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okay but do they ACTUALLY?

All men do is LIE

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“we're not sure of the BREACH location, but we are willing to risk being smeared in order to find it."

This was one of the first Clancy letters from 2018 oh my god I hate this band

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HE TAPED OPEN HIS EYES YALL THATS WHY THERE WAS NO SLOW BLINK BACK OPEN OR FULL CLOSE. HE FORCED THEM BACK OPEN AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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what the hell sure.

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No literally

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✦ THESE LYRICS AREN’T FOR EVERYONE ONLY FEW UNDERSTAND. ✦

Glad to be able to participate in @artbytheclique’s Blurryface10 collab for Message Man!! My favorite song of Blurryface. I hope I did it justice but I went more of a simpler idea. Thank you so much for choosing me to participate!!

Lineart is all done digitally and colored traditionally, and the text are traditional too, made with stickers!

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DOUBLE ALBUM TRUTHERS WE WIN FOREVER

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if you're not aware, internet archive has over 400 live recordings of The Mountain Goats in concert going back to like 2005. these are all free to listen to and download. I could probably spend the rest of my life just listening to The Mountain Goats live in concert. if it weren't for the horrors

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I attended a The Oh Hellos ( @theohfficialhellos )  concert this past Friday, which happened to coincide with Good Friday.  One of there songs, Caesar, describes Christ’s Passion, so I had to make a comic and give it to them (I was able to give it to their merch guy, I hope the rest of band saw it!)

On an aside, that night, the concert, was particularly healing for me, as I’ve been going through some dark valleys lately.  Sometimes Gods love appears in the form of a banjo ya know?

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thus always to tyrants by the oh hellos is. is maybe the best piece of media i have ever found. the entire album. oh my god?

first. the album is basically about two people (lovers, maybe, wormwood and the patient) and and they r. not good for each other :( they r both aware of this yet one has so much love in their heart for someone they know is trying to hurt them they cant even bring themselves to get mad. get angry they cant because no amount of manipulation would ever come close to getting them to do all the bad things their partner wants them to. its. its amazing. "will you greet the daylight looming" no hatred, no madness of being betrayed and wishing harm upon them, just hope for them to get better.

"will you leave your shaded hollow?" IM WEAK.

and. and dear wormwood too?? the one time they have ever felt anger towards wormwood and its not even bad or wishing any harm on them. "i know who you are now, and i name you my enemy" is the harshest thing they will ever say to them.

exeunt. "so, my little dove, im afraid, i am leaving" when leaving the guy who manipulated, hurt, and gaslit them, they still remain kind.

the oh hellos what storytellers you are. telling the story of betrayed lovers, one attempting to bring the other to commit cruel acts of sin, the other showing not only do they have the agency to leave, their soul would never have allowed them to be so corrupted in the first place. wormwoods attempts would all be in vain.

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I just wrote 230 words about two lines in Exeunt, which is a testiment to both my own tendancy to overanalyze and The Oh Hellos' songwriting brilliance.

I'm also having thoughts about Dear Wormwood and the Three Act Struture, and the fact that The Oh Hellos said that Through the Deep, Dark Valley and Dear Wormwood are about the past and future of the same protagonist, so that's been pretty interesting.

So, I’m still alive.

I know it’s been aeons since my last Dear Wormwood song analysis, but I absolutely haven’t quit doing them.

A LOT has changed since my There Beneath analysis. The good news is, I’m now in a place where I can concentrate on what I love: storytelling and storytelling analysis. For this blog, that means I’m back in business!

More good news: I was looking at my past analyses and I realized I have more I want to add!

I’m going to read The Screwtape Letters and Til We Have Faces and restart analyzing Dear Wormwood from the top. If that sounds interesting to you, keep an eye out!

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can u recommend some bands? i think i like ur music taste and i am terrible at finding music

ty :)

of COURSE I can <3 you’ve probably heard of some of these, but maybe there’ll be some you haven’t! I don’t know what you already like, so… here we go :)

Hozier. Yeah this was always going to be first on the list I’m currently listening to basically nothing else! He’s an Irish folk/soul/blues/etc idk musician who uses a lot of religious and mythological themes in his lyrics and has a lot of songs that include social justice commentary.

The Amazing Devil is a folk rock band with an incredibly unique sound. Their songs are incredibly emotional and have an awesome fantasy vibe going on—plus there’s two singers, and they often sing independently from each other, which is something you don’t see often!

Good Morning Bedlam is a bluegrass band that I’ve gotten into recently! They’re sort of like… a mix of the amazing devil and the crane wives?

