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dustedmagazine · 6 years

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Listed: Leverage Models

Leverage Models started as the latest project from Shannon Fields (late of the much-missed New York collective Stars Like Fleas, and who’s also worked with everyone from Helado Negro to Rhys Chatham, JOBS to The Silent League). After 2013’s highly-praised self-titled debut on Hometapes, Fields wound up assembling a touring band that would wind up making Leverage Models’ newly-released sophomore record Whites(which, for reasons both personal and political, was made in 2015 but is being released now, partly as a fundraiser for the Southern Poverty Law Center). Joined by singer Alena Spanger (of Tiny Hazard) and all three members of the very powerful trio JOBS, among others, in their own words "Leverage Models makes pop songs about transubstantiation, ritual abuse, political apathy, divorce, white collar criminals, poverty, white liberal guilt, anxiety, & self-harm. With roto-toms." In his review, Dusted’s Ian Mathers says about Whites, "Musically, this album would be just as impressive if it had come out in early 2016, but back then maybe more people would assume the high-stakes intensity of the songs here were worrying too much. Sadly, the subsequent time has only shown again and again how appropriate that aspect of Leverage Models’ work really is." For Listed, Fields and Spanger provided a list of current inspirations and overlooked art pop.

Alena’s Current Inspirations

Life Without Buildings—"The Leanover"

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The way that this singer, Sue Tompkins, approaches melody and lyric is hypnotizing to me. I love how she continues to repeat words—almost slogans—and alter their pronunciation until they seem to lose their original meanings and become more about the sound of the words. I typically wouldn't love the 90's alt rock aesthetic, but the steady, unobtrusive accompaniment provides the space needed for her vocals to live in.

Francis Bebey—"Pygmy Love Song"

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I've been incessantly listening to Francis Bebey for months now. He seems to lean into the rawness and outer edges of what the voice can do. I love the way he mimics the bamboo flute with his voice on this song.

Lizzy Mercier Decloux—"No Golden Throat"

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I sometimes feel like I need to shake off everything I learned from years of studying music and get to back to a more fundamental, raw approach. Lizzy is one of those untrained inspirations for me. She barely knew how to play the guitar and started singing not long before this album came out. This resulted in such adventurous, unselfconscious music. She is at once playful, unbridled, and searingly direct. She wasn't really respected in the NY scene when this record came out, and was by some seen as an imposter, reliant on her male collaborators to hoist her up. After digging deeper into her music, it's obvious that she possessed great artistic autonomy and vision and her lack of recognition was a result of unfortunate industry circumstances and sexism. The lyrics in this song are her response to the pressures that's she experienced to sing more conventionally.

Lonnie Holley—"Here I Stand Knocking at Your Door"

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I saw Lonnie Holley play in NY recently and was so moved by the freedom with which he sings and the purity and untouched quality of his music. Every aspect of his performance- down to the smallest movements of his body were connected to the sound and channeling into one cohesive and beautiful statement. He is one of those rare, singular artists, who seems to make art out of everything he touches.

Brigitte Fontaine—"Moi Aussi"

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She is such a badass. I love the simplicity of using just a drum as accompaniment. In this song, she's singing with her partner at the time, a French/Algerian musician, Areski Belkacem who brought some traditional folkloric sensibilities to their music. The effortless blending of theater and music is something I really strive for in my own work.

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I needed to give myself a theme so I decided to select some of what I think are overlooked vintage art-pop coming out of the post-punk 80s into the and slick new-agey, ‘world music’ appropriating 90s. I’m completely taken in by that era of experimentation and production right now, though I can’t say why. I find myself drawn most to the songs that effortlessly stumble into choices I don’t always understand. They don’t seem like they’re out to destroy any genre conventions so much as they seem blissfully ignorant of them. Certain moments shock me as to how much more relevant and contemporary the MIDI/electronic, experimental and arty music is as compared to the 60s & 70s guitar-based music that’s ruled for so long (and which has nothing at all to offer a lot of younger musicians I talk to these days). I could have easily made this list 20. This was hard.

