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Doctor Who #3

I'm a few episodes into season two and the thing I'm noticing this time, there's something strange about the female characters in this season. I don't know whether it's the script or possibly how they are interacting with Tennant. Billie is pretty much the same which is making me think it's the interaction with Tennant - she's obviously gorgeous and holds her cool with everyone else she interacts with, even while being characterised as various mildly insulting things in the script, but looking at the first three episodes, the other actresses seem to be playing slightly strange or inconsistent characters:

Cassandra is a good character, her motive is clear, the voice acting and in person acting by Zoe is very good and the pastiche of her spirit jumping between Rose and the Doctor is very good, and there's something very meaningful about the ending they give her, it's quite sweet and emotional. I also love the evil (but well meaning) cat nurses and I always liked the face of Bo (pretty sure I made a livejournal post about the Face of Bo and the cat nurses at the time) there was also an interesting obvious parallel with the idea of Jesus healing the sick towards the end. So no problems with that episode (New Earth)

Next one we have a werewolf plotline, pretty straight forward, the unusual part comes at the end. They have a Queen Victoria character who is played very respectfully, but suddenly at the end she turns on the Doctor, banishes him, and then the Doctor and Rose make some weak jokes about the Royals being werewolves, it seemed tasteless to me and sort of sullied the previous parts of the episode. And then the Queen Victoria character now has a vendetta and founds Torchwood, in part to hunt down alien creatures like the Doctor, while it's suggested she is a werewolf herself after being scratched. It's a strange about face for all the characters - is it the script or is it because the actress was interacting reasonably warmly for the rest of the episode, so it seemed out of place? Maybe she was meant to come across more harshly, but didn't act her role as harshly as intended for most of it - she seems relatively sweet and warm, but self assured, which made the ending seem odd.

The 'it's Tennant's fault' theory starts looking stronger in the next episode with the return of Sarah Smith, a previous assistant many doctors ago. I ended up skipping the end because the pandering got so cringey, it doesn't make any sense to me for a pretty woman her age to be swooning and pining like a schoolgirl over a man who not only she hasn't seen for decades in ths plotline, but literally has a new face and body compared to the one she knew. They even have a line about her never settling down with anyone after ending her travelling with the doctor, because nobody else could match up. It's not consistent with how a woman like her in real life would live or behave, I promise she would not be single for her whole life pining after some guy she knew as a child, she's a very pretty and appealing woman, so obviously she would have found a replacement. And she also wouldn't be behaving this way in real life - adult women, even the most self sacrificing and selfless ones, are self assured and confident at that age - you have to be, to survive. The time for being a pushover ends in your 20s, or you do. I have literally never seen a woman past 40 acting this way. So I am wondering if what's happening is the actresses were a bit starstruck by Tennant in real life, and therefore the characters they play seem to not really hit the right note for what was intended in the script. Tennant is probably one of those people who seem more attractive in real life due to their energy/passion, even though he looks relatively normal on screen, so my theory is it was throwing the single episode actresses off the notes they should have been hitting, and also making it a bit uncomfortable to watch these episodes.

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Doctor Who #2

Just finished (nearly) Season 1. I forgot Ecclestone was only there for one season, it feels like longer when you watch the normal non-internet way of once weekly, as I did at the time. The plot twists in the newer seasons particularly feel extremely fast, but I think if it was viewed the traditional way (which streaming services actually punish - binge watching is seen as the only good metric) the build up and payoff is more rewarding. I skipped the second episode of the gas masks one because I remembered the ending (and the character(s) saying mummy 1000 times was getting annoying, though I appreciate the repeated sound being an effective and simple technique to create an ominous atmosphere which Doctor Who uses frequently), and skipped the third slavine one (I might return to it). I like Billie/Rose's temporary anime transformation into an all-seeing time being at the end, but I couldn't tell you what happened in the rest of that episode since I tune out when it gets too daleky (I swear they shoehorn cybermen and daleks into plotlines solely for copyright-refreshing reasons, like is anyone out there hooting and hollering when they see a dalek or cyberman?) Tennant looks like a fresh-faced 80s baby in his leather jacket here in his first episode, I remember I took a while to warm to him at the time, since he had played a bad guy in some tv show broadcast recently prior, but I like him now - he's very endearing and intense in the newest (plot wrapup/revival) three episodes.

