#2024 album of the week

[aoifereal]

Okay album number two this year will be twin fantasy by Car Seat Headrest I think. People keep telling me I need to listen to it and I keep not giving it a proper shot. This is a good opportunity to make me listen and have an opinion on it, hooray!

#aoiferealposting #2024 album of the week #car seat headrest #twin fantasy

[saintravioli]

I planned on doing this sooner, but better late than never so! I’ve been inspired by @aoifereal’s New Year’s resolution to listen to a new album every week, and I saw them doing reviews of the albums they’ve listened to. I was also inspired, so I’m gonna give it a go too 🌟

I’ll start with my favourite album I listened to from the start of January, which was Albion by Harp, and then try and do one weekly from now on. I know basically nobody is gonna see this but I think it’s good for my own memory if nothing else!

This album is the solo project of Tim Smith from Midlake, a band I’ve really liked since I was a kid. Midlake split up fairly recently, and this album (as far as I know) was recorded post-breakup.

The album has an extremely cohesive prog-esque sound, and runs together very well. I was really fond of the heavily chorused, mostly clean guitars that recur in essentially every song, and I thought it was a really nice stylistic choice to have them be so present throughout. I’ve always loved Tim’s super close, interweaving harmony lines in Midlake’s work, and they’re still very obvious here - it seems like this is part of his own musical signature, and I really enjoy it. Listening to this album actually inspired me to try writing more vocal harmonies in a similar way.

Favourite moments in the album were Silver Wings’ gorgeous guitar line at the end of the chorus, the spacey ambiance of Cathedral Country Drive, and how beautifully Herstmonceux closes out the album with a reference to the first song and another guitar line that feels like it was designed to make me personally very happy.

8/10

#2024 album of the week #Albion #Harp #bog stuff

[buglaur]

fireworks show 🎆

material preview version is very cute also :)

i struggled with the lighting on this one so badly, but it turned out alright in the end.

i actually started it last year for new years 2023 but never got around to finishing it, hence no progress pictures this time sadly lol. i do have a very low-res, first draft, test gif though

stills 🥳

#first post of 2024 hi happy new years 👋🎉 #ts4 #ts4 render #tw flashing #flash warning #< please let me know if i need to put any other tags #it took me a whole 90 minutes to jump through every loophole possible and make this gif under 10mb.... #and now the qualitys shit #for the love of all things good please do not look at this on mobile #thanks for stickin with me through 2023 :) #i know i don't respond to comments or asks half the time but i read every single one and they make my day #sorry #haven't even started gameplay with them yet and i'm already making renders #spoilers for what relationships may form 👀 #the urge to design the bands first album and photoshoot and everything is strong #but calm down girl you haven't even given them a name yet #i'll try make a sim dump for anon in the next 2 weeks some time #edits #for now goodnight

[nicoscheer]

SIIIIIIRRRRRR ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

especially cause he ain’t linked nowhere in the post

Always great fun when official sites use edited Milex pics for their posts 🤣🫠

#like utterly unlikely cause Miles is touring his own solo album in 2024 and Alex is in his post tour hibernation #but we can be delusional #I personally doubt we’ll see Alex out of hibernation for at least another two years lol 😭😭 #and will have to live of rare pics ever few months to know he’s still alive and hopefully still has hair #tlsp3 #‘rumor’ #we’ve been extra delusional and manifesting this week it seems #but honestly kinda hope they’ll wait a few years cause I need money 😅😅 (and would love to a short reprieve before Alex suddenly jumps onto #stage as a polar opposite to his the car character cause otherwise I might get whiplash) #adoring the choice of photo 🥹 #would be kinda sweet if they kept the eight year gap but most unlikely #maybe he just liked it cause he likes that we still think and are delusional about them or cause he likes the Idee to come back #also love that he hasn’t removed the like #oh my puppetsspace posted my pic on their story so honored

[gothicswiftv]

Do you think they're listening to Taylor Swift's new album?