Che—I ‎(Narcotic, 1987)

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What a confusing record. Half of it is very eccentric, slightly woozy funk. With the subtlety-obliterating rhythm section of Art of Noise or later New Jack rhythms, cock-rock guitars, and these drunken almost a-melodic passages. The ending of Scream Like A Swiftcould be a codeine-fuelled pass at Jensen Sportag’s contemporary hyper-MIDI, vapor-wave smooth-jazz. Moving The Silencesounds like The Blue Nile but with the kind of ironic detachment (think Arto Lindsay & Ambitious Lovers) that leaves you creeped out and confused rather than crying in your drink. And while I’m a bit black-hearted and prefercrying in my drink, I’m also completely transfixed by this. This song, Jerusalem,just kind of takes my breath away with something entirely unfamiliar: built from slabs of goth and pure Peter-Gabriel world-cheese, it somehow alchemizes into something I have never heard. A whole album of this and I’d have it on repeat with Scott Walker’s Climate of Hunter(which also belongs on this list and is one of the best ‘confuse-core’ records ever made).

Akira Inoue—サファリ・オスティナート (Splash, 1983)

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I’ve seen this song title translated as "Safari Ostinato". I know very little about this person or this album. Somebody help me. It’s the kind of album that repels and compels alternately. It gives you whiplash in the gentlest, most covert way. It’s a sort of adult contemporary, New Wave, jazz fusion MIDI album and this song is both beautiful and bonkers. The whole album is. I wonder if Dutch Uncles have heard this album. I could draw a line from here to there.

Andréa Daltro—Kiuá (Kiuá, 1988)

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Released by the amazing Dutch reissue label Music From Memory. Originally released on Estudio De Invencoes in 1988. Andre Daltro was a singer and the song was, I believe, originally recorded with the band Brazilian "spiritual jazz band" Sexteto do Beco in 1980. But this version trades organicism and chops for drum machine, keys, MIDI sounds, and rattling ambient chatter, both acoustic and synthetic, and it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard…it rivals Arca’s new s/t album for this kind of strange, winsome cyber bel canto transmission from an alien jungle, though far less brooding, no less arresting.

Jane Siberry—Lena is a White Table (The Walking, 1987)

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I knew Jane Siberry later hits and didn’t much care for them. I knew she worked with both Hector Zazou and Barney the Purple Dinosaur. I was not prepared when I first heard this album, The Walking. I believe when she was first signed the industry thought of her as the "new Kate Bush" and wanted to cash in on the mass tolerance for ‘art-rock’ a-la Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. But The Walkingis to Hounds of Loveas The Blue Nile’s Walk Across The Rooftops is to Laughing Stock’s Spirit of Eden. I love all of the above, but what Siberry and The Blue Nile share in this example is the same kind of epic freedom and reach but a sort of fragility and limitation and ramshackle, almost amateurish quality that make them really humane and relatable to me. The first time I heard this song I confess that my first thought was how much it reminded me of Alena’s old band, Tiny Hazard, who were one of my favorite bands in Brooklyn. I know it seems silly to say it, but somehow this track feels so much less ‘theatrical’ then the same era of Kate Bush…more interior. It feels like a very intimate experience to listen, to the point that I find myself feeling embarrassed for listening in.

Gary Numan—Cry, The Clock Said (Dance, 1981)

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I hesitated to use one of my choices on an artist I feel like everybody knows. But I almost never meet anyone who really knows THIS album (and I know because I push it on everyone). If you only know the playful, cold cyber-punk of the first couple of Gary Numan/Tubeway Army records (which are, to be clear, brilliant, and a big influence on me) you really need to hear this album. At its most extreme corners (of which this song is one) I don’t know anything like it. Gary Numan’s great magic trick, the one I endlessly faun over, is how his disaffected, conventionally ugly, robot voice transforms into something heartbreaking and relatable by the time it reaches my heart (especially on Telekon’s piano-based tracks). I know that’s a cheesy thing to say but fuck you, I need sentiment these days. Anyway, nowhere is it more the case than in this songs arrangement. Musically, it feels entirely alien and also entirely familiar, with Japan’s Mick Karn barely there alongside what sound like Casiotone boss nova beats and the most heartbreaking little chiming synth arpeggio that come and go like a kitten that wakes up momentarily from its drug-induced nap. It’s 10 minutes long. I’ve had it on loop for hours without getting tired of it. I’ve wanted to make something like this for a long time now. Some day I’ll have this kind of restraint.