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Doctor Who

I've been watching a few things which I have literally no opinion on, some recent movies feel like just going on a theme park ride through various colourful setpieces. I am actually glad there are these movies that are safe and fun for kids to watch, but it's difficult to find a happy medium between very simple content, and movies for adults which have either gratitious gore or gratitious sex scenes every 5 minutes. However I'd rather watch 100 simple, fun movies than three gratitious movies for adults, since I feel like those scenes are like receiving brain damage, like having someone's intrusive thoughts shoved in your face, and for people with visual minds imo it creates real harm.

2 days later...

In search of content that is the right level of fun and complexity for me with no gratitious anything, I return to Doctor Who - I haven't watched more than about 5 episodes in the past ten years since I wasn't really interested in the last two actors/actresses, but I have now watched the three 2023 Tennant revival/plot wrapup/new doctor intro ones, and Smith's last season from 2013 I never watched, so I'm working through that now. A Town Called Mercy is particularly good in terms of relaying a difficult message via sci fi shenanigans.

5 days later...

Watched all of Matt's last series, I had actually seen it before but I only remembered the tiniest bits of it. And decided to jump right back to (for my generation) the beginning with Rose Tyler and Ecclestone's Doctor. After a bit of whiplash being thrown into 2005 with Nokia 3210s, government databases being hacked with a password of literally buffalo and a number, it's just as good as the later seasons. It's a different kind of sci fi compared to the later ones since there wasn't much actual technology in real life to spin off, (but still some very advanced concepts and great costumes and effects) but the plotlines are very good, Ecclestone is sincere with the right level of authority, and there is some humour as always - it feels like there is more character development on a lower level, instead of being about huge overlaps in time and grand reveals and plot twists, it's more about realistic interactions and relationships. There was also a never-revisted plot point where if you essentially empathised with a dalek, it would pick up your emotions and then self destruct in its distress. Seems like an easy, non violent way to beat the daleks.

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Song Review #4

Stardate 2024.96

I haven't added any songs to my playlist for a while, but I have been accruing contenders. Listening to these in order of most recently found, there seems to be some cohesion, so these are my next 8 additions.

1. Dirty Three are one of those bands that I never actually listen to, but influenced me a lot. When I first heard them in around 2009, my impression is instead of playing a song, they are playing their feelings - I'm sure it's much more organised than that, but this was the first artist I heard that I think successfully captured an expression of true emotion or mood from instrumentals alone, that slight chaotic aspect with little repetition. In my few instrumental recordings you can probably tell I have embraced that ethos entirely, it's an expression of being rather than a song (though I know most people would rather listen to the latter)

Anyway I was listening to Hypem while half asleep and this song stood out to me, part of their first new release in a decade.

2. And 3. These two songs posted by the same blog yesterday stood out, slightly unusual, quietly chanted vocalisations in these synth-heavy gothic rock/new wave numbers, continuing that 'not quite a song' or more disorganised but expressive mood from Dirty Three. The third song has very creative vocals which veer towards operatic.

4. More Synth pop/electropop via Simple Minds, a remix of this 1981 release has recently been shared on Hypem, but this original needs no alteration. A perfectly inspiring array of notes.

5. When listening to this I thought it sounded like a good humoured (almost Halloweeny) cross between Metal and Psychedelic rock, and sometimes when I check the artist's pages they categorise themselves differently than I would, but they did indeed describe and tag themselves very similarly (with their own addition of surf-pop, which I also agree with). An extremely enjoyable, mostly instrumental song aside from the low growls featured throughout.

6. This is of a sort of 90s soft rock Aqualung/Wannadies kinda genre, what stood out to me was this artist's voice sounds very appealing and friendly, and the lyrics seem very well intended, good vibes from this song.

7. This is already a very good hardcore song as it begins, but my favourite part is when the vocalist runs through the same lyrics contained in the first part, but smashes them all together about 5 times faster, and pulls it off completely. Really excellent and delightful.

8. This selection of songs are quite goth/synth/electropop heavy with a side of chaos and low pitched voices, so this being the song that kicks off (these are added in reverse order) the batch makes perfect sense.

