Mythodea: January 2022 Listening Room

Mythodea 01.11.22	Inb4 I fail terribly in this project, I want to welcome you all
Demon of the Fall 01.11.22	Good idea, some of these look interesting (Wilderun is good). These are all at least decent... Soichi Terada - Asakusa Light (deep house) Shapeshifter (JPN) - Dark Ritual (see Johnny's review - grind/hxc) Trenches - Reckoner (post metal/metalcore) Atomiste - Epilogue of a New World (ambient) Flyby Uniform - Phantasm (ambient/vaporwave/HexD?) Alphabet Holds Hostage - Again and So Soon (dream pop)
Demon of the Fall 01.11.22	https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=198563 Found 3 of the above on this list here, so giving some kudos to the creator/opportunity for anyone to find more, as I haven't checked them all.
Mythodea 01.11.22	thanks for the recs and the heads up for Monster's list, @Demon ;)
CottonSalad 01.11.22	Great idea! Looking forward to this
Demon of the Fall 01.11.22	be warned they're not absolute must checks by any means, depends on your likes/dislikes, or your level of curiosity/thoroughness I guess 3.5s at best, although I don't give out 3.5(+) like wildfire. Some will end up as 3s. I'm just trying to check as much new music as possible this year. Hoping it expands my horizons.
Mythodea 01.11.22	Ι feel like I should check out Trenches and Alphabet HH one
Demon of the Fall 01.11.22	Trenches might ultimately end up being the strongest on the list for me, but then I've only heard it once. Sounds odd but I was 'filtering' and that was such an obvious one to check again that I put it to one side for later. Seems to have been received well here at least.
Trifolium 01.12.22	Nice idea Myth! I hope I find inspiration to check new stuff soon. And Demon you're on fire with the new releases!
Dewinged 01.12.22	Nice Myth, NICE, we had the same idea, but you formatted it better. To congratulate this occasion, I will steal your recs.
Mythodea 01.12.22	@Dewi I stole your last year's idea and wanted to mention on the description, but then thought to myself ''don't stan him so much'' @Trif I'll be waiting for your colorful pop/jazz/indie recs as well, I'm wondering what kind of flower will decorate this year's title
Dewinged 01.12.22	Haha that's alright, the more we have of these lists the better. Last year I got a pretty solid pace until June, let's see how far we go this year before getting bored. Definitely checking at my own pace this year instead of one album per day, that was overkill.
Trifolium 01.12.22	❤️🥰 I'll send some your way when the first few are in! "Last year I got a pretty solid pace until June," like looking in the mirror. It sucks for all those end-of-year releases but I never manage to stay that active past Summer.
Mythodea 01.12.22	@Dewi, Yeah one album per day is a burn-out, besides, I feel like nothing really sits with me in that pace.
Demon of the Fall 01.12.22	1 album a day is sustainable (said with limited confidence)... just wouldn't get much time for catching up on older stuff or re-listening to favourites etc. I haven't decided where I stand on this yet. Worthwhile sacrifice of discovery vs a tedious slog with diminishing levels of engagement... time will tell!
Mythodea 01.12.22	1 album a day is almost a joke time-wise, but if I want to comment on it, then it will become tiring quickly. I want to take time with my music, and if I end a month with 15 releases, which I can discuss upon, then that's totally fine by me... I won't learn all the music in the world either way, so why hurry when there's no destination?
Demon of the Fall 01.12.22	doesn't it depend how much time you have Myth? I think it depends. I'm trying not to get bogged down in the notion that I need to give everything I hear multiple chances. Honestly there will be many 'one-and-done' situations for me this year. ...not entirely sure I understood what you meant with the first line.
Dewinged 01.12.22	Exactly friends, that's why I thought the log was more realistic. Keep it flexible, no pressure on numbers, etc, just a fun quest to discover new music and talk about it with the Sput fam. Demon I also check a couple of oldies a day, but it all depends what fits on your daily routine.
Mythodea 01.12.22	Maybe I didn't phrase it right: Albums typically last from 40 minutes to 1h, so it's pretty easy to listen to an album a day, bacause it's a short thing to do when you're awake for 15 to 16 hours daily. Music lovers listen to music all day anyway, so an album a day is a very easy thing to do. But 1 new album a day is more difficult, and even more if you wan to process it and write something about it that is both accurate and informative
Demon of the Fall 01.12.22	right Myth, understood I wouldn't listen to one new album a day and completely move on from it every time, that doesn't sound like a good time, but if you're listening to multiple albums per day then I would just stagger the listens for the 'new stuff' across a period of time. I could check a new album today, then again tomorrow. Tomorrow I could incorporate another first-timer, potentially. Admittedly my current plan is suboptimal as I will be sacrificing discovering older stuff for the time being, unless I need it for 'context' when checking something new. I will still listen to things I already love though.
