👀 so did you isten to any good and new music in april
i was gonna hold off and wait until jessie ware's album released tonight to make this post but i THINK im gonna want to do a mini live-blog of that album and this post is already massive enough as is sooo
April Faves!
Newly Released:
"High Life" by Bloc Party. Fun vibes. Very relaxed and I think is quite great for the warmer weather and driving with the windows down. Great riffs in this song.
"Dead Wood" by Enter Shikari. Enter Shikari is a weird band for me because I was SUUUPER into their original demos that you could download off like... mypace? And then I forgot they existed. Until this album? So that's CRAZY that they're still here it's been 15 years since I cared about them. Anyways, this song is like... kinda theatrical and WEIRD but not in a theatrical way. It has a bunch of string instruments and a sense of foreboding, I like it. One of the more "for beginners" track on a fairly experimental album. Need to listen to the album more cause I'm unsure if this is my favorite. "Bloodshot" is a great combo of more high speed electronic influences crashing their more hardcore influences. Dubstep energy without the dubstep.
"Be the One" by Bree Runway and Khalid. Radio friendly song of the summer. Vocal chemistry off the charts. Just sweet and soothing.
"GLBTM (Studio Outtakes)" by Daft Punk. Made me cry. I miss Daft Punk so fucking much. Beautiful instrumental.
"冷たい風 (30 Universe Ver)" by Penicillin. Jrock, if you couldn't tell by the Japanese title. It's okay if you don't like listening to non-English music but plEASE listen to the guitar shredding at ~2:27.
"Angel" by Shygirl and Fatima Al Qadiri. ETHEREAL AND HAUNTING.
"Coup" by Frost Children. Earlier, I made a post about how my music taste is getting worse... this album and this song inspired that post. The Medic Droid meets 100 Gecs. Just stupid electronic music it's EMBARRASSING. "Angel's Thoughts" is also an electro banger.
Choosing a song off the new Buck-Tick album is hard. It's all a banger to me but I suppose I really love Namonaki Watashi and the contrast between the way the instrumental feeling like it's sparkling and the strong emphasis of his vocals. Scarecrow is also great, just has a nice intensity throughout the whole thing.
"Midnight Dreams" by Ellie Goulding. Putting out a disco-inspired dance album in the same month as Jessie Ware was BRAVE but I think this album is pretty refreshing. It's just extremely proficient at being... a dance album Ellie Goulding would make, y'unno?
"I'll Remember for Me, I'll Remember for You" by Yaeji. An odd choice from this album, since it's more an interlude than a full song. But I just love that it's this moment of calm on an experimental, erratic and yet there's a creeping sense of... wariness over it all.
"D N D" by Apink. The only Kpop on the list so far?? Grown women showing off vocals while feeling like cotton candy.
"Vinglevingle" by Heize. More kpop except it has more a 2010s eurodance vibe but like... matured.
Came out 3/30 but that is April to me. "Zodiac Killa" by Jean Deaux. This is the type of song to play during a montage of a woman driving across the country, running over men, stopping to ransack jewelry stores, before reuniting with her lover, another woman on horseback.
Honorary Mentions:
"Say it to Me" by Otto Knows. It's a dance track. You know how it is.
"She Don't Mind" by Karencici. I could see Tinashe doing this song except it's largely in mandarin, so like... if Tinashe could sing in mandarin. Talking about Tinashe, it's not her best track, but "Who's Taking You Home" with Kyle is solid enough and also from this month.
"Isumad (Lakim Remix)" by Cookiee Kawaii. I liked this entire album but I choose this one just for having a run time over 3 minutes, a rarity for her! Funky remix. Another take on a nostalgia sound but modernized perfectly.
De De Mouse put out multiple releases, they're good. Check out De De Mouse in generic if you want like... annime OPs/EDs ramped up by funk and other more experimental influences.
Technically came out 3/31 but WHATEVER. "Vampire" by Kvi Baba, the Trigun Stampede OP guy.
Not Released in April:
"Writhe" by Daine. 100 gecs but more emo.
"Over You" by Daddy DJ. Sorry... Daddy DJ really is just like... comfort music at this point. Peak 2000s dance music.
"Mercurial" by Silica Gel, a korean rock band. Love the vocal effect for this song. Just love the resonating nature.
"Wings of Time" by Tame Impala, the song they did for Dungeons and Dragons. Throwback roooooock sound. Blare it with the windows down while driving past a beach at sunset. Trust me it's a vibe.
Revisited a looot of Utada this month. "Michi" remains a bop that stuck with me this month. Just good, mature jpop. Not alone not alone not alone!
Rest in Peace Ryuichi Sakamato. There's many songs to really attribute to such an influential figure but sometimes all you need is a straightforward song like Rain.
"Broken Mirror" by Boom Boom Satelittes is some Jrock tha tFUCKS
" Well, I love...I'll tell you what. I love it when serial killa's...have their own lil' thing. I don't approve of serial killa's, but I think -- if you're gonna kill a bunch of people, you might as well...have a lil' fun with it. "
" I feel like you have baseball cards of this guy, you-- "
" I absolutely do not. They don't make serial killa' baseball cards, though, do they ? "
" If they did, you'd probably own them. "
" YOU would own them -- in a heartbeat. "
" Nooo, I think you would own them, too. I'd own them-- "
We have some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the set of Jean Deaux's “Zodiac Killa” music video so check it out and listen to her latest album, HEAVY, right here.
tagged by @xfirebenderx! thanks for tagging me nani! your answers were fascinating!
Nicknames: Mari, Marls (idk how this one came about), Sardines
Zodiac: Leo/Virgo cusp (I was born a day before the cut-off lol)
Height: 5'4 i think? supposedly?
Last Thing I Googled: book internships (your girl is trying desperately to find a job/internship after she graduates this semester LMAO)
Song Stuck In My Head: i’ve listened to love killa so many times now that my mind is literally head empty thoughts only love killa lmao
Number of Followers: 303 (tbh to this day i’m still not sure how i got this many)
Amount of Sleep I Got: uhhh 5 hours? i royally screwed up my sleep schedule over the summer and i have insomnia so i literally can’t even go to sleep until it’s like 3AM... which is horrible bc i have a 9am class this semester so i sleep like a max of 5 hours every night
Lucky Number: 8! because it’s my birth month and i peaked when i was 8 tbh
Favorite Song: U-Kiss’s Someday is definitely still my all-time favorite song
Favorite Instrument: clarinet? i used to play so i’m kinda biased LOL but french horns are also nice and acoustic guitar is really soothing
Dream Job: an editor at a publishing company! (hence the last google search lol)
Aesthetic: i really still don’t have one sO
Favorite Author: i’m a horrible, horrible english major and actually don’t have a favorite author LOL i do have favorite fanfic authors tho? but idk if those count...
Favorite Animal Noise: uhhhh a cat purring? i literally blanked LOL but my friend and i have been talking about how much we want cats and ugh i just miss the cat that lived in my flat last year :<
Random: i’m stressing myself out over applying for two more scholarships to teach in asia which i think is kinda hilarious bc like... i don’t even want to be a teacher in the long run. why am i doing this LMAO
Tagging: i definitely don’t have 15 other people to tag but gonna tag @lovethriller, @bookwan, @nebulouswaters and anybody else who might want to do this! again, feel free to ignore as well!