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I want to be where the people are

There's been a slight change now as my mind needs more mental stimulation than work/art, I have been able to watch movies again as documented (I watched another two that I didn't review too but there wasn't much to say about them, just cute animations) So now I have the slight urge to like...see things? Walk? See people? Not to go to an event but just see and hear and observe unexpected or interesting things, and take pictures and video.I realised in my movie watching the most important things are interesting voices, fast pacing and changing scenes, and simply wanting to know what happens next. Visuals can't hold up weak dialogue/voice performance/uninteresting plot/pace. And I think that unexpected/speed/noise is what I need now, I still listen to tons of new music too but I need visuals and scenes on top of that, and there aren't enough movies fitting to my tastes to watch a new one every day.

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MOVIE REVIEW #5

Encanto (and Wish)

This is ridiculously good. I can see why people judged Wish poorly - not because there's anything wrong with it, but Encanto sets the standard so high, it would be difficult to make something so good every time. They never say the word 'witch' or 'wizard' in the dialogue, but I like this in the same way I like the Charmed reboot, a magical family with a lot of the plot centred around their magical home, their interpersonal issues, relationships and lives, which are explored via the magical plot and expansive and varied magical landscapes and scenes, visually representing their emotions and family history. The animation is superb - packed with novelty, humour and action in every scene, and attention paid to the smallest detail and texture. Pacing wise, there are amusing and delightful things on screen literally every minute, along with excellent comedic timing and about one joke every minute too. The songs are also excellent, both extremely catchy and performed with passion and emotional expression fitting to that character. Character design is excellent, each character is visually very unique and recognisable - each could have their own movie, no NPCs here - and each with a very different and well developed and visually/verbally expressed personality. Impressive when you consider this movie features an unusually large cast. The standard here is really at the roof, and I think people need to realise something this perfect can't happen with every new release. Wish has a great overriding moral, about harbouring your hopes and wishes in your own hands, rather than leaving them up to someone else, but it's a lot more serious and metaphysical, it is still a very good animation but if you're comparing to something like Encanto where literally every minute is delightful, of course it will fall short. Wish has interesting characters, a good message, and an intriguing plot, but the humour is much more limited, the characters less developed, the plot and twists more straightforward, and the set design and colour scheme a little too close to Frozen and Tangled - it feels more like an adventure occurring in those established worlds rather than a new, expansive, freestanding adventure like Encanto.

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Movie Review #4

The Corpse Bride

I've seen this before but I couldn't remember anything except the scene where he meets his dog again in the underworld (I got emotional for a second there) and I know why I didn't remember anything else after watching it. Danny Elfman, maker of excellent soundtracks and songs surely halfassed this one in a week, like the songs range from average to annoying. Not a single catchy or good number among them, maybe he didn't find the plot very inspiring or something went amiss when it came to recording, because the instrumental music itself is good but the actual songs are all mid. Animation is excellent and there is a lot more character development here than in Avatar's three times longer runtime, though I think at the end I wouldn't really consider it a happy ending for the corpse bride herself -spoiler she turns into butterflies, which I assume means her spirit is set free, along with dialogue saying the same, but implies all those skeletons and characters in the underworld are needing their spirit setting free too, including his dog, but those characters seemed pretty happy with their life in the underworld and had no unfinished business. So it seems she was more like a ghost where they were just regular underworld members? It seems a bit mixed up.

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Movie Review #3

Avatar: the Way of the Water

So in summary here, if you have seen neither movie I would watch the first one, and if you don't watch this movie your life will be unchanged entirely. When this came out the public reaction was it was good, had something to say about the environment, and some deeper aspects. So if that's what you're looking for, the first does this a lot better. For me this just seemed like a military movie for kids, there was an abundance of gunfire sound effects and not much in the way of dialogue, and what dialogue was there was very brief and shallow. There also is an abundance of the word 'bro' like I have no idea what these characters are called because instead of using names, the younger characters (Jake Sully's sons and his peers in the new community they move to) refer to each other solely as bro and cousin. Generally I only see bro used in a desperately joking/meme way online, so it gives an unintended effect of making the characters seem like they are meming the whole time.