. . .ok ok they’re listening to Ricky Montgomery 😄 or perhaps Brandon McInnis

Edit I made for @renga-week Day 3: Music, inspired by this tweet that I thought was funny

#if they were listening to Taylor’s new album they wouldn’t be smiling they’d be sobbing #jkjk… kinda #sk8 the infinity #rengaweek2024 #renga week 2024 #renga #reki kyan #langa hasegawa #anime boys #anime fanart #sk8 the infinity fanart #reki x langa #reki sk8 #langa sk8 #ricky montgomery #boy toy #crunchyroll #emmy’s art

[oswlld]

oswlld's monthly wrap up: april

note: i am trying something a bit different this year, so bear with me as i figure out how i want to format this. i wanted to spend more time sharing what i consume, beyond what i rb, and put my thoughts in one place. these posts are okay to rb

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This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone [started 04/04, finished 04/09] *drags my hands down my face until the end of time* I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I WANT TO MEET YOU!!!! IN EVERY PLACE I EVER LOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4.75⭐️ in storygraph. — Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell [started 04/12, in prog] I am about 100 pages in and still not sure if I want to keep going or DNF it. idk what isn’t sticking because the writing is beautiful and the pacing is great. And I do care about the characters, I really do. I love the way the author borrows from future grief, it’s what I am enjoying most about this read so far. Maybe I’ll give it 50 more pages and see if it finally sticks.

23.5 Degrees, GMMTV [started: 03/08, ongoing] As mentioned, I am caught up on eps 3-8. I’ll likely not be able to watch it live in may but I will be keeping up with the series til the end. It’s so lighthearted and charming! Not sure how they managed this, but I am constantly surprised by the character group dynamics. It’s def due to the great chemistry everyone has with literally everyone. I need NEED to discuss the score of this show because it’s IMMACULATE. The celestial themes, from the props all the way down to the music, is so rich. I’m so excited to see how this story unravels. — Devil’s Plan [started: 04/23, ongoing] This is a bestie pick, a show my best friend chose to have us watch on our facetime calls. We are 1.5 eps in and it’s a grower. The first game is hella complex and we’re slowly picking up on what’s happening. The people on this show are incredibly intelligent, so I feel like I have to work extra hard to keep up. It does feel rewarding, I’m hooked.

Oppenheimer, Peacock [watched on 04/05] I am a self-proclaimed Nolan girlie, I’ll admit it. I do enjoy his work and the many ways he translates time into film. When I wrote this, it had been a few days since I watched it and I still think abt the little moments that blew me away. Moments like the accentuated dust particles, how the coloring of the movie can be an unreliable narrator, and the utilization of a crowded hall stomping their feet to create tension. The last eight minutes still haunts me. I find more value in the technical side of film, but I will give credit when credit is due: every award Cillian Murphy got this season was so well earned. He carried all three hours of that film with such powerful quietude. And lastly, my heart now belongs to Jennifer Lame. Upon seeing her accept the award for Best Film Editing for Oppenheimer, I have come to learn that she also edited Tenet. HER MIND!!! She has such a bright future ahead of her, to be up there with the minds of Thelma Schoonmaker and Anne V Coates. — Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club [watched on 04/14] This film needs to be studied in film school. It’s incredibly meta in some ways, having renown directors be the subjects, talking about their passion for film. The production being so stylized and the editing feels very reminiscent of Our Beloved Summer, with the way the found footage and the aspect ratios are intertwined with current day quality shots. This film will hit everyone right in the millennial. A true surprise for me is discovering that Bong Joon Ho and I are more alike that I had originally thought. The way he speaks in casual conversation and his story of setting strict rules for their film collection had me hollering because SAME. The most jessi thing he recounted was how all the VHS tapes were labelled. Yellow Door is somehow the opposite of the "doesn’t take itself too seriously" mentality; it’s actually so great that they made the film like that. By fully immersing us with gorgeous cinematography, cheeky editing sequences, and lush music to tug at your heartstrings, it bewitches you into loving film as much as they did. And still do.