#11 Bonus Track!

Né Ladeiras—Cruz (Corsária, 1988)

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I also know next to nothing about this Brazilian album, dedicated to Greta Garbo. I read that it was produced and arranged by Luís Cília ,who wrote a song that became a sort of second anthem for the Portuguese Communist Party. The MIDI harps sitting matter-of-factly on top of those plate-reverbed guiro, clave, bells…I want to live inside the room they build. And it’s a lovely, airy progression that never grows tiresome as it modulates in a drifting-down-the-stream sort of way. The ending lifts so high with barely a shrug’s worth of effort. Gorgeous.

#dusted magazine #listed #leverage models #shannon fields #alena spanger #life without buildings #francis bebey #lizzy mercier decloux #lonnie holley #brigitte fontaine #che #akira inoue #Andréa Daltro #jane siberry #gary numan #né ladeiras

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strikecommandher · 6 years

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10 Songs I’m Currently Obsessed With

The lovelies @major-artery and @louisvuittontrashbags tagged me in this a few days ago and I'm just now getting around to it. (I'm so sorry) I am the worst at tag memes and I'm hella indecisive on top of that. 10 isn't nearly enough. We need to have a top 20 per artist because I need room for so many more. There’s not a stitch of Daft Punk or Bjork on here! UGH!

Red Pillow Case - Cotton Balls (This has been one of my favorite songs for the longest amount of time with a banging video to go along with it! Definitely the weirdest song on this list. If you can make it through this, you can jam out to the rest!) ;)

Jonghyun - Shinin' (I just heard this a couple of days ago and I instantly fell in love with it. He may be gone, but he'll always live on through the wonderful music he left behind.)

Neon Indian - Slumlord (I've kept this song on every single playlist I've made for well over a year now. One of my favorite songs to drive to with its synths and bassline.)

Childish Gambino - Crawl (There a lot of Gambino songs I could have chosen, but this is one of the songs that made me fall in love with him outside of Sweatpants and I’m always blasting it in the car.)

Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore (One night, almost a decade ago, a friend of mine and I were looking up strange videos on Youtube and we came across this song and I have been hooked on this band and everything they've made ever since. Always on my playlists.)

Yoko Shimomura - Hellfire (My dudes...when I tell you this is one of my favorite songs from the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack, I am not kidding around. The MOMENT I heard the opening I was shook! It's one of the most epic boss themes of the entire franchise in my eyes. Fight me. Also, Ifrit is bae.)

Bruno Mars Ft. Cardi B - Finesse (Would this list be complete without this earworm? I didn't appreciate this song when his album dropped back in 2016 but the video made me fall in love with it!)

Jensen Sportag - Everything Good (Another one of my favorite driving songs. Anything that fuels me in the wee hours of the morning with a funky bass line is good enough for me!)

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean (Boy, let me talk to you about Fleet Foxes and their beautiful harmonies. I could listen to any and all of their songs, honestly. Their music makes me feel like I’m a mountain man.)

Toro y Moi - Mirage (Wow, another slow song. Where are the bangers, Karen!? They exist, but I'm not into super loud, super fast music right now. I'm into slow, 80's-ish, synth-driven driving music. And this fits the bill.)

I don’t even know how many people to tag so @darkdrabblings @jastiss @arlaina28 @sliverofjade @le-corbeau-des-reves @nkkbee @thepandadrawer

(Anyone else that wants to, feel free. Also, please don’t feel obligated to do this.)

#tag meme #music #this is some of this shit i listen to when i drive long distances #i held back putting up an entire list of video game music #and throwing in a shitton of choral songs

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997 · 6 years

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cant stop listening to dj python, lotic, jensen sportag, co la, dj voilá, weval... im in a mood tbh

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skewedwayoflife · 4 years

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#SoundCloud

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kpfjkt · 4 years

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Fitur Keselamatan Mobil Dunia Sejak Sabuk Pengaman 1959

Kontak Perkasa Futures - Fitur keselamatan pada mobil sudah ada sejak berpuluh-puluh tahun silam. Para insinyur otomotif terus bekerja meningkatkan standar keamanan untuk keselamatan sejak 1959 yang ditandai peranti keselamatan sabuk pengaman.