What I liked: the new community of sea-faring Navi, they are essentially mermaids, and the environment around them was very well animated and expressed. I liked their main sacred animal which was essentially a highly intelligent, bioluminescent whale, but despite all the main characters ostensibly striving for peace, the viewer experience, particularly in certain pivotal scenes, is that of a war movie. The loyalty between characters is also quite confused, particularly towards the end when a human, tarzan-like wild boy character is sincerely threatened with death by a Navi character, which he then overcomes instantly and all is forgiven, like how could you just chill after that knowing they are so ready to sacrifice you. Plus despite the three hour runtime we learn virtually nothing new about these characters. Voice acting is good, animation is great but it's very light on plot.

Next I may watch either a Tim Burton animation (inspired by these lanky, big eyed characters) or the old Tarzan animation since there is a little Tarzan character in this movie.

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Movie Review #2

The Matrix: Resurrections

Hell has frozen over and I have watched two new movies in two days, and surprisingly this was excellent? When this was announced most people were complaining and assuming it would be a s**tty cashgrab since two of the major supporting actors weren't returning, but it was anything but. It was exactly as fun, action-packed, intriguing and entertaining as the original 3 movies. I suspect a number of people left the cinema in the first act where they introduced Neo and Trinity as normal people living in the Matrix, Trinity a woman working in a motorbike repairshop, with a husband (with an unusually nasal voice, I think he was meant to be annoying) called Chad and some matrix children, and Neo was working at a games company and famous for making three Matrix games (about his life, but he was being gaslit that he imagined it)

It was absolutely played for amusement, and this extremely meta way they introduced the characters was so much fun, but as you get into the meat of the movie it is played the same as the other three movies. It takes itself seriously, the 'real world' is pretty much the same except for the slightly ominous presence of now 'friendly' robots (in previous movies these robots tried to destroy them relentlessly) and all the new supporting characters have very much the same energy as the original support. The 'new' Morpheus was excellent (though imo there was not enough of him in the movie) and the new Agent Smith, while being 50% less menacing, is playing quite a different role in this movie compared to the original Agent Smith - he is a little more morally grey and the true villain in the movie is the therapist character (whose actual goal was to keep Neo sedate in the Matrix)

It had every element that made the original movies unique, and was done with a lot of effort and passion imo, also I know some people dislike exposition but in fantasy and sci-fi I prefer it; the supporting characters narrating everything that was happening was very welcome, since it is fast-paced as ever.

Anyway it was a lot of fun and I will definitely be watching it again.

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Movie Review #1

So for context visual media is something I have really struggled to concentrate on. While I was chronically fatigued, since 2014 to 2020, I listened to like one album a month, and watched no new movies and occasionally some classic animations or fantasy or sci fi movies I already liked. But pretty much nothing. I rewatched the X Files around 2014 when they did reruns of the whole series on Dave iirc, before cancelling the TV license a long time ago since everything outside of the Christmas/New Year safe zone was generally terrible. I watched some Red Dwarf reruns and the new ones, and the new X Files episodes. I watched all of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and all of the Charmed reboot, since 2020, when I started watching some things again, and watched a few bootleg musicals on Youtube, including the Mean Girls musical several times with several different casts. And I watched the miniseries Selfie. So a very specific brand of lighthearted media was all I could tolerate, but really my taste has always skewed lighthearted/cute/children's/fantasy and I don't think that will change, but I couldn't even handle watching more than like 3 movies a year of those specific genres. I watched Kimmy twice and the Charmed reboot several times since they were safe media that held my attention.

A few months ago I watched the much-loved Howl's Moving Castle and found it a bit distracting, like I didn't really enjoy it even though it's obviously excellent. So it was not the time to try and start watching media again.

But yesterday I started feeling like I wanted more mental stimulation than just music while working, so a fitting attempt was the movie version of the Mean Girls musical.

So with that preamble, my review of it:

So the live musical version kinda had highs and lows, and a particular favourite part of the musical seems a lot more mellow in the movie (when she is on the podium planning her revenge) which in the movie is instead with Regina sitting on the bedroom floor, and then cutting to scenes in the school halls. However after watching the whole movie, the difference is the movie is a very consistent high quality throughout rather than having specific high points like the musical. Renee (who plays Regina) really stood out among the live musical cast (she is an original cast member) but due to the consistent high performance quality among the other actors here, she doesn't really stand out as much, instead every actor seems equally skilled, relatable and interesting, which is quite a feat and I think they really pulled this off. As far as I can see it did not really create a stir among the stan side of the internet, but I think this will be a fun movie for people who like musicals, silliness, and unsubtle social commentary to watch for many years to come.