The Crane Wives, while we’re at it, and

The Oh Hellos. they’re fairly similar and I don’t have a ton to say about their stylistic differences, but they’re all definitely worth checking out!

Florence & The Machine. Most people have heard of them but I always like to recommend them anyway

Alec Benjamin, if you’re into softer indie music! He has a lot of different styles of lyrics, but his voice is consistent, so he’s great to listen to if you’re looking for that sort of variety.

Chxrlotte doesn’t have a lot of music out, but I’m a big fan of the music she has released, including the ones about Good Omens! The others are more angsty which I love too.

The Family Crest is an orchestral indie pop rock band, which blows my mind. I can’t believe orchestra isn’t a more utilized tool in popular lyrical music, because they do it so well.

Good Kid is actually my brother’s favorite band, and I love them too. They’re also indie rock, but they have a very distinctive style and are easy to get into! Plus they haven’t released a shit ton of songs like some other artists, so it isn’t overwhelming to explore their discography.

Jonatha Brooke is an artist I only know about because my mom liked her music a lot in the 90s, but she’s got a super nice voice and has some awesomely relatable lyrics. I especially recommend her album Ten Cent Wings!

Midlake is a super melodic folk rock band. I’m obsessed with their album The Courage of Others, which has a melancholy vibe that’s super easy to get lost in.

Palaye Royale is harder rock than anyone else on the list so far, but they’ve got an awesome style. Unique voice and definitely darker themes in their lyrics.

Tears for Fears is a pop rock band that I love because my dad does. (My parents are musicians—I trust their music taste).

Toad the Wet Sprocket got their name from Monty Python, but PLEASE go listen to the Architect of the Ruin EP. You will not regret it. Also the song Something’s Always Wrong is like… entrenched in my very being.

Elbow is a band that I never see in fandom circles, but they’re definitely not obscure. Check out their album Little Fictions! They’re kind of like Midlake.

Will Wood ranges from chaotic and fun (The Normal Album) to absolutely soul-crushing (in case I make it)! Sometimes even both at the same time!

(I would’ve also put Paramore, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and other rock/pop punk bands I like on there, but I assumed you already know them.) (If you were looking for harder rock or metal, let me know, because this list is not that.)

If you want more genre-specific recs or even album/song recs, don’t hesitate to ask!! Music is the fuel of my soul.

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Patches made to be put on a flannel

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Even more songs that make me feel a Certain Way

*drops another one of these and runs* “Ship In A Bottle” Fin Argus

“Danse Macabre” The Oh Hellos

“Welly Boots “ The Amazing Devil

“To Be Alone” Hozier

“Foolishly Wrong” Autoheart

“The Old Witch Sleep And The Good Man

Grace” The Amazing Devil

“Hallelujah” Autoheart 

“That Unwanted Animal” The Amazing Devil

“The Ghost On The Shore” Lord Huron

“The Horror And The Wild” The Amazing Devil

“Cleopatra” The Lumineers

“Notre dame” Paris Paloma

“Lent” Autoheart 

“Runaway” AURORA

“My Love Will Never Die” AG(Folk)

“As It Was” Harry Styles

“Golden Dandelions” Barns Courtney

“Stay Alive” José Gonzalez 

“Into The Wild” LP

“The Wind Forest” Anime Kei

“Your Better Half” JT Music

“Moscow” Autoheart

“Through Me (The Flood)” Hozier

“Lonesome Dreams” Lord Huron

“King And Lionheart” Of Monsters And Men

“Frozen Pines” Lord Huron

“Swan Upon Leda” Hozier

“Legend of Ashitaka Theme” Anime Kei

“A Town Where You Can See the Ocean”Anime Kei

pt.1, pt.2, pt.3

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Boreas By The Oh Hellos, & Animation By Louie Zong

Promise me That you’ll start where I end And I promise to give you Everything that I am (On and on and on) We’ll go on and on and on In the end All I hope for Is to be a bit of warmth for you When there’s not a lot of warmth left To go around

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So, I’m still alive.

I know it’s been aeons since my last Dear Wormwood song analysis, but I absolutely haven’t quit doing them.

A LOT has changed since my There Beneath analysis. The good news is, I’m now in a place where I can concentrate on what I love: storytelling and storytelling analysis. For this blog, that means I’m back in business!

More good news: I was looking at my past analyses and I realized I have more I want to add!

I’m going to read The Screwtape Letters and Til We Have Faces and restart analyzing Dear Wormwood from the top. If that sounds interesting to you, keep an eye out!