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé [relisten] I’ve given this several good cycles to confirm my first impressions: it’s def one of her most cohesive albums to date and still stands as a spectacular album. This passion project of hers takes such great care and attention to the voices she amplifies. I can feel the hunger, the innate need for her to make this album. If you haven’t heard how this album came to be, I insist you take the time to educate yourselves. It makes the listening experience so much more empowering. Good for her… GOOD. FOR. HER!! Current favs: Ameriican Requiem, 16 Carriages, Bodyguard, Jolene, Spaghettii, Ya Ya, Desert Eagle, II Hands II Heaven, and Sweet/Honey/Buckin’. — Older, Lizzy McAlpine [first time listening] Coming off the heels of my Five Seconds Flat hyperfixation last year, I haphazardly went into Older hoping its a natural progression in production value. I was shocked that it turned out to be a completely different sound. I soon learned that she actually didn’t really like how Five Seconds Flat was produced because it didn’t feel true to her as an artist. Tbh I was feeling a little lost after the first listen but after digesting this new info, I went back into it and appreciated it a lot more. In fact, the third listen was when I realized that it gave off the same energy as Laufey. I’m excited to listen to it again soon. — Stick Season: Forever, Noah Kahan [first time listening] Having stumbled on all the collabs on Alexa earlier this year, Forever was the only new song for me from his latest release. I’m OBSESSED with this song!!!! The way his voice carries the entire weight of every hurt inside me and just takes it away. Something healed in me. I play it in the car every time I leave the house. I cry in the car every time I leave the house. — The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift [first time listening, standard vinyl ed.] I am going to get this out of the way and say that this album is great. Just great. I understand more than ever why she felt the need to make this album. Having only listened to the standard version a couple times and the anthology twice through, I sit here in this kind of… discomfort. And I’m kind of okay with that feeling. But… it pains me that I can’t share this album with some people in my life and it’s largely due to how she depicts her struggles with people with mental illness/addiction. It’s one, if not the biggest, strike I have against this album and by extension, her. Songs cycling in my head: Down Bad, So Long London, Guilty as Sin?, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?, loml, imgonnagetyouback, Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, How Did It End?, I Look in People’s Windows, The Prophecy, Peter, and The Manuscript.

EXPO Chicago [attended 04/13] Yes, I am doxxing myself a bit if you didn’t already know. During college, I used to attend EXPO yearly and occasionally went back long after I finished school. I haven’t attended in a long time, so I made it my goal to attend this year. And I had a blast! My mother tagged along and she’s not one to attend shows like this or art museums in general. It was a beautiful day trip to the city and it was nice to have her company. She mostly trailed behind and took pics of me as I floated around the exhibition hall. I have 50+ artists I tracked on my phone to actively research in my spare time. I sat in on one of the panel talks (ON COLOR), discussing color theory in today’s bipoc landscape. I took so much away from that conversation, it was very charged. I'm kinda obsessed with Alteronce Gumby, I need to do an artist deepdive on his work. — Coachella [watched from 04/12 to 04/14] I work for a big tech company and one of the biggest events to be on standby for is Coachella. I had to be on call for Friday and was backup support for Sunday lineups. Thus, Saturday was the only day I could sit back and relax while watching. My first time lineups included: Hatsune Miku, Peso Pluma, Late Night Drive Home, Jon Batiste, Ateez, le Sserafim, Purple Disco Machine, Bleachers, No Doubt, 88rising Futures, and Latin Mafia. Of all of the performances, I want to take a full deep dive into Ateez and Peso Pluma’s discography in the near future.

#oswlld 2024 wrap up #mine: edits #long post #this is how you lose the time war #23.5 degrees #devil's plan #oppenheimer #bong joon ho #yellow door #cowboy carter #beyonce #lizzy mcalpine #noah kahan #taylor swift #alteronce gumby #ateez #peso pluma #ive been tackling ttpd as though it was folklore/evermore #it reads more like sister albums for me it gives length and structure like musical theatre cast recordings #i dissect the narrative in acts #and im enjoying the writing and narrative more in ttpd standard #but i LOVE the production and variety of topics in the anthology collection #this level of vulnerability and info dumping is not for everyone #and tbh it might not even be for me but it doesn’t make it a bad album #it’s like… i get why there’s criticism about how it needs to be edited down or polished or that it needed ‘more time’ #i do get it and a part of me buys into it #imo she’s prob too big to fail. she can get away with almost anything at this rate #im still enjoying it tho. she's a grower #i have the rest of time to have it grow on me. there will be songs that will hit harder in a week/month/year #sorry about the tangent see yall in june

