#thom powers

[hoodup]

#thom powers #aaron short #jesse wood #david beadle

[i-like-the]

‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’

The Instant Classic That No One Has Heard Of

https://open.spotify.com/album/4c7fO6dTXyfGe4yydkYhPL?si=KRLbuWzwQWCT-fl2ngVpjw

‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’ is the debut album of the New Zealand band ‘The Naked and Famous’ released in 2010. It had a mixed critical reception and debuted at number one in September of 2010 on the New Zealand album charts. At this time the band consisted of Alisa Xayalith (vocals and keyboard), Thom Powers (vocals and guitar), Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass).

I was first introduced to this band when my brother thrust his earphones in my face in the taxi on the way back from the airport and I heard the final echoing choruses of ‘Punching in a Dream’, being eight at the time, I didn’t think about the song much when I was distracted by Fifa ‘05 on a DS, but when my brother reminded me of it a few months later, I was hooked and I haven’t been able to get enough of them since.

From start to finish you are bombarded with beautifully simple lyrics, grand production and a craving for more.

The first two songs - ‘All of This’ and ‘Punching in a Dream’ - are two of my favourites from the album. The fantastic lyricism from the opener expresses a relationship that’s slowly breaking apart, paired with fantastic harmonies and raw vocals from Xayalith and Powers as well as the productions driving drum and bass and simple yet effective guitar solos, it’s the perfect opener. The next song ‘Punching in a Dream’ is one of my favourite songs of all time, it’s three and a half-minute run time feels like forever and thirty seconds at the same time. The usual soft vocals from the leads are loud and proud, making the song more powerful, the entire song seems to exist to make you want to do something, anything. Words cannot describe just how great this song is, if you take my word about anything - it’s to listen to ‘Punching in a Dream’. And if you recognise it from anywhere, the last thirty seconds are played in Pitch Perfect (2012).

The next three songs - ‘Frayed’, ‘The Source’ and ‘The Sun’ - offer respite from the loud and fast paced beginning. They are, in my opinion, some of the most underrated tracks of the album. With quietly profound lyrics describing the difficulties of making ends meet as well as the the feeling of burnout that many adults have, ‘Frayed’, is one of those songs that stays with you for a while after you listen. The layered voices at the end are hauntingly beautiful and adds to the feel of the song. The instrumental ‘The Source’ is short but sweet with a perfect lead into ‘The Sun’ - a meditation on addiction and the spiral into it, with the repetition of ‘And I run’ at the end being almost hypnotic in it’s nature. 

‘Eyes’ - track six of the album - is admittedly not one of my favourites, but it does bring the energy back up with an 80s era banger with a wall of sound type of production that sounds like it could be the ending of an teen movie. The comes TNAF’’s most famous track, ‘Young Blood’. It has the bittersweet energy of Walk the Moon’s ‘Anna Sun’ - or most of their first album actually. They have somehow created a song that could slot into most playlists but is still completely individual. It is a first-rate song, everlasting lyrics, production that is catchy and timeless - would definitely recommend a listen. The eight track - ‘No Way’ - really is the emotional core of the album. It’s dreamlike depiction of a breakup or devastating argument hurts to listen to in the best possible way. The sudden bursts of noise encapsulates the pain that Xayalith is trying to convey, the lyrics are sparse but feel like getting stabbed by needles in the heart and, as always, nearly perfect production adds to the energy of the song.

Now we’re in the final stretch of the album, it transitions from almost classic electronic  to more experimental - but no less dance-orientated music.

The next four tracks really epitomizes this change. ‘Spank’ is by far my favourite of the latter half of the album, with the signature TNAF layered vocals crossing each other, energetic drums, guitars and synths blending into each other and more vague lyrics; it’s a great for workouts or just lying in bed. The tenth song ‘Jilted Lover’ feels like an early The 1975 song, with it’s minimal lyrics and beautifully full production that bends to the words. ‘A Wolf in Geek’s Clothing’ is the oddest of the album; squeaking guitars and overhyped synths gives it the feel of an Idles or Black Midi song but with the almost ever-soft vocals of Xayalith and Powers make it a great listening experience - it’s the kind of song that my Dad would call ‘just noise’ but I promise it’s worth a listen. The penultimate song ‘The Ends’ is another that sounds like the EP era of The 1975, it’s the only song on the album that could be classified as a skip but I would not recommend doing so.