Baca Juga : Bitcoin 'Bikin Sakit', Lebih Baik Pilih Emas

Berikut perkembangan perangkat keselamatan mobil di dunia dikutip dari Auto Express.

1959 - Sabuk Pengaman

Volvo merupakan produsen yang memperkenalkan pertama kali sabuk pengaman tiga titik. Sabuk pengaman tiga titik dinilai paling aman karena dapat menahan badan agar tidak terlempar sesaat terjadi tumbukan.

Fitur keselamatan itu efektif dan terus digunakan hingga sekarang oleh semua produsen mobil.

1960 - Dasbor empuk

Inovasi Volvo yang lain yaitu mendesain dasbor empuk sebagai upaya mengurangi cedera wajah dan dada akibat tabrakan.

1966 - Antilock Braking System (ABS)

Jensen FF menjadi mobil produksi pertama dengan fitur ABS yang pada dasarnya mengadopsi teknologi pesawat.

1968 - Headrest

Volvo juga menjadi perusahaan otomotif yang menciptakan headrest untuk melindungi cedera leher ketika tabrakan sekaligus melindungi kepala dari hantaman belakang. Headrest terletak di jok bagian atas.

1978 - ABS Elektronik

Mercedes-Benz menyempurnakan desain ABS konvensional dengan sistem elektronik pada model sedan S-Class.

1981 - Airbag pengemudi

Produsen Amerika Serikat mulai menjual mobil dengan Airbag pada era 1970-an, meski begitu Mercedes-Benz yang pertama kali menjual sistem airbag yaitu Supplemental Restraint System (SRS).

1991 - Pelindung Samping

Volvo menciptakan palang pada bagian samping mobil yang posisinya ada di pintu. Palang itu membuat mengurangi cedera pengemudi dan penumpang saat mengalami tabrakan dari samping.

1994 - Airbag Samping

Sekali lagi Volvo kembali membuat terobosan keselamatan pada model mobilnya dengan memperkenalkan airbag pada sisi jok untuk membantu melindungi penumpang dari tabrakan samping.

1995 - Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

Mercedes-Benz bekerjasama dengan Bosch membuat fitur ESC dan ditanamkan pada sedan S-Class. Fitur ini memudahkan pengemudi mengendalikan roda kemudi.

1996 - Airbag Lutut

Kia menambahkan airbag lutut pertama ke Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) Sportage.

2005 - Lane Departure Warning

Fitur ini pertama kali muncul di Eropa pada mobil Citroen C4, C5, dan C6. Fitur ini memberi peringatan kepada pengemudi ketika mobil mereka bergerak keluar dari jalur.

2005 - Pop-up Kap Mesin

Dikembangkan untuk menurunkan risiko cedera bagi pejalan kaki ketika ditabrak mobil. Sistem membuat kap mesin lebih lunak untuk mengurangi cedera pejalan kaki bila tertabrak dan terlempar ke atasnya. Kap mesin seperti itu pertama tersedia di Jaguar XK dan Citroen C6.

2007 - Pemantauan Blind Spot

Sedan saloon Volvo S80 pertama kali memiliki sistem peringatan terkait blind spot atau titik buta pengemudi.

2008 - Pengereman Otonom

Volvo XC60 menjadi yang pertama dilengkapi sistem pengereman otonom untuk memperingati pengemudi jika 'lupa' menginjak rem'. Sistem komputer akan mengambil alih pengereman guna mencegah kecelakaan.

2015 - Pendeteksi Pejalan Kaki Saat Gelap dan Penghalang di Jalan

Teknologi ini pertama ada di Volvo XC90. Sistem bekerja mendeteksi orang di sekitar jalanan saat gelap. Sistem juga akan bekerja memberi peringatan ketika roda kemudi mengarah ke jalan yang ada penghalangnya.

2018 - Car2Car dan Car2Infrastructure

Sistem itu lahir pada 2018. Sistem ini membuat mobil memberi tanda bila jalan yang dilalui licin atau terdapat gangguan. Sistem juga dapat memberi tau terkait lamanya lampu lalu lintas dari merah berubah jadi hijau.

