#album of the year??? could be!

[fairweathermyth]

I wish that I could freeze time, go to the wild, soak up the quiet til I’m dripping wet with it. Then I would drive home, go to my room, wring myself out, that would be the end of it. Instead it’s a white noise, sufferingly loud, it’s wearing me down, I’m up to my ears in it. It’s like a wave break into my head again and again. How are you not hearing it?

THE BETHS “Silence is Golden” official music video 

#musicedit #musicgifs #thebethsedit #dailymusicians #the beths #silence is golden #expert in a dying field #elizabeth stokes #made by carolyn #album of the year??? could be! #stream expert in a dying field now <3333

[martyfive]

i forgive it all as it comes back to me

#ethel cain #preachers daughter #artists on tumblr #it took me half a year to finish this ‘cause every time i tried to do so i cried #i could write a whole book just about what this album did to me and continues to do #thank you for being here

[userwoosan]

Im genuinely sick of the disrespect towards yeosang by both fans and fucking kq themselves. What is it. Why do they hate him so much or disregard him i DONT GET IT. Yeosang is literally the sweetest most caring person in ateez and y'all treat him like fucking trash all the time and im sick of it i am SO sick of it please let the man breath. The way his smile dropped and those photos of him tearing up a but because his name wasn't called like fuck off kq what is wrong with this fucking company

#im so annoyed and upset #i love yeosang so much he holds the most special place in my heart nlt even one that wooyoung or san could fill for me #he means a lot to me and to atonys and yall treat him like fucking garbage #when i first became an atiny over a year ago everyone praised kw for being such a great company #caring about ateez a lot #and literally within the first album comeback they went to shit #what the fuck #jake.txt

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Baby Taylor's baby voice is so endearing and it's going to be bittersweet to "lose" that on the TVs, but I'm really excited to hear how they clean up (or not) the production on Debut. I mean I know they're going to make it as accurate as possible to the originals, but I mean in the actual sound mixing and stuff. Because I feel like this album could benefit the most from some of that! Which is not to say that the original is bad BECAUSE IT'S NOT, but I think there is subtle stuff they can do with the mixing/blending/instrumentals/treble/etc. to make it shine even more.

#I don't want to say it sounds 'amateur' because it was obviously recorded by professionals #but there are some parts where i notice certain things in how her voice blends with the instrumentation #and I think they're really going to be able to make this part soar waaaaaaay more #like it almost sounds in some parts like she's singing over a karaoke track #instead of a full production if you get what i mean #it's just the difference of 20 years of evolution in sound production and design and in her own increased experience in producing #(sorry my dad does this stuff and like one road trip we spent the whole time listening to the latest mix of an album he was producing #and mixing for a friend and it's engrained in my brain how he was like dictating notes for me to write down so he could go back and fix #when we got home 😂)

[dancefloors]

it's so funny how people were shitting on you for saying the album was going to be about matty and it turns out you were right lmfao, how does it feel to be vindicated like this?

don't worry im being as annoying as possible about it. like I predicted this literally down to the fact that she reconnected w him / was emotionally cheating in 2022 and left Joe for him just to get ghosted by him and that he was the tortured poet in question. they hated jesus bc he spoke the truth

#swifties saying she was cheated on but real ones would know she's too petty to sit on that information for a year #swifties saying its all abt Joe but real ones would know she had 3 albums processing the end already #swifties saying she wouldn't focus on a one month relo but real ones would know and she LOVES writing abt a nasty lil situationship #swifties saying she dumped him when anyone with eyes could she was definitely having an insane phase n was ghosted #they just don't know her like I do

[souvenirmp3]

it drives you crazy, getting old

happy 10th birthday to pure heroine by lorde! you changed so many lives, it was a pleasure to grow up with you <3

#please forgive my printer shes really struggling 🫡 #i havent done scrapbooking in a little while it felt good to go back #also pure heroine........ what an album idk if i could ever explain what she means to me #i saw lorde last year and she asked us to dance for our 15yo selves when she played ribs.. core memory #yeah anyway #lorde #pure heroine #my art #scrapbooking #useriselin

[thekidsarentalright]

idk who else cares abt this but ive been searching desperately for fobs grammy consideration banner and this is allegedly it and like. god do i know they aren’t gonna sweep all of these and the grammys dont matter and just bc they submitted all this doesnt even mean they’ll get the nominations but please please please fob sweep please

#i had already seen rumors of the smfs and lftos noms but did Not know they submitted wdstf too #at the very least wouldnt it be so sexy if they could be called like. three/four/five time grammy nominated band…. #i feel like theyre very likely to get the rock album nom #as well as rock song and rock performance. wdstf might even get that one idk #i want them to get nominated for album record and song of the year though god please they deserve it so bad HFKDNF #txt