The final track, ‘Girls Like You’, is a six-minute masterpiece spearheaded by Powers’ vocals and that build like LCD Soundsystem’s ‘All My Friends’ but ends on a quietly sombre feeling. Like most of the album it combines heartfelt lyrics with an upbeat feeling that leaves you either dancing or crying. Ending the album with another song that makes time feel like time melts away - sonically it’s one of their simpler tracks, but works nonetheless.

Overall, it’s electronic/pop/dance perfection that will make you repeat and repeat each song until you know it inside out. Quietly emotional lyrics, almost perfect production and a clear joy for music which is hard to convey.

Favourite Tracks: Punching in a Dream, All of this, Spank.

Least Favourite (this was very difficult btw): Eyes, Jilted Lover, No Way.

Similar Tracks: Cruel - St. Vincent, Dreams - Passion Pit (Cover), Deceptacon - Le Tigre

5/5 Stars

#tnaf #the naked and famous #passive me aggressive you #alisa xayalith #thom powers #underrated tuesday

[nimuetheseawitch]

KILLJOYS 1.06

Occupational hazard.

#killjoysedit #killjoys syfy #killjoys #tv: killjoys #prima “pree” dezz #pawter simms #illenore pawter seyah simms #thom allison #sarah power #scifiedit #tvedit #ch: prima dezz #ch: pawter simms #gif warning #my gif #i love the amount of sass between these two #killjoys s1e6

[napalmchugger]

Pokemon type-related shenanigans for today. Get floated, idiot.

#my creation (is it real?) #I know that trainers technically can't use their Pokémon's powers on their own but shhh. Its for the funny #radiohead #radiohead fanart #digital art #jonny greenwood #thom yorke #Pokemon

[moregraceful]

sign by frausorge

Thom is good with kids.

An achy, expertly executed 100 word drabble that captures the past/present/future anxieties and possibilities that spin out in front of you're young and brave. I think about it constantly. Another banger from frausorge.

For @hrpffandomeventblog's April event: moodboards. Photos: 1, 2 & 3, 4. Translation: "Now the couch is full again, fun to have the gang at home" [Instagram story from Fimpen Eklund, William Eklund's dad.]

#a 100 word fic that knocked me on my ASS #when william makes a random comment....and thom decides to be brave....i go apeshit #i went back a year on sierra's blog trying to find that top photo of william btw DID NOT FIND IT and had to go to the fkg proshop #it's such a good photo of him...i wish they would continue to make prospects model merch #like could they not have made ethan cardwell model the jumbo beard tank top. do they know the power that would had. #anyway. no one does a drabble like frausorge it must be said #fic rec #hockey for ts #fortunate birdcage fanfictions #birdboardin'

[catz4ever]

The serotonin boost continues...

#lee pace #Thom Browne #photoshoot #his smile has healing powers #sometimes i need reminded of how tall he is

[miraluking-respectfully]

i don't wish to burden op with a reblog full of some stranger's oc meta so i'm making my own post: THIS is Savtas-post-KOTXX-et-al-core

Like. Her ass touches the Eternal Throne & she immediately has to be forcibly restrained from commanding every single ship to fly into the eight nearest suns

#jedi don't experience catholic guilt but i think a woman who tied her adult identity to a religious order that eschews war & #explicitly cautions against reckless pursuit of power would have a little freakout upon becoming God-Empress Of Space #oc: savtas thom

[hugheshugs]

thom and bren are together !! i repeat: thom and bren are together !!

#thomas bordeleau #brendan brisson #via jake sanderson on ig #they're so !! #first of all bren is just such a cutie #and then thom in the back wiggling #i think he was waiting for bren to look at him #they're just besties like that #brissbriss n bords #owen power

[ambraambrose]

I'm a straight woman that is way too much into gay couples, fictional or real and i love it! Had to be said!

#happy pride 🌈 #power couple #malec #shadowhunters #shumdario #harry shum jr #magnus x alec #henren #911 fox #aisha hinds #tracie thoms #matt bomer #simon halls #felix turner #rafael x ronen #ronen rubinstein #rafael silva #t.k. strand #carlos reyes #tarlos #ned weeks #the normal heart #gallavich #denis o'hare #finn wittrock #gay pride #raymond holt x kevin #cameron tucker x mitchell pritchett #love is colorful #matt daddario

[powerfashionblog]

Who: Michael Rainey Jr as Tariq St. Patrick What: Thom Browne Light Blue Cashmere Garment Dyed Half Cardigan Stitch Relaxed 4-Bar Pullover Hoodie - Sold Out Where: 3x02 “Need vs. Greed”