#pt kontak perkasa #pt kontak perkasa futures #pt kp press #pt kpf #Kontak Perkasa #Kontak Perkasa Futures #kp press #Kp-press #pt kp-press

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likefolksongs · 7 years

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you with me? always. - a three part bellamy/raven mix

part 1: bellamy’s pov [listen]

new heights - a fine frenzy // pioneer of your heart - jmr // evening ceremony - active child // samson - regina spektor // closer - fka twigs // from eden - hozier // life support - sam smith // forever love (digame) - anna nalick // i’m like a lawyer with the way i’m always trying to get you off (me & you) - fall out boy // fire - ingrid michaelson // kaleidoscope - the script // don’t swallow the cap - the national // technicolour beat - oh wonder // the end of all things - panic! at the disco // i feel it coming (ft. daft punk) - the weeknd // passenger seat - death cab for cutie

part 2: raven’s pov [listen]

400 lux - lorde // soldier - ingrid michaelson // guns out - young the giant // superstar - broods // i’m yours - alessia cara // trust fall (down we go remix by jensen sportag) - madi diaz // state of grace - taylor swift // who’d have known - lily allen // everything we touch - say lou lou // hours - fka twigs // livewire - oh wonder // morningside - sara bareilles // last dance - dua lipa // young god - halsey // collar full - panic! at the disco // words - naaz

part 3: the two of them, together [listen]

TALK ME DOWN - troye sivan // american money - børns // animal love i - charlene kaye // back to earth (feat. fall out boy) - steve aoki // garden grays - wildcat! wildcat! // for the first time - the script // alarms in the heart - dry the river // love you more - alexi murdoch // cutty love - milo greene // neighborhood #1 (tunnels) - arcade fire // sway - anna of the north // non believer - crash kings // keep me - lucy schwartz // conrad - ben howard

lyrics under the cut:

part 1: bellamy’s pov

new heights - a fine frenzy

come here, oh, closer to touch, never enough let me climb under your skin, oh let me in from your lips a precipice i hang from every word

pioneer of your heart - jmr

so circle and line, they can intertwine won't you come and find me? we're alone now

evening ceremony - active child

in the middle of the night i feel your presence taking control hold me, hold me close never let go

samson - regina spektor

you are my sweetest downfall i loved you first, i loved you first beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads but they're just old light, they're just old light

closer - fka twigs

now i yearn to follow you in everything i do all those years in isolation helped me want for you lead me to a place i'm free from all the wrongs i do in return i'll live forever loving you

from eden - hozier

i slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door babe, there's something wretched about this something so precious about this where to begin?

life support - sam smith

i've been sleeping with the lights on ‘cause the darkness is surrounding you this is my world, this is my choice and you're the drug that gets me through

forever love (digame) - anna nalick

when you smile with those eyes baby, it's like you place a finger on my heart and your lips next to mine make me think that maybe heaven’s where you are

i’m like a lawyer with the way i’m always trying to get you off (me & you) - fall out boy

we're the new face of failure prettier and younger but not any better off bullet proof loneliness at best me and you, setting in a honeymoon

fire - ingrid michaelson

open heart surgery: that is what you do to me. cut me up, set me free: that is what you do to me.

kaleidoscope - the script

show me your fears, show me your scars, i'll take whatever's left of your heart... i want your fears, your hopes, the whole kaleidoscope

don’t swallow the cap - the national

i'm not alone: i'll never be. and to the bone, i'm evergreen.

technicolour beat - oh wonder

and i feel life for the very first time love in my arms and the sun in my eyes i feel safe in the 5am light you carry my fears as the heavens set fire

the end of all things - panic! at the disco

in these coming years many things will change but the way i feel will remain the same lay us down: we're in love

i feel it coming (feat. daft punk) - the weeknd

you've been scared of love and what it did to you you don't have to run, i know what you've been through just a simple touch and it can set you free we don't have to rush when you're alone with me

passenger seat - death cab for cutie

when you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride when you need directions then i'll be the guide for all time

part 2: raven’s pov

400 lux - lorde

we're never done with killing time can i kill it with you 'til the veins run red and blue?

