly thought i wouldnt get this uploaded until april... sooo happy i finally got the buttons to work :]

anyway first album i listened to this year was prelude to ecstacy by the last dinner party [released: 2/2/24]. i was pretty into it on my first listen but on my second i didnt like it as much. i then started seeing kind of cringe quotes from the singer on twitter lol i still think sinner is pretty great though, probably my fave from the album idk abt the others i dont really feel like doing another listen rn.

heyy an album i was actually anticipating yipeeee! next was gloom division by idkhow [released: 23/2/24] i also ordered this one on cassette which i completely forgot abt so that was a nice thing to get in the mail :]

i lovee the opener, downside, it sounds very old brobecks to me like pre violent things ♥ great solo + melody and its just such a fun upbeat + energetic song, definitely my current fave on the album. gloomtown brats is another top tier song which i remember already mentioning on my blog last year. the bass is sooo good i should try learning it (← hasnt played in months u_u). infatuation and what love? are misses for me sorryyy but spkothdvl is one i like a lot + i generally like when people write abt reactions to their music (on. most occasions. something something fandom something something greatesthits). sonically kind of reminds me of louis xiv pledge of alleigance? (maybe ? i never really listened to them just a few songs back whenever they were mentioned by dallon. sidenote: pretty funny band 4 a mormon to be into)

6ft has been growing on me i like it much more than i did at first, same with kiss and tell which i thought was just ok at first but now really like :] find me, eeughh im not sure abt yet, think im in the minority here others seem to be really into it. i think the verses are good i just dont know abt the LONELY.. LOOKING.. etc robot hook. was sooo hyped to hear a letter again though i cant believe i forgot abt her.. doing those aaaaAAAAHHaaah's with everyone in the crowd when they played it live.. magical ♥ satanic panic + sunnyside are both in my faves, both very fun and energetic but with. pretty different vibes. classic bass moment with satanic and i appreciate the lyrics being unfortunately relevant with the neverending moral panics abt schools or drag queens or graphic novels or accurate history and how much more insane everyone seems to be getting -_- sunnyside i just love the sound of it, like the synths and the guitar texture in the chorus.. kind of bright and shiny to me if that makes any sense at all it just sounds like early summer ← easily one of my fave times of year. idiots of oz is alright but not as good as closers like razzmatazz or boring i think. overall really great album though :3

hearing will joseph cook on sunnyside reminded of the 1 song i had heard from him, girls like me, which i really loved a few years ago so i listened to the rest of sweet dreamer but none of it really hit like girls like me did sorry u_u cute cover art though

due to occasionally activating smart shuffle i realised i actually havent listened to all of modern baseballs albums (the only one i had heard all the way through was sports). going chronologically i went with you're gonna miss it all [released: 11/2/14] for this months ill probably get to the next one in march. anywayyys i obvs really liked it, maybe more than sports? not sure yet.

already heard fine, great, classic. broken cash machine was new 2 me i ♥ the chorus very real and i like when vocals get a little moment 2 themselves before the rest of the instruments come in. rock bottom + apartment i also already had saved but i do want 2 shout out apartment bc its one of my faves ive been singing it 2 myself constantlyyy.

the old gospel choir is another candidate for favourite i havent heard it very much outside of this relisten im doing now but im liking this one a lot. not much 2 say abt notes, and this is getting really long so ill just hit the highlights. going to bed now was a bit of a weird one at first with that kinda hillbilly vibe but the chorus and bridge really makes it, plus a great solo and build to the final chorus :) your graduation i already know but that ones obvs great. really solid closing streak actually knocked it out of the park. two good things i love everything abt; the guitar tone, the bababas, the lyrics the production.. and pothole is a rare chilled/soft/slower song that really appeals 2 me i love the way the chorus increases in. force? emotion? idk. anyway. pretty successful month got 2 albums i love!!