#power #power starz #power ghost #power book ii: ghost #power book 2: ghost #power book 2 #power book ii #michael rainey jr #tariq st. patrick #thom browne #hoodies #season 3 #3x02 #power book 2 season 3 #power book 2 3x02 #power season 3 #power 3x02 #fashion

[katepeoart]

I LOVE THEM UR HONOR

#i will forever use my powers as an artist to draw mine and my friends OCs being in love #dragon age #da #dragon age oc #tabris #grey warden #warden tabris #post: img #tag: art #ch: kivari #ch: thom #fandom: dragon age

[llycaons]

moiraine and siuan were together in the BOOKS TOO??!! damn not reading the entire glossary to figure out what "pillow friends" meant really was a mistake. RJ is still homophobic bc he treated it as a immature relationship of teenagers that ended when they became full aes sedai/not a real sexuality and they both went on to marry men who we are supposed to believe are their "true loves" 🙄 but DAMN

#moiraine's 'true love' is some old dude she spent like two scenes with (it's thom) #siuan's is some asshole general who (read: constantly disrespects and argues with her) #challenges her #it's the exact same romance as the old queen has with her guard guy #a powerful woman needs to be brought in line by a man who's brave enough to argue with her #but there have never been any trans ppl in the books so that's something the show could legitimately improve #wot lb

[madlovenovelist]

Book Review – ‘Hero’ by Perry Moore

All the pressures and anxiety of an origin story of a superhero – who also happens to be gay. Genre: Y/A, Fantasy, LGBTQIA+, No. of pages: 428 The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his dad, Hal’s, pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he’s been asked to join the League–the very organization of superheroes that spurned his father. The most…

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#abilities #book #book review #Casey Carlisle #CritiqueCasey #fantasy #Fiction #gay #Hero #League of Heroes #LGBT #LGBTQIA+ #Novel #Perry Moore #powers #queer #Review #superhero #Thom #Writing #YA #YA Fiction #YA Literature #young adult

[biglisbonnews]

Woody Guthrie posthumously teams up with Dropkick Murphys for an anti-Tory anthem It was nearly 20 years when the Dropkick Murphys visited the Woody Guthrie archives, picked out a random set of unfinished lyrics that vaguely alluded to the band's hometown, and then turned that little pirate shanty into the iconic rock anthem "Shipping Up To Boston." — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/03/17/woody-guthrie-posthumously-teams-up-with-dropkick-murphys-for-an-anti-tory-anthem.html

#Video #dropkick murphys #fascists #labor union #music #solidarity #There is power in a union #this machine kills fascists #tories #union organizing #unions #woody guthrie #Thom Dunn #Boing Boing

[krispyweiss]

Songwriter/Producer Thom Bell Dies at 79

- “He was a great talent and my dear friend,” Bell’s Mighty Three partner Kenny Gamble says

Songwriter and producer Thom Bell, who along with his Mighty Three partners Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, helped establish the Sound of Philadelphia, died Dec. 22 at 79.

The cause is unknown.

Bell “was a great talent and my dear friend,” Gamble said in a statement. “Rest in peace, buddy.”

Nile Rodgers eulogized Bell as “one of the greatest writers and producers of all time” on Twitter.

Bell’s writing credits include the Delfonics’ “La-La Means I Love You,” the Spinners’ “Rubberband Man,” the Stylistics’ “Betcha By Golly Wow” and the O’Jays’ “Backstabber” among other tracks.

“He didn't make sounds, he WAS a sound,” songwriter Diane Warren said of Bell. “Too many classics to name here, but music wouldn't be the same without him.“

Bell was “one of the greatest record producers that ever lived,” Tower of Power’s Emilio Castillo said in a statement.

“He was my biggest influence as far as record production and I studied his production techniques in the early ’70s when we recorded some of our greatest music,” he said. “I remember going to sleep listening to the Spinners album and waking up and playing it all the way to the studio each day.“

Huff, the third of the Mighty Three, said Bell was “my favorite musician, arranger, songwriter and music producer of all time.

“It was my esteemed honor and pleasure to work with him creatively and as a business partner.”

12/23/22

#thom bell #the mighty three #kenny gamble #leon huff #nile rodgers #chic #the delfonics #the spinners #the o’jays #the stylistics #diane warren #emilio castillo #tower of power

[catz4ever]

Our favorite smile...❤️

#lee pace #thom browne #please send help #his smile has healing powers #every inch of him is perfect #i want to run my fingers through those curls