soldier - ingrid michaelson

i took a faith full leap and packed up all my things and all my love and gave it to somebody else... and so it goes, this soldier knows the battle with the heart isn’t easily won (but it can be won)

guns out - young the giant

just tell me that you feel the call (it's so wonderful) so i can feel wonderful... just tell me we are going somewhere where the stars meet the sky

superstar - broods

i've been waiting for our words to be in line so i can let you know that baby, you're the rest of my life you have loved, you have cared, you've been too good to me i can't try hard enough just to make you believe

i’m yours - alessia cara

and i would be lying if i said i wasn't scared to fall again but if you promise me you'll catch me then it's okay

trust fall (down we go remix by jensen sportag) - madi diaz

wasting my time with you is all that i want to do oh, will you stay?

state of grace - taylor swift

so you were never a saint and i’ve loved in shades of wrong we learn to live with the pain... but this love is brave and wild

who’d have known - lily allen

and even though it's moving forward, there's just the right amount of awkward, and today you accidentally called me baby

everything we touch - say lou lou

i spent lightyears wasting my time until i knew your name... do you need to see my soul?

hours - fka twigs

i could kiss you for hours... how would you like it if my lips touched yours and they stayed close, baby, ‘til the stars fade out?

livewire - oh wonder

and hold me when i put my heart in your hands when i'm losing it all, when i'm wasting it all oh, won't you be my livewire? make me feel like i'm set on fire your love will take me higher and higher

morningside - sara bareilles

this much i know: what does it mean you leave and i follow? i could try to forget what you do when i let you get through to me but then you do it over again

last dance - dua lipa

you're the only thing i know and i don't wanna let this go close to you I feel—feel like i'm at home can't wait 'til we're alone

young god - halsey

he says, "oh, baby girl, you know we're gonna be legends i'm the king and you're the queen and we will stumble through heaven if there's a light at the end, it's just the sun in your eyes i know you wanna go to heaven but you're human tonight."

collar full - panic! at the disco

if you're gonna be the death of me, that's how i wanna go oh, show me your love, your love gimme more but it's not enough

words - naaz

i'm in love with your words will you show me the world through your eyes? 'cause you know just the way to put it on me

part 3: the two of them, together

TALK ME DOWN - troye sivan

i wanna hold hands with you but that's all i wanna do right now and i wanna get close to you ‘cause your hands and lips still know their way around

american money - børns

we carved our love in the mountainside we soaked our hearts in the rain and i waited my whole life for you

animal love i - charlene kaye

the stars won’t know what hit them when they brought together you and me

back to earth (feat. fall out boy) - steve aoki

it was just the beginning i think i was meant to be next to you, to you... every time we fall to pieces, we build something new out of the hurt and we can never come back to earth

garden grays - wildcat! wildcat!

i love your face, i love your face even when the garden grays i love your face, i love your face

for the first time - the script

shit talking up all night, doing things we haven't for a while. we're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years we just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time

alarms in the heart - dry the river

the spiritual fabric is sex and its magic, it's kind of a hell but I tell myself it's the end of the world and it makes no difference to me now... we’re the only good ones left

love you more - alexi murdoch

love you more than anyone love you more than anyone love you more in time to come

cutty love - milo greene

all my dreams my dear they are of you even if your heart stops i'll be there to hold you up even as the world turns, i’ll be there to watch the fire burn us both alive

neighborhood #1 - arcade fire

meet me in the middle... and since there's no one else around, we let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know

sway - anna of the north

love's gonna heal us again and again sway... just move with me, darling and i'm going to move with you, too

non believer - crash kings

and you're gonna light me up in a way i could never explain i would love you monday through 'til sunday: if you're a non believer, take me for an open-minded soldier

keep me - lucy schwartz

the peace in your silence, the touch of your skin the way that you see me: straight through the bones like you’re looking in. keep me.

conrad - ben howard

we're alone just like you said cold, cold world... oh, i loved you with the good and the careless in me

#blayesnetwork #bellamy blake #raven reyes #rellamy #braven #ravenbell #the 100 #mix #mine #this has been in my drafts for ages and i kept forgetting to post it so #here have it #otp: really? well i'm right here

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