[mako-ink]

Leon WIPS I miss my wife

#dislyte #digital art #art #digital artist #original art #fanart #anime #dislyte fanart #dislyte leon #bringing back my Leon definitely has battle scars no way he’s been doing this for 9+ years and is scarless #first one is gonna be an illustration inspired by the album/divination format art :3 #also just some random Leon sketches #chop suey smooth operator and eyes without a face on replay for this one… #I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of drawing him Leon I’m your number one fan forever #I wish we could get an animated series or comic with him…. maybe I’ll make one myself (the voices) #I had a glass of wine while drawing this when I should’ve had a glass of milk to embody Leon fully… I don’t think he drinks alcohol #time to lock in #sorry I’m yapping so much about my pookie…

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

🥳Cheers to the last FRED DURST FRIDAY of the year!🥳

✨Hot dog flavored champagne anyone?✨

#Oscar Mayer bubbly has a nice ring to it #or at least it could sound like the next LB album title #but what a year it has been with so many great FDFs #hope big bubba durst it living it up large on his last FDF of the year #here's to next year! may 2024 bring many more amazing FDFs to come #Fred Durst #Limp Bizkit #nu metal #Freddy D #The Chocolate Starfish is My Man Fred Durst #down the rabbit hole

[dalloneveryday]

DAY 149…

#I THINK WE MIGJR HAVE IDKHOW TODAY…………… IDK YOU GUYS ……… #ALSO HOLY FUCK. I CANT BELIEVE HE EXISTS AND ARE JUST A LIVING BEING ON EARTH RN THIS IS ETHEREAL HELLLLOOOOO ??????!!!! #I SHARE A PLANET WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL BEING???? IM GOING TO SCREAM???????????? FUDHEHMDKSHDNFNCHCJKDJXYSBFNNDKDUXHRNFNSGFJJGM #sorry. ALSO HOLY HECK YOU GUYS WE HAVE GLOOM DIVISION TONIGHT. IM FUCJINFBSBGEGSBSMMDJSLSKHDNG IM GOING TO FUCKING. DIE OUUGH MY GOD. #IT WILL ACTUALLY KILL ME. WHAT THE FUCK #WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALBUM FOR 3 FUCKING YEARS. could have been 2 but you know. crimes #ANYWAY UM. IM SO FUCJING EXCITED TO HEAR SIXFT AND SATANIC PANIC UUHTMSMJSHDJSKDJDMG #ITLL KILL ME I THINK. UHHGHHFNNFSFFFHGDBFNGMLNFHGGHM HEY GUYS. #3231 #dallon weekes #idkhow #bnw

[pommegranatea]

if the new taylor swift album does not have the same vibes as "the lakes" and isn't heavily dps coded, i will cry

#jokes on me i will cry either way #the tortured poets department #are you kidding me? #she could have just named the album dead poets society #1989 was really t h e year #taylor swift #dead poets society #anderperry #the lakes

[gideonisms]

Tbh dark in here is the ideal mountain goats album because you can either listen to it and really connect with the despair OR in a better mood it can just be a crazy series of adventures that happened to some guys! CANNOT say the same about ie transcendental youth which you basically have to listen to in the worst year of your life or beat the champ, which is a great time with only minor notes of dread and nostalgia. Idk I just think dark in here hits the sweet spot of that post-goths vibe where it's moody and atmospheric with a real sense of pathos but it's fundamentally a set of sff stories about some characters

#would have to listen to jenny from thebes again before i decide how it fits into this #i listened to it on the highway during a rainstorm so aside from a few bits of compelling imagery i didn't hear any of that #but i think my ranking for the past 10 years of albums is like. hmmm. faves to least faves: #dark in here beat the champ bleed out songs for pierre chuvin jenny from thebes goths in league with dragons #it gets harder if we go back further than that so for the sake of everyone here i won't #we could be here all day #anyway how are we feeling about the new album guys??

[daddy-long-legssss]

The Story Behind The Song: Arctic Monkeys’ early ambitions on ‘A Certain Romance’

Lucy Harbron – Far Out Magazine | January 17, 2024

It was 2006. Mortgages were crashing, and businesses were going bust. Tony Blair was on his last legs in office as the longest-serving prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, and the hangover of ‘Cool Brittania’ was beginning to set in with an unexpected ferocity. Things were bleak when a young Alex Turner sang, “There ain’t no romance around there” through the public’s speakers. Arctic Monkeys were about to write themselves into musical history as the voice of a new generation.