I have a movie I am considering watching next, if I manage to exceed my three movies a year I will start writing reviews for them all. (Absolutely none of them will be cool movies, since I don't care what movie bros think about me)

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Curious and Curiouser

I made a playlist for the songs I review but don't put in the main playlist, still being great songs, but not fitting the mood/tone/lyrics I'm looking for in Searching for Hype:

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MUSIC JOURNAL #4

Stardate 2024.64

Some recent song reviews:

1. Strings and piano-laden, emotional and personal song about the lyricist finding and longing for their ideal self. It follows a similar lyrical narrative to one longing for a missing lover, 'when will I see her/when will I feel her again'. An interesting and pleasingly constructed song.

2. Interpol/Editors/Joy Division is the obvious influence, both with the post punk tempo and his vocals, but the lyrics seem more positive and intimate than its main inspiration, and injects something new into that familiar sound.

3. This band have featured on my playlists before, what I like about this particular song is what happens past the middle mark, something slightly elevates here out of the Johnny Marr/Headland/Sparklehorse sound, the effect on the vocals overlaps into slight indecipherability, but some vulnerability is tapped into, the guitar is isolated briefly and then; 'all the pain that you held onto' (that's the lyrics from their bandcamp, but it sounds like 'blame' which also works) 'hoping it would somehow amuse/Leaving out all the fine details/Obscuring the truth'

4. Some swaggering, Iggy Pop/Bowie glam rock, though based on the band's profile photo on Bandcamp, which looks like a genuine 70s band photo, they aren't going for glam rock specifically, but I hear it in this song. Fun, energetic Rock 'n Roll.

5. This is the kind of vulnerable, inspiring, borderline theatrical woman-power song I cannot possibly add to my playlists since accepting vulnerability and announcing it also means you are liable to give into said vulnerability, the 'I will never' is more likely to become a 'I will' than a lukewarm opinion. Because talking about it and singing it means you're thinking deeply about it. In this instance, focus on the song 'I Am My Own' and the passionately delivered lines 'I won't give to you/Not my soul to you/My control to you/I am my own' sounds so much to me like someone fighting this notion and could easily succumb, especially because she drops the 'Not' in the third verse. So that aside, her pitch/range, intonation, vocalisations and powerful delivery combined with emotional, inspiring lyrics, she should be writing songs for Disney blockbusters for real. Quite spectacular.

6. This is a bit more like something I would have playlisted in 2012, the echoey, Ladytron-esque production as well as the gender-swap cover version would definitely have been up my street back then, but I pay more attention to lyrics these days and I don't relate to these. But the production is very good, a solid electronic-indie pop song. (Upon opening the blog post I see this was a track on a free Mojo CD from 2012, so I guess I nailed the era)

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SONG REVIEW #3

2024.57

Some songs I have to give a couple of days to stew, because they are technically perfect in my opinion and I need to check that I am not just in a good mood at that moment. Sometimes I listen back a few days later, and it isn't as good as I thought, other times it turns out it was simply technically perfect, and here we have the next two playlist additions.

1. This psychedelic rock instrumental alone is so damn good I was worried some underwhelming vocals would come in, while the vocals are understated and relatively sparse, they definitely function as another instrument within this composition to heighten its danceable greatness, it's really excellent. I tend to prefer psychedelic rock but few bands do it or do it well, but this genre features often throughout my SFH playlists.

2. An excellent pop song, in this case the vocals are the main feature. Its instrumental is more typical indie rock with a slightly 90s bent and nothing unusual, but the vocalist carries this song with what is, to me, a very appealing, friendly performance, her voice seems very warm and personable and carries a lot of positive energy.