took until may to begin writing this ... was first just procrastinating and THEN midway through april my dog stood on my laptop and broke it so bad it took until may 3rd to fix it x_x

anyway march was a pretty slow month 4 me didnt listen to a ton. The first album i checked out was rebound by kudaranai1nichi [released: 29/4/22] , a j-rock/midwest emo album (without many monthly listeners.. dont usually get to feel like a cool underground music knower). i meant to listen 2 the album that had just released (every last one of them) but it wasnt on spotify and i didnt notice i was listening to a different older album until i was halfway through lol. overall i liked it! right now i dont remember specific tracks that well they mostly blended together except for condition c which is probably my fave i love that main guitar line :]

the next album i listened to was wheres my utopia by yard act which is one of my faves of the year so far! the opener an illusion i think sets the tone really well and the humour is solid, also really love the dreaminess (?) of the chorus + bridge. we make hits one of my faves on the album again im really into songs that are abt being in a band and its just a very fun listen :) down by the stream is interesting not really a traditional song at all but it works well in the context of the album and the message is very clear. The undertow i dont have a lot to say about but the chorus is great. dream job is another fave of mine i just really like dance rock disco influence whatever ← guy who is kind of stupid.

fizzy fish is also not a traditional song so not one i really listen to outside of full album listens but still pretty cool, dont have a lot to say abt petroleum either but it has been growing on me. when the laughter stops is another one of my favourites great bassline, very fun bouncy song that really contrasts with the lyrics which also works extremely well considering the theme of the song. the lyrics of grifters grief also very interesting and the switch up at the end into screaming etc i enjoy a lot. blackpool illuminations i got nothing to say abt you should just listen to it, really beautiful and feels very personal. vineyard for the north also great the outro with the choir and all the overlapping vocal lines obviously appeals 2 me we all know i love that and its nice to end with some hope :)

last album i listened to for this month was the past is still alive by hurray for the riff raff [released: 23/2/24] which i didnt really like sorryyyy just too country for me, the highlights that stood out to me on first listen were buffalo and alibi but i dont really like them enough to go to back to them u_u

ok im going to really speed through this one bc im getting behind and its stressing me out. the first album i listened to in april was the sunset violent by mount kimbie [released: 5/4/24] which i wasnt a huge fan of most of the songs kind of blended together, the two that stood out to me in someway were fishbrain and dumb guitar. dont think its bad just overall just not really for me u_u

the next album was trust ceremony by jhariah [released: 19/4/24] which i liked a lot more :] since im trying to get this done quickly i wont go into too much detail but my fave songs on this one are probably bigshot (ohh forgot abt the transition into fire4fun thats fun ← relistening now), ok how did i miss this on my first listen fire4fun is great and i didnt add it to my main playlist? fixed now.

this whole album seems to have great transitions actually things u lose completely when u mainly listen to music shuffled.. i should really do album listens more often. pin-eye was always one of my faves just very fun love the chorus and horns. this is such a great run of songs in the middle, maybe later dance which just gets better and better, control baby which has a really fitting sinister atmosphere and is. lyrically relatable u_u

re: concerns also a favourite of mine, extremely tense and even before i knew what it was about you can tell how much anger is in there. yeah all i can really say abt this album is positive i LOVE sasuke, russian doll and trust ceremony are both great i really recommend this album :] i havent heard a beginners guide to faking your death in full but i now think i really should

up next was event horizon by deer in the headlights which i didnt finish and dont remember much at all.. just really wasnt my thing lol. cute cover though! i think the instrumentaion was alright i just wasnt a fan of the vocals. if u dont really care much abt how a singer sounds though it could be an enjoyable listen and i'd say give it a go bc it seems pretty obscure

nearly forgot about this one good thing i keep a playlist of everything for this log! last up is winter break by five point palm exploding heart technique [released: 3/5/24] i'll keep this one short bc these are taking wayy longer that i meant it to but i liked this my faves are probably winter break and this is your brain on drugs

again trying to get this done quick so i can can catch up and relax again. first album for may was what a devastating turn of events by rachel chinouriri [released: 3/5/24] which i really enjoyed :]

garden of eden is a great opener and i lovee the hills so much probably my fave on the album. never need me also a lot of fun has a lot of forward momentum. really unique sounding effect at the start of my everything which i like. all i ever asked is more lowkey than what i usually prefer but its still pretty good. it is what it is is fun i like the spoken verses and the bass, what a devastating turn of events is extremely good very dark and the way the chorus changes really helps to build the tension. love my blood the strings give it such a cinematic feel and i love how the pre chorus builds before cutting out for the chorus, another of my faves.