[elevensbian]

vibe of the day

#ive listened to basically nothing but this album on loop for a week straight #2024 going uh. well #fob #fall out boy #infinity on high

[vaultedvagabond]

2024 Album Project

Week 1: High Noon Over Camelot by the Mechinisms

Started this out with one of my favorite albums, I'll be branching this out a bit more in the future. This album still fucks so hard. The concept alone is one of the coolest things Ive heard and really sold me on the Mechanisms. Hellfire and the intro really stand out in this album but I adore every song in its own right. Emotionally Mordred's final decision really resonates with the pessimistic parts of me and is always cathartic. It feels nice, bringing in the new year with something familiar.

#2024 Album Project #week 1 #the mechanisms #high noon over camelot

[bermudianabroad]

February Listening

Not saying I contributed to the Tracy Chapman resurgence, but it was mighty weird playing her on loop to then see/hear her everywhere. About time she had a resurgence. Sliding into her B-sides, I hadn’t realised just how explicitly political her music was. End of Jan/start of Feb was a dark time so she lit up my long bus rides to and from work.

Dance Fever was an album I slept on when it came out. I wasn’t aware, so finding it was another bright spot in the long winter. Daffodil was one I played on repeat for hours. Not hyperbole.

Fun story behind Colin Stetson: the Boy casually thanked me for introducing him to this album and I promptly went lol wut because I’d never heard of it before. Looked it up and fell in love— somehow Stetson has Inceptioned his way into our hearts. He is his own grandfather type scenario, idk. But haunted club music? Sad trance? Melancholic rave tunes? Hard to describe.

Ane Brun: breathy and cool. Just chill and nice. Velvet is an apt visual on the album cover. Song that turned me onto the album is still my favourite— Do You Remember. A heartbreaking and triumphant banger.

Likewise, been aware of Michael Kiwanuka for a while; loved the album’s eponymous song and that’s still my favourite too. Still need to delve into his back catalogue, but another one that got me over the humour of winter. He has the promise of bright summer days (daze) in his voice. Hot, warm yellows.

@tangledupinblue8 tagging you in this since you tagged me in that, not quite the same but what I listened to lately <3

9/52

#new year’s resolution #forgot the tag I meant to use lol #music #ane brun #tracy chapman #micheal kiwanuka #florence and the machine #colin stetson #2024 resolutions #an album a week #again with the visual similarities

[hide-your-bugs-away]

The best day of my life, not gonna lie 🥹💙🎹✨️

#I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED.... #i met him.... i met the Alan Price...... agGGgHghghhghhh #march 14th!!! 2024!!!!! a pi day like no other!!!!! #gosh.... HE WAS SO NICE TOO..... #the concert was off the charts aaaaa... even my mom was like 'wow he's still singing in the same key as the album releases?!!?' #YES HE WAS AND HE WAS PLAYING THAT KEYBOARD FANTASTICALLY #i promised not to cry but i started crying when he did the 'house of the rising sun' organ solo.... he did it exactly like he did in '64.... #not to mention my uncontrollable sobbing after the concert...... #he liked my art book and told me he'd treasure it..... 🥹 #AND HUGGED ME. AND TOOK A PHOTO WITH ME. AND SIGNED MY FAVORITE SINGLE. #alan you were soooooo nice to me aaaaa..... thank you 🥹 #my mom and emma said his eyes softened when he saw my art book... #THANK YOU TO MY MOM AND SIMON FOR THE PHOTOS TOO!!! #at some point this week i need to do my 'price to play' write up for my alan/eric essay because OH YEAH I SAW THEIR 'PRICE TO PLAY' EPISODE #EARLIER THAT DAY...... RAHHHHHHH IT WAS SOOO GOOD #so excited for the birthday drawing i have planned for alan.... aaaaa 🥹💙💙💙💙💙 #anyway my brain is a blissful mush at the moment... i will be thinking about this forever #things i said today #alan price #the animals #devil in her art #i guess this is somewhat of a face reveal lol i am a stereotypical mentally ill lesbian (also a nerd)