Mythodea 01.12.22	Admittedly my current plan is suboptimal as I will be sacrificing discovering older stuff for the time being, unless I need it for 'context' when checking something new. I will still listen to things I already love though. My thoughts exactly. But you never know, maybe a ''Prog Rock Tournament'' happens again this time of year and I'll be blasting '70s Canterbury rock from the speakers all the way from May to July
Demon of the Fall 01.12.22	I have never attempted a packed new release rotation from Jan onwards, usually I end up trying to play 'catch up' later in the year. Something different, so let's see what happens I guess. I have a feeling this might be a good year for it. yeah it'd be easy to get 'distracted' at some point, I probably will for sure
Dewinged 01.12.22	I could drag you both into my decades system if u wanna give it a shot. Basically you take the current year and jam albums from 1972, 1982, 1992, etc, matching always the current month. So say you take 8 albums per month, or even easier, just 4. Then you divide your week into mondays (1972), tuesdays (1982), and so on, which leaves u the whole weekend for new releases. So you could be looking at 40 plus album per decade in a year plus new releases at your own pace, which is a nice balance. You can always move things around and play with different routines but this has worked nicely for me, going for the third year now
Mythodea 01.12.22	Ι've seen your decades system and lists Dewi, sounds great but only if there's a release shortage and there's nothing new. For now, I'd rather look into what you've dug out of history than do the digging myself.
Dewinged 01.13.22	Fair enough! I'll try to keep up! ;)
Demon of the Fall 01.13.22	yeah that sounds like a commitment too far for me unfortunately, haha Good luck Dewi! I'm really liking Trenches, Soichi Terada (a grower) and Atomiste at the minute. Along with Wilderun/Shapeshifter. I had to kiss a few frogs along the way but that's part of the game I guess.
Mythodea 01.13.22	oh snap, I totally forgot about Trenches! I'm not that much into the Atomiste style, but perhaps I should check out Soichi Terada. What about Shapeshifter? Are you talking about the electronic band? Because I can't find anything from '22. >I had to kiss a few frogs along the way but that's part of the game I guess. This thought has been dominating my mind lately
Demon of the Fall 01.13.22	Soichi Terada now has a review, Johnny also very kindly did the one for Shapeshifter too. They're hardcore/grind with a decent dose of dm influence.
Mythodea 01.14.22	feeling jazzy today. If you have any suggestions for MONODRAMA's check also please lend me a hand since I'm a newbie on electronic jazz. Checked out Trenches @Demon, but it was too thick for me. I enjoyed some parts, but didn't get anything out of it
Dewinged 01.14.22	Monodrama looks nice, will check them out! Is it instrumental?
Mythodea 01.14.22	yup
Trifolium 01.14.22	"feeling jazzy today" 💚 Always.
Mythodea 01.14.22	🧡💛💚💙💜
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	might add 7 to my schedule for next week, cool (it's barely on RYM yet... obscure find alert!) Dark Millennium is sweet, enjoying it a fair bit. Adds a little flava to the death/doom formula, a nice and refreshing twist.
Mythodea 01.14.22	yes, Dark Millenium is a pretty good album, quite captivating. MONODRAMA's album came out today, so I think it's only logical that's still under the radar.
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	Oh right. Yeah there's just barely even an artist profile on RYM (although it does say there's an update awaiting approval). Daniel Son & Futurewave - Son Tzu & the Wav.God - weirdly I didn't mind this, hardcore hip-hop sort of deal (like I'd actually know!). Bonobo's new 'un isn't too shabby so far.
Mythodea 01.14.22	I know Bonobo's got a new album out, because my gf likes him. I wanna comment on new FKA Twigs, and then there's a new Russian Girlfriends coming out today, so weekend is going to be weird, genre-wise.
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	I enjoy some of Bonobo's older material, but I'm by no measure a big fan or anything. I think his new one appears as though it warrants multiple listens, which can only be a positive. It was an interesting first peek. I seem to have heard of Russian Girlfriends, not sure what genre they are mind. I'll get on Twigs at some point, mostly curiosity/Sput-larking, although her last release had a couple of bops, from memory.