dont usually talk abt individual songs but new origami angel LETS GOOO!! very excited that a new album might be coming soon anyways fruit wine is great yet another banger :]

next was hotel la rut by joanna wang [released: 7/5/24] which was such a fun unique listen i'd really recommend it if you like a lot of different genres and sounds. wont go too into detail bc there are. a lot of songs but some of my favourites are tina's hausu, the dectective and contraband. i also really love the cover art one of the reasons i chose this album in the first place.

didnt get a lot of listening done this month but the two albums i did get around to were both really great!!

first was radiosoul by alfie templeman [released: 7/6/24] which i have been absolutely obsessed with since i first listened. hello lonely and this is just the beginning are my number one faves rn but all of it is so good + i love the production.

radiosoul is a decent opener, sets the tone even if its not one of my faves, eyes wide shut picks things up a lot i really enjoy this one particularly the main guitar riff and intstrumental break :) already mentioned this is just the beginning but it gets another mention bc i love it!! such good production love the reverb on the intro, great fun vibe, and i always like a little text painting ("i get up/to get down"). song of the summer.

vultures is a nice, more acoustic and chill song pretty good 👍 transitions really well into drag which is another of my favourites, very fun upbeat sound which contrasts nicely with the lyrics. the vocal effects sound great and i love how it makes the line without them stand out ("dont worry if its hard without me"). winds down nicely so u get BLASTED with hello lonely which immediately stood out to me as the best song on the album, i loove it the instrumentation sounds good, so lush and there is a crazy amount of hooks in just one song, almost every single one individually could basically carry another on its own, just a totally perfect pop song.

Just a dance also rules, incredible bass (and nile rodgers?? wild). submarine is very cute, summery and light, i like it :) beckham is alright not much to say, switch sounds pretty incredible so layered and textured. run to tomorrow is a fantastic closer, soo comforting sounding and his vocals are always great but sound particularly nice in this one, kind of like if nostalgia and/or a soft blanket was a song to me. as u can tell i love this album and really think u should listen to it :)

The only other album for this month was the overload by yard act [released: 21/1/22] because i loved where's my utopia so much :]

since i've already spent so much time on radiosoul i'll keep this quick and just go over my favourites which are the overload, dead horse (i too hate the uk), and pour another (very fun, party at the end of the world kind of vibe, great guitar line too). the closer 100% endurance is also good, something abt the lyrics on everything continuing after death is kind of comforting to me. i liked where's my utopia a bit more but that's a pretty good sign if the second album is better than the first :)

one more thing i'll mention is i have finally heard a chappell roan song thanks 2 an accidental smart shuffle (just good luck babe no album yet) and i liked it! eventually i might give a whole album a listen u_u

got lazy again u_u going to blast through this bc it was a real weak month

first i listened to my light, my destroyer by cassandra jenkins [released: 12/7/24] which i remember absolutely NONE OF!! i know that no individual songs stood out to me though as i added nothing to my regular listening playlist although according to my notes at the time i thouht petco was the best song and the rest was bland.

then listened to vertigo by griff [released: 12/7/24] which i also remember very little of. from what i do remember though is i thought it was a fine if maybe slightly generic pop album. i liked into the walls and tears for fun which has some fun 80s vibes for the chorus. listening to it now it really reminds me of another song but i cant place it.. driving me crazy.

up next is funeral for justice by mdou moctar [released: 3/5/24] which i also dont really remember... like i said, a weak month! i think it was cool to listen to a nigerien artist since its a new genre new language different to what i usually listen to but it wasn't really for me. the opener is pretty good though 👍

lastly was this could be texas by english teacher [released: 12/4/24] which i actually did really like yippeee!! some of my favourites are not everybody gets to go to space, the worlds biggest paving slab, mastermind specialism (lovee the outro), R&B and the title track. overall has kind of an ants from up there vibe and the lyrics are great, a lot of funny lines in there.

somehow ended up even worse than last month!

barely listened to anything. just a few raleigh ritchie songs my friend recommended to me bc he really likes him and saw him live. mostly from andy [released: 26/6/20] my faves were probably aristocrats and time in a tree but i havent actually heard the whole thing yet u_u

the only other new thing i listened to was paradise state of mind by foster the people [released: 16/8/24] which i wanted to like but. didn't lol. not much to say about it...

embarassing how short this one is.. will need to do much better in september!!

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