[frogndtoad]

Albums: February 2024

total recorded listens: 54 total unique albums: 51 total unique artists: 41 total new albums: 19

artist with greatest total listens: The Mountain Goats, with 4 daily album listens and 3 unique albums across the 29 days of the month! feb was more of a songs month than an albums month for me, so no album had more than two recorded days of listening! one of these days i'll record loops on the same day but that day was not in february lol albums i loved this month (2024 releases are starred!):

Olive Klug - Don't You Dare Make Me Jaded They Hate Change - Wish You Were Here [EP] Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

#album log #a little late its been a rough week lmao #capital stuff #album log 2024

[aoifereal]

Guy I know listened to at least one new album per week of 2023 and that sounded like a fun project so I'm going to do the same. I'll keep track of them here with a 2024 album of the week tag.

#aoiferealposting #2024 album of the week

[saintravioli]

This week’s album is gonna be Ten Love Songs by Susanne Sundfør.

I’ve listened to some songs already and I love several of her other albums, I’ve just never listened properly to this one all the way through but I can already predict what the response to this album is gonna be:

#2024 album of the week #susanne sundfør

[partynthem]

so how tf does it work that am are going on tour for the first time in almost 3.5 years in less than two weeks and the only “real” confirmation of a new album is still just an offhand comment matt made in an instagram live like six months ago. no offense but is there actually an album or not

#anyone else getting Bad Vibes from how silent they STILL FUCKING ARE less than two weeks out from the supposed new era? just me? #seriously W H A T ARE THEY FUCKING WAITING FOR!!!!!! I DON’T GET IT!!!!!! #they started announcing tour dates LAST NOVEMBER and we still don’t even have an official confirmation there even is a new album #can they behave like a normal fucking band and just give us a release date. i don’t even care if it’s not till 2024 I JUST WANT TO KNOW #my god. i’m literally mad at this point like this is so absurd and yeah they don’t usually release albums before tours #but they also don’t usually have such an extended hiatus between eras… and w tbhc when there was an extended hiatus #they announced the album in april and started touring in may only a week or so before the album actually dropped #so?? no this is not fucking normal even for them don’t even try to tell me it is #something’s off……………….. something’s just not right and i have no clue WHAT it is and WHY they’re being like this #god fuckdndnxjsncuiskvbs #i hate them #txt

[buscandoelparaiso]

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#happy friday y'all!!! #back with a NMF including last week's NM #cardi b never fails Bongos is FIRE obviously #karol g's OKI DOKI >>>>>> #she's killing it atm !!! #then we have Annalisa's new song for my italian crowd - ALTRA JAMMISSIMA anche lei non sbaglia un colpo #sanremo 2024 here she goes #what else do we have #olivia rodrigo's new album is meh meh meh #the songs are okay but its basically the same album as sour #identical songs and sounds she didn't evolve 1 bit #i understand it's her marketing but ...hmmmm audience will get tired of seeing her like an high school student she's like what 22 now? #rumore by ariete - i don't like her but the song sounds nice #the kolors have released the mega viral italodisco in english which confirmed to be a super copycat of cake by the ocean which is why it's #going viral around the world---PRESTO CHE NON RESISTOOOO ITALODISCOOOOOO SCUSA SE INSISTOOOOOO e' comunque una jam but KEEP ITALIAN SONGS I #ITALIAN PLEASE!!!!!!! english music market always ruins everything #i don't even comment maneskin's new song because it' s just BAD. #someone needs to save these kids and take them back to trastevere #i think that's all for now..? #i know fulminacci has a new song but i have yet to listen to that

[all-of-the-good-ones-are-taken]

Billie Eilish | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (2024)

#biillie eilish #hit me hard and soft (2024) #hit me hard and soft #2024 #music #album of the week #album of the month #literally the most beautiful and lush album to come out this decade #also look at those song lengths look at all those over 3min songs look at that album length #10 songs and over 40 minutes what an Album they said we know y'all hate making music these days but #what if we made music actually and released actual music in an actual format that doesn't SUCK #also literally they also made it clipable they have done it all?? #perhaps i'm basic but perhaps finally some good fucking FOOD #Spotify