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| Late to the 2024 party
So I've not really been an active music listener now for about 3 or 4... years... minus a lovely little spell at the start of the year when I briefly commuted by train and I became obsessed with Admiral Angry. I've made a little pact with myself that I'd rather like music to be a bigger part of my life again so here we go - a haphazard, shotgun 2024 catch-up.
Recs welcome, chats welcome, tea recommendations welcome. It's nice to be back. | | 1 |  | Infinity Frequencies
The first machine
Decidedly unsettling dark ambient; sounds like a dungeon synth album eschewing the lead lines for a computer's cries in liminal space. At worst it's a little nondescript, but the better tracks tow the line of spooky and heartbreaking extremely well.
https://computer-gaze.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-machine | | 2 |  | Hammok
Look How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forward
I've shortened my opinion of this to being a delightful amalgam of noise rock and screamo. Looking forward to this becoming a new favourite. There's a real spiteful, punky attitude here alongside some extremely touching (and occasionally twinkly) skramz spleen-vents, and I also enjoy the bitcrushed, noisy percussion and sounds that are utilised throughout.
https://thirtysomethingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/look-how-long-lasting-everything-is-moving-forward-for-once | | 3 |  | kuragari
niconico
Mid-00s joyful indie leads underneath a blizzard of harsh, trebly noise. I'm not sure how I feel about this yet - the effect of the noise is interesting but a little unpleasant at times, like shoegaze recorded on a laptop mic. Some of those leads, though buried, really are lovely though.
https://kuragari.bandcamp.com/album/niconico | | 4 |  | Hana Vu
Romanticism
Rec from Uzu, thank you :) Hana is a great lyricist with an extremely nicely timbred, mid-low range voice. Indie pop/rock isn't typically my thing, but I could see myself returning to this one. It's a little patchy for me - 22 and Care are particular highlights in the third way slot for now.
https://hanavu.bandcamp.com/album/romanticism | | 5 |  | onewaymirror
Everything wants me to write in cursive
Very cool emoviolence EP. Some lovely drowned skramz, some core breakdowns and, crucially, a ping snare. Far worse ways of spending 7 minutes.
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/everything-wants-me-to-write-in-cursive | |
Archelirion
01.03.25 | Hello!! Gonna add to this one on an ad hoc basis. Aiming to get to 2025 somewhere around October :) Hope you're having a grand start to the year. | Egarran
01.03.25 | Hello Archie, good to see you getting back on the demanding stallion that is contemporary art.
No recs here, 2024 was brimming with quality and any aoty list will offer adequate if dauntingly quantitative quality for the curious. | Archelirion
01.03.25 | Tis an overwhelming, exhausting ride if you let it be... which I did. Time apart was probably needed.
Yeah, I've seen so much on lists that looks good I think I just need to pick something at random and accept I'm not gonna have time to hear everything that sounds like a good time | ToSmokMuzyki
01.04.25 | a whole year late wow | ScuroFantasma
01.04.25 | Hey Arche, good to see you around! Now when you say tea recs, are you a teabag kinda guy or a gongfu loose leaf kinda guy | Archelirion
01.04.25 | Sup Scuro, how are you doing? I like loose leaf, though I'm not a gongfu practitioner yet - usually more of a case of pop the leaf into the strainer and pour water on when I think the temperature is right. So, lazy loose leaf, or tea bags for convenience :) | Uzumaki
01.04.25 | Listen to these whenever you’ve the time, my good sir; tea drinking whilst listening is optional, but I’d recommend it for the first one, along with a cozy chair.
Hana Vu - Romanticism
The Names of Our Friends - Should We Know Better Than to Wonder?
The Good Depression - Oxblood | Valzentia
01.05.25 | recommendation: Sonohara - Sonohara |
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