Imagine if companies didn't have to answer to shareholders...
This is not a political post.
This is a post about how, if I was the owner of Capcom, there's no way in hell that all the company's money would go toward some investors' pockets until I had an exact replica of the Spencer Estate. It's where all the employees would work. Offices up top in a cush mansion atmosphere, programmers in the basement labs like the geniuses they are, groundskeepers in the cozy cabin with the killer plants, etc.
I want the whole thing and I want everyone to have a blast and live in a fantastic little video game world while they work.
The best part? People could pay to tour. More income for the company. More video games for us.
What's that? The company needs even more money? Please, take a cruise on our ship, The Queen Zenobia. The last night of every cruise is what we call "survival horror zombie laser tag night." It's a blast.
It was just a thought I had and I quickly came to realize how badass it would be. I had to type it out and keep it before it slipped away.
Anyone got any other good ideas?
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Brim’s favorite albums of 2022
In reverse order. First EPs, then LPs.
EPs:
10. A Sterling Murmuration | Zoon
Hazy shoegaze, nostalgic and soothing.
9. My Bestfriend’s House | Blue Hawaii
Dance-worthy! Was pleasantly surprised by the disco track at the beginning.
8. graves | Purity Ring
Standard Purity Ring fare, squealing croons atop haunting, euphoric synths.
7. SICK! | Earl Sweatshirt
A return of the meandering depressedcore hip hop we love. Dizzy and ephemeral soundscapes flit in and out like thoughts through an anxious mind.
6. La Ciudad de Dejamos | Fin del Mundo
Liquid guitars against balmy drumwork make for some really nice 90s-nostalgia shoegaze. Music like a cool summer night.
4 & 5. Kris, Perfect Order | KÅRP
Good ole dark Scandinavian synthpop. What would we do without you.
3. Ninety Three | Taylar Elizza Beth
Low key, lush hip-hop featuring Taylar Elizza Beth’s whispery vocals that float between rap and croon.
2. Raving Dahlia | Sevdaliza
Sevdaliza’s back with her signature inexorable smoky ballads. These tracks are a little dancier, a little heavier than those of her most recent album, though, while retaining her unique style.
1. Bloodline | Gabriels
(December 2021) Gabriels singlehandedly bringing back The Blues in the year of our lord 2021, why not? Meticulously vintage, with the agonized, raw-yet-finely-tuned vocal stylings of Jacob Lusk—one of the absolute best vocalists of our age, seriously. Southern gothic sin, baby.
Full albums:
27. Arkhon | Zola Jesus
It’s a Zola Jesus record, which means I like it. But I find myself never getting into any particular moment. Maybe it’ll take more time to sink in, maybe it’s just lacking stand-out tracks to anchor the album. Music like spelunking.
26. Entropy is the Mainline to God | The Veldt
The Veldt comes back rocking and rolling. I was hoping for something more shoegazy like their old stuff rather than the psychedelia-tinged 80’s metal sound they’ve got going here, but hell, it’s groovy!
25. Arrangements | Preoccupations
Previous album was a little one-note, but this one veers into some interesting spaces as it pushes and pulls with the distortion. Jaunty.
24. The Silence in Between | Bob Moses
Bouncin introspective dance music. It’s not original but it’s full of bops!
23. Loom | Uèle Lamore
Earthy yet ethereal blooms of instrumentation. Lovely to listen to, but for some reason lacks memorability.
22. Black Radio III | Robert Glasper
An eclectic tour de force featuring a stellar variety of guest spots atop Glasper’s production. Although a lot of tracks are fantastic, the album doesn’t quite cohere as a whole for me.
21. Once Twice Melody | Beach House
Beach House made a Beach House record, and it’s great. The same subdued, affectionate, dreamy sound we love.
20. 11 | Sault
The only Sault album I liked of the six they released this year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s excellent though, love the down-tempo jamminess of the instrumentation and the thoughtful, murmuring vocals.
19. Broken Hearts Club | Syd
Vaped torch songs for your local lesbian fuckboy to play in the background while getting down. Syd comes through once again.
18. Only After You Have Suffered | Jamire Williams
(December 2021) Contemplative, choppy jazz with phenomenal hip hop and operatic interludes. “Pause in His Presence” in particular is something else.
17. Kanawha Black | Nechochwen
Indigenous-made atmospheric folk/black metal. Expansive melodies invoking the Appalachian forests meld with the harsh vocal texture to create a space of reverence and awe.
16. EBM | Editors
Delivering on that punchy aughts-nostalgia stadium rock. Head boppin rhythms and gushy pop-punk hooks.
15. Laurel Hell | Mitski
Mellow sounds that swirl around the main maelstroms of the album, cracking at the seams and letting the rawness soak through.
14. Plastic Estate | Plastic Estate
Slick and infectious 80s-nostalgia new wave that you just gotta sing along to. Very special when the singer sinks into a baritone.
13. Cool It Down | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
High-energy-yet-dreamy punky indiepop. Some great anthems on this one.
12. Too Much to Ask | Cheekface
Cheeky pop-punk that’s like scrolling through a quality twitter funnyman’s feed. Hilarious and full of bops.
11. Exister | The Soft Moon
A cold counterpoint from the California goth scene, starts off slow before cranking up an onslaught of noise that thrums between industrial and darkwave. Angry and cathartic.
10. Ravage | Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Haunting and disturbed sounds from the French pianist/composer. A melding of dark ambient that wouldn’t be out of place in a horror movie, with crashing, harsh piano work.
9. Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One | Spencer Krug
One of the best lyricists of the day, imo, reminiscent of Leonard Cohen. Every tug of Krug’s voice strains with emotion, and every turn he takes with the instrumentation on different albums is a welcome surprise, finding different ways to express his agonized sentimentality.
8. Giving the World Away | Hatchie
Earnestly saccharine power-dreampop. Great album with some real bangers.
7. We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong | Sharon Van Etten
Warm and husky, sad and poignant folk songs. Van Etten’s voice soars with transcendant emotion.
6. The Runner (Original Soundtrack) | Boy Harsher
Spooky and sleek darkwave, punctuated by a sparkly disco banger. Boy Harsher at the top of their form.
5. Angels & Queens - Part 1 | Gabriels
Jacob Lusk delivering that wonderful vintage, Nina Simone-esque vocal quality, with the opening tracks fast-forwarded from last year’s bluesy EP to some funky 70’s soul. Gorgeous and blue.
4. Ever Crashing | SRSQ
Gushy dark California gothy dreampop. Infectiously synthy, powerful vocals. Lush songs for a heart that’s itching for summers long past.
3. Stay Close to Music | Mykki Blanco
A humble confessional, at times diving back into the idiosyncratic rapping style of Blanco’s more dance-y earlier releases, at times plunging into an ethereal wash of sound.
2. Semblance | MorMor
There is something magical about MorMor’s tissue-paper-delicate voice. Gentle, sensitive, cathartic. Music for letting go when you so want to hold on.
1. Pigments | Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
Lovely. Sublime. Spacey. Sprawling. Meandering and melancholy pockets of plaintive yearning. Music that takes you on a journey and leaves your heart aching for more.
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