The final song on their debut album, there has always been something special about ‘A Certain Romance’. In 2022, after the release of their seventh album, The Car, Turner seemed to find himself reflecting back on that 2006 track. To the musician, that early cut holds a clue to everything that was to come as he said the piece “showed that we did actually have these ambitions beyond what we once thought we were capable of”.

Coming in at over the five-minute mark, ‘A Certain Romance’ almost feels like the Arctic Monkeys’ version of a rock opera, summarising all the themes, feelings and energy that came before it on their seminal album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. It has the cheekiness of ‘Fake Tales Of San Francisco’ and the catchy instrumentals of hits like ‘Dancing Shoes’ or ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor’. Utilising the northern charm of ‘Mardy Bum’, it stands as a final, neatly summarising point on the social commentary found in their early tracks like ‘From The Ritz To The Rubble’ or ‘Riot Van’. Really, it could be argued that ‘A Certain Romance’ is the ultimate example of Arctic Monkeys’ original sound, perfectly encapsulating all the things that made the world listen up and pay attention.

It’s like they seemed to know that, too, always allowing the song a special place. In fact, it was really the band’s opening remark. Years before the offer of a debut album came around, the group were a well-oiled machine with their own local hits. They had the northern live music scene in their hands as their homemade demo CD was passed around like everyone’s worst-kept secret. Beneath the Boardwalk features eight out of the 13 songs that would be on Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, albeit in a slightly different, lower-quality version. But the opening number, ‘A Certain Romance’, sounds just the same.

It’s all there, from the rolling opening drums to that final guitar solo. Recorded and produced in a rented studio at only age 17, the existence of ‘A Certain Romance’, one of the band’s most explorative and energetic numbers, in this form this early in their career feels like a diamond sitting in a mine. It proves that they were always onto something special.

They never needed any help. In fact, their producer, Jim Abbiss, noted that they even seemed nervous about the help. “I think they were probably a bit weary, like ‘who’s this guy? And is he gonna make our sound this or that.’”

They didn’t want anything to change too much, as the group already had the songs figured out. Turner certainly did, as the track’s meandering narrative about hometown lads, fights, and local boredom is already there. Talking on a podcast, original member Andy Nicholson revealed the story behind the song. “We had a practice room with a pool table in, and we had a party in there, and we invited another band who were friends of ours, and we all had some drinks,” he said. “Then something happened, someone throws a pool cue, someone throws a pool ball, and everyone ends up fighting,” he added, explaining the lyrics, “there’s boys in bands / And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands.”

But the magic of Arctic Monkeys lies in their nuance. What begins as a snooty analysis of his local landscape is a genuinely affectionate take. “Well, over there, there’s friends of mine / What can I say? I’ve known ’em for a long long time / And, yeah, they might overstep the line / But you just cannot get angry in the same way,” Turner sings, looking around at his bandmates and lifelong friends. ‘A Certain Romance’ is not only a time capsule for the group’s beginnings but is an ode to all the people who were there with them. It’s an ode to the hometown that made them and all its various characters.

But as the last guitar solo roars to life, there is an unspoken statement that they’re going to be bigger than what they came from. “I remember when we were recording ‘A Certain Romance’ and having a conversation with the producer about the final guitar solo,” Turner told NME, recalling the moment these songs were reworked for their debut. But they wouldn’t let anyone mess with ‘A Certain Romance’, knowing exactly what they were doing and trying to say with that one. In the 2003 demo version, all the feeling is already there, and Turner wouldn’t risk it.

“There’s something that happens at the end of that track where we break some rules in a single moment,” he continued. What happens at the end of the piece feels even more special, considering how the album was recorded. “These are the songs we wanna do, and I think this is the order we wanna do them in,” Alex Turner told their producer, recounting the conversation in 2007 to RadioX, “And he goes, ‘alright, we’ll try to record them in that order as well.’” As the final song, that last guitar solo is the last thing recorded for the album, standing as a cathartic outlet and a chance for the band to prove themselves.

“We focused on the [emotional] effect of the instrumentals over the words,” Turner reflected on the track, concluding, “and I feel like we’ve been trying to do that again and again since then.”