Mythodea 01.14.22	Last one had some amazing stuff and some that did nothing for me. Tbh I'm more of a fan of individual songs than any complete work of hers, besides the weirdly spelled MELISSA. New one is fun, but nothing has particularly stuck out to me, perhaps the ballady ''Careless'' Russian Girlfriends is a punk/rock n' roll band from New Mexico, they seem legit
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	yeah this Twigs release seems a lot more 'even' with less standout moments thus far. I remember really digging a couple of tracks off the last one without really 'getting' it as a whole. oh no, might check RG... my 'schedule' is gonna be collapsing under the sheer weight of releases at this point
Trifolium 01.14.22	I've lost interest in Bonobo much like I've lost interest in Cinematic Orchestra. Both were pretty heavily jazz influenced early on, but fazed this out more and more with each subsequent release, going for a more polished, electronic sound that didn't do it for me. That being said, I will still check the new one out.
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	yeah I get that, and if you're wanting jazz then Fragments won't change your stance but... I do like some of the pretty orchestral arrangements. The beat-heavy bits. The vocals also add something. The production is v solid of course. I'm still formulating a solid opinion, but there's certainly promise here. I'm mostly intrigued by the diversity.
Trifolium 01.14.22	Nice! That does sound ok at least.
Mythodea 01.14.22	@Demon RG's only 20 minutes long, so that's easy to go through
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	Sold! it means I can squeeze more than one release into a commute. I have a few shorter ones on the go / to check. So it's gonna be doubling up with a companion. Having a decent selection of shorter releases is useful for occurrences such as this, as listening to half an album really gets on me wick. yes I'm tragic
Mythodea 01.14.22	haha, well that's exactly the mentality I want to avoid when listening to music, ''packing'' my brain with sounds that end up meshing together creating a sound-soup
Demon of the Fall 01.14.22	So you've never listened to an album, then listened to another one immediately afterwards? Are you sure you're in the right place? haha also, to clarify... I meant that if something intrigues me and I want to check it out then I will regardless of length, but if my commute is 'let's say 45 minutes' and the thing I want to check is 25 minutes, there's a lot of 'wasted' time there. Now I could put on the same 25 minute album again and just not finish it, or maybe I want a break from that and therefore prefer this other shorter release I have lined up. Then anything that's actually 40-45 minutes in total can be saved for another time.
Mythodea 01.14.22	Added Anna Von Hausswolf stunning live release from Jazz Festival and technically I'm still in a jazz mood! @Demon Yes, I totally understand this part: ''I meant that if something... another time'' and also do it myself. My comment was because I completely misunderstood the ''gets on me wick'' sentence (I didn't know the phrase and now I had to look it up!)
Mythodea 01.15.22	Still going strong, adding albums that are pretending to fit in the jazzy atomsphere
Mythodea 01.17.22	Have a great week everybody! Unexpected Messa leak pushed FKA Twigs and Russian Girlfriends back.
Dewinged 01.17.22	Oh shit Messa leaked? I am gonna wait til release but glad to hear it's good!
Mythodea 01.17.22	Ι'm constantly looking like the dancing figures on the album cover @Dewi
Dewinged 01.17.22	I know they gave up the jazzy vibes for eastern influences but I was hoping they didn't abandon them completely, it was one of the things I liked most about them, it was so unique.
Mythodea 01.17.22	opening track has a great clean guitar solo on the blues side, though, and it's a highlight
JohnnyoftheWell 01.17.22	that Don Bolo album is p cool, nice find. reminds me more of the Hatch than Naked City, although it's hard not to recall Zorn at least a little with that sound
Mythodea 01.17.22	Cool obscure suggestion, @Johhny. Listening now to Opaque Age, and I can see the similarities, but so far it's not as spastic, it sounds more hmm... normal? I think I can relate it more to funk punk, Mr. Bungle, or Infectious Grooves.
Demon of the Fall 01.17.22	oh, there's more? Anna Von's live album is wonderful. Filtering through a few things, the incompleteness of the Sput database is becoming very apparent. I'm usually happy to add things in the majority of instances, but I must admit laziness prevailed when checking something recently (deemed it unworthy).
Mythodea 01.17.22	>oh, there's more? Why wouldn't there be? January is not over yet! Btw, I don't know if it's because you listen to quite obscure stuff, but if I'm honest, Sput's database has rarely disappointed me :/
Demon of the Fall 01.17.22	yeah I don't normally have to add much, I think it's just because I'm checking new stuff and diving deeper than usual. Anything new has a much higher likelihood of being absent (obviously), it just seems mad when RYM has 250+ ratings already (an actual example, haha).
Demon of the Fall 01.17.22	Monodrama is fiery, holy moly good find etc!
Mythodea 01.17.22	thanks! I think Sput has way less active members than RYM but I could be wrong.