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Song Review #2

Stardate 2024.48

This cheerful girl band reminiscent of Talulah Gosh/the c86 era, from Melbourne have an immediate appeal, the line that got me was 'cracked me open/made me small/but now I feel nothing at all' which made me laugh because if you felt nothing you would not be able to make music (ask me how I know) - the cheerful expression of both negative and positive lyrical sentiments combined with extremely upbeat music is quite charming. The title comes from the also excellent line 'like a knife/you pierced my skin/but now the light is rushing in' which wouldn't be amiss being screamed in a much heavier song, but also works perfectly here.

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Music Journal #3

Yesterday it seems like there were an inordinate number of dance songs and lengthy instrumentals posted, and I listened to all of them, so not much in the way of thought provoking music. I listen while working on doll crafts so I don't mind a bit of, to me, easy listening like give me that 6 minute long jazz solo. Currently up to about 77 songs scrobbled daily during a full shift at the doll shoppe.

The only two things that stood out were these:

1. The first one, a new release, sounds straight out of late 90s/early 00s goth/grunge/rock music, primarily I think due to the lyricist and vocalist's very confident performance along with their cleverly layered, slowly building, relentless, but never overwhelming instrumentation. I've listened to countless songs where the band only nailed one half, some really amazing, exciting instrumentals let down by weak vocals, and vice versa, but this artist gets it perfect. Particularly reminds me of Tapping the Vein overall, with a tiny bit of PJ Harvey audible in some vocal nuances.

2. Then this song which almost sounds like a verbatim stream of consciousness with its monotone, whispered, chanting delivery, but is actually a cover of a traditional Irish folk song. The vocals don't really seem to align with the Portishead-alike repetitive, swelling backing track in any deliberate way, but the combination works and gives it a slightly otherwordly, 90s chillout vibe.

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Music Journal #2

Stardate 2024.46

So, I'm wondering how to go about mentioning things that are mildly interesting to me, but I don't necessarily recommend for myself, but may be enjoyable for those with different musical taste, since that is a more truthful account of my journey through music every day. Today, so far, there have been a few things that fit into this category, if I skip the names there's no chance of me being able to recall what I was referring to in future. So I might do screenshot names. Of course these comments are very silly and not to be taken seriously, onward:

1.So the first thing of interest, this guy has such a unique, and pleasant voice and really the first thing it brings to mind is Santa. And on first listen, the song even seems to be referring, positively, to watching someone sleeping/watching over them - 'you're still asleep' 'when the morning finds you/I belong to you' 'I see you there when you're sound asleep/It's the only time when I find peace' so the jury is out, this may be actual Santa with his side gig of indie music (of 'he knows when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake') - listen for yourself and decide.

A more real world comparison would be Phil Collins, perhaps, (no it's Santa, this is exactly what Santa would sing)

2. The next thing, the album this comes from is such a intricately honest portrayal of the creator's difficult childhood as a queer youth in a restrictive, and morally ambigious religious upbringing, and it is deeply artistic and personal in that way, but I feel stronger instrumentation would bring their raw narrative alive in a more powerful way. I listened to a few songs but couldn't get through more without a beat for my monkey brain. People with less need for pounding drums/bass may be able to overlook this factor, however.

3. I listened to a few songs on their Soundcloud, this band have that whimsical, wide eyed vigour that I thought was left behind in 2005 with artists like Cajun Dance Party, the blogger sharing it makes the comparison to Noah and the Whale, so you get the idea. They are from New York but this particular song sounds distinctly British to me. And many overt love declarations await within, along with perky optimism that is sorely lacking in recent music. Unrelatedly, when's the last time you saw such a good looking pair of siblings, genes on lock.

4. This lady has something gentle and appealing to me about her voice and delivery, as well as the unique production which throws it into a timeless void, like a 60s-tinged cross between Dolly Parton, The Crystals and a soft-spoken Vashti Bunyan folk.

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Song Review #1

So this song is very fun and interesting, it is of that spooky, Halloweeny Americana niche complete with howl sound effects. But what's special about this is the chorus, which, despite having very simple lyrics, 'I'm running from the howling/those hellhounds feel just off my heels' lurches suddenly into a powerful Nick Cave intensity, and I absolutely love it (this will be probably playlisted thusly)

Overall a really enjoyable song.

(I just checked the original blog which posted it, here, (archived here) and they used the exact same description as I did 'Nick Cave-esque intensity', so it's a fact)

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