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#I could talk about 'A Certain Romance' until I'm blue in the face or a sobbing mess #lucy did a good job on this one #she perfectly encapsulated how this song makes me feel #the moment I heard it I knew that this band was something incredibly special #it is so near and dear to my heart I will never stop singing it's praise #the fact they made this song that is so compelling and takes you an emotional journey from the beginning to end over 20 years ago???? #and how protective they were of it when making the first album cause they knew it was something special #and Alex drawing similarities between 'ACR' and 'The Car' & letting the instrumental moments of the song convey more emotion than the lyri #like he always said they continue to follow the same instincts from the very beginning nearly 20 years later #i just want to write an ode to ACR so i can ramble on about it #but im gonna shut up for now #anyways please enjoy this article LOL #arctic monkeys #wpsiatwin #whatever people say i am that's what im not #a certain romance #alex turner #jamie cook #matt helders #nick o'malley #andy nicholson #far out magazine

[pansyfemme]

do you ever think that bands are added to streaming services.. because of you? theres been a few times bands i like aren’t on like. anything. and then i go on a listening spree on like bandcamp or something and a few days later.. they’re on spotify. i wonder if its the artist seeing theres an interest and adding it or something but it definitly makes me feel like i had a role there because literally who else would it be

#like that sounds like a big claim but this has happened with albums that have total scrobbles in the hundreds if even that on last.fm #i wonder if they notice like. woah like one guy has played this album that like six ppl play a year 3000 times #there was also a time that a boston punk band my dad liked when he was my age thats not on anything got put in the twee tags on rym #and i was like ??? because it is NOT twee. like at all. but because im the only person who posts about that band and i like twee i was like. #did i do that. did i do something to cause this #i dont even know what i could have possible done to do that #but its a weird ass thing to happen

[hopeinthebox]

tagged by the fabulous @cordiallyfuturedwight and @jimin-gaon <33 here's the december list

apologies for being late again new year same me: @aprylynn @jiminsproof @pauls-mccharmly @thvinyl @visionsofgideontheninth @btsbs @kimchokejin @jihopesjoint @eoieopda @monismochi 💜 and anyone else who feels so inclined MWAH p.s. please do tag me anyway if you've already done it

#superfluous commentary in the tags as per usual: #i feel you - ADORE THIS TRACK i can't even explain what it does to my psyche except that it initiates a beach episode. #noso is a phenomenal queer artist and you should check them out #smoke and mirrors - ms faith back in action on the rotation i loved this album in 2009 and it still hits. for the love of GOD take me back #loving you - i am a paolo nutini stan if nothing else. exceptional #love is all around - i am in my frazzled english woman era hence the romcom soundtrack #and tell me who could possibly embody that frazzled english spirit better than four weddings hugh grant #boys don't cry - it's the cure by name and the cure by nature for one listen and i am FIXED!!! #she's always a woman - now billy joel is a great name for a cat or hamster but i digress. the stranger album of the year 2023 (again i fear) #little bird - was annie lennox in the last one?? i still have this on repeat. #googling the lyrics and it thinks i want the jonas brothers and it makes me want to sit right down and cry cry cry i'll tell you that much #jenny - paolo again can you blame me? i cannot express how much i adore his entire discography. #these scottish italians... deadly combination for my mental health. peter capaldi sit down #white flag - dido save me.. save me dido... my jihope anthem because i WILL go down with this ship #eternal flame - banger after banger it's almost as if i made this playlist myself!! can you feel my heart beating??? i apologise #as for the artist list #norah jones and jamie cullum christmas albums on repeat lord forgive me for i have listened to jazz #hozier and abba seem to make it without fail every month. for those who aren't familiar hozier is like if abba were irish. and bitchless. #NOW I'VE SAID TOO MUCH #the rest of the artists are fab of course but does olivia dean know i would die for her? #anyway. insert closing statements #tag #receiptify #MWAH

[synthshenanigans]

Hey do you wanna test if you know every chonny jash song? Like EVERY chonny jash song? Like all 107 songs on his channel?

Well now you can :}

#this includes all the megalovania covers & mario is dead tracks #literally everything but the instrumentals & album videos #If you can somehow manage to get a score of 95-100% #[this is coming from the guy whos one of the top 5 listeners of Chonny Jash & who got a 93% on this quiz] #If you get anything above a 95% #you are insane #like i will not believe you if you get a 98% or 100% without looking anything up #Because i don't think Chonny himself can list them all off the top of his head in 20 minutes #Maybe like down the line in time if someone were to study or practice this #but as of right now? n o #because like. why #i mean its still possible ofc. main thing i think would be difficult it the random singles from 2 years ago & the mario is dead album #but if i walked up to like 99% of jash fans rn they could not answer every single one #I missed like 6-8 answers out of 107 & I already label myself as mostly not sane #so i feel bad for anyone who gets higher than that #/lhj of course #but still crazy if you can but also congrats?? #but jash has stolen like 30% of your brain & you should be paid for your troubles #chonny jash #moss post #moss quizzes