Demon of the Fall 01.17.22	oh yeah it's not even close, can't be
Mythodea 01.18.22	oriental atmo-black metal today m/m/
Dewinged 01.18.22	damn myth you are on an exotic quest of new releases, nice, Afghanistan BM? can't beat that
Mythodea 01.18.22	you really can't, especially if you like the Violet Cold recipe
Mythodea 01.19.22	New FKA Twigs album rules hard. Songs like ''Ride the Dragon'', ''Honda'', ''Tears in the Club'' are sooo warm and sonically engaging, ''Papi Bones'' should become the absolute summer hit, and then there's also ''Careless'' and ''Thank You Song'' that give the same sense of frailty and fragility ''Cellophane'' showcased on her previous release. Brilliant album.
Demon of the Fall 01.19.22	really enjoying this Monodrama release, nice little rotation going on between it, Anna Von + Bonobo whilst also dabbling in other (probably less good) things. Nothing stood out about Russian Girlfriends on initial inspection, except for the fact the closing track was strikingly reminiscent of something that I can't quite put my finger on at the moment.
Mythodea 01.19.22	yup, you're right, RG was subpar, and that's why I haven't included it on this list as of yet, and probably won't. Keep an eye on the new Yard Act, though, I loved all their singles and the attitude is very Talking-Heads like.
Dewinged 01.19.22	I tried the FKA album but it didn't make clic ;(
Mythodea 01.19.22	I was also dissatisfied on first listen, but today it's on heavy rotation, hence the (somewhat late) inclusion to the list. The production, sound design, snippets and bass all slap
Mythodea 01.21.22	YARD ACT'S NEW ALBUM IS LIT 🙌
Demon of the Fall 01.21.22	I will check. It wasn't on my radar even though I saw that it was included on the new release list. Hang on... they're from Leeds apparently! Cool
Mythodea 01.21.22	Yup, they're great. Love the singles and videos that come along. Singer has great stage presence and his writing is both vitriolic and fragile (check the song Tall Poppy)
Mythodea 01.24.22	didn't upload anything during the weekend, but here we go again with a nice EP with awesome album art.
Mythodea 01.24.22	AURORA for president
Mythodea 01.26.22	Jazz is back to the menu with the most Trifoliumesque album of January
anat 01.26.22	hello mythodea i have a couple recommendations SOWNBONES - helpless: https://sownbones.bandcamp.com/album/helpless Roaming in Limbo - Permutations: https://roaminginlimbo.bandcamp.com/album/permutations both ambient pop but differing flavours, check em out
Mythodea 01.26.22	thanks a bunch anat, I will ;)
Demon of the Fall 01.26.22	SOWNBONES was decent aye 16s name gave me a chuckle, so worth checking some Trif-core just for that
Mythodea 01.27.22	Added Snowbones. Liked it without getting crazy. Perhaps Roaming in Limbo will be more to my tastes.
Demon of the Fall 01.27.22	15 is fantastic, good call And someone other than me/you needs to check Monodrama, 2 ratings so far.
Mythodea 01.27.22	both albums are great! Did you check out Black Folks Don't Swim??
Demon of the Fall 01.27.22	not yet, completely forgot to be honest will 'make a note'
Mythodea 01.27.22	no pressure ;)
Demon of the Fall 01.27.22	feeling the heat already and Jan should be easy street, lol
anat 01.27.22	it’s sownbones and already in the database but I’m glad you got something out of it!!
Mythodea 01.27.22	WOWWWW, I totally missed it! (or...ummm, should I say filled in the ''n'') I will replace it and ask for mods to delete the ''Snowbones'' :/
Mythodea 01.28.22	We've come at a point that one album a day is not enough to include all the interesting new releases! I've been waiting for the Earthless album for a while now, really enjoyed the one track ''Death to the Red Sun''. Today I bumped into ''Pensees Nocturnes'' and it was pretty fun cabaret black metal
Demon of the Fall 01.28.22	it certainly is, good choice!
Mythodea 01.28.22	thanks Demon! I saw you knew about it, but you sly dog didn't say a word!!!
Demon of the Fall 01.28.22	I mean there was a review on the front page for a good while. Think I just assumed it was a known thing. Also wasn't sure it'd be your cuppa. Whoops! I have started my list now (feat. Noctunees) but admittedly that only commenced yesterday.
Mythodea 01.28.22	Don't count on me for being attentive! I'm tracking your list now, so yeah, anything that goes on there you can be sure I look closely ;)
Demon of the Fall 01.28.22	Cool, we can follow each other around like stalking weirdos. There are some other lists I'm following, seems to be more of a trend this year. There's no way you're going to fit everything into one list at this rate, guess there will be a part 2. I'm somewhat conservatively setting the under/over at the end of June.
Mythodea 01.28.22	It's impossible to include everything, that'a true
Mythodea 01.31.22	I think I'm concluding the list with The Zealot Gene. Tomorrow's a new day and a new month, and we'll hop on to a new list