#anemoi albums

[soapcan18]

EVERYONE I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING REALLY COOL

So these are the Anemoi album covers, right? Do you notice a similarity between all of them?

Yes, they all have animals surrounded by a gold ring on them. Obviously there is a lot of symbolism involved with these specific animals and their respective albums, but that’s a whole other conversation.

Right now I want to point out the gold ring— more importantly, how is it changing as the albums progress?

In Notos, the thicker portion of the ring is in the bottom right corner.

In Eurus, that portion is in the top right corner.

In Boreas, it’s in the top left corner.

And in Zephyrus, it’s in the bottom left corner.

THE RING IS GOING IN A CIRCUIT!!!

The thick portion of the ring is moving counterclockwise with each album! And if you go back to Notos after Zephyrus, it’ll be right back at where it started!

This is yet another symbol of the Anemoi albums’ themes of change, cycles, etc. AND IT’S HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT!

How COOL is that??? I just noticed!!

This is even crazier when you add on the fact that the final song you listen to, after going through all the albums, is Rounds.

And what is the ring doing? MAKING ROUNDS!! Going around and around as you keep replaying the albums, repeating the cycle of summer to fall to winter to spring to summer over and over again just as The Oh Hellos intended to convey :)

[oxygenisachoice]

The four winds ❄️🍃💧🍂

[hollowflight-propaganda]

"Cycle of abuse. Cycle of violence." How about the cycle of healing? Why don't we ever talk about the chain reaction that being kind to someone can cause?

[fallen-goldfishcracker]

Me, at some point probably: see they use the phase, babble on, you see, to point out society's need to talk about and enforce our own ideas and worldviews, but it's also a play on words for the word, Babylon, you know the old testament story about a society that was split up and broken apart by language differences, so it's a two part phrase that both critiques our need to always be the loudest and the most correct person in the room, and predicts how our inability to listen to each other will only further drive everyone apart, an idea that is only further expounded on in their later albums, because...

My best friend, probably: cool *thumbs up*

[spotsupstuff]

is noto's name from that one oh hellos song because if so that's so cool i applaud you

its whole family (except Haboob) are half inspired by the Oh Hellos' albums, yes! the firefly on the ending picture is *100%* there cuz of the album tho

[wafflesrisa]

Convinced the Oh Hellos’ four Anemoi Cycle albums are best when listened to on loop in one continuous unshuffled cycle, spring-summer-fall-winter, birth to life to dusk to death, the old wheel turning, over and over again, on and on and on

[the-anemoi]

greetings sir where's your blog title from it's so cool :O

its a reference to the anemoi, or four greek winds! previously had boreas and zephyrus, and now its notus!!

[wolfythewitch]

do you know the band The Oh Hello's, and if you do, whats your favorite song/album? (if you don't know them I highly recommend checking them out they make amazing music and from what I see you like on stream I think you'll love them)

I do!! They're one of my favorite bands :D my favorite song changes lmao, but I think for now they're Dear Wormwood, Hello My Old Heart, and Eat You Alive

Though oughhhhh it's so hard to choose, their anemoi albums always kills me

And the Notos album too ouagahddhd

[deadchovsky]

in a way im grateful that soldier poet king is the only oh hellos song to significantly blow up online, but the downside of that is that it's the only oh hellos song that anyone knows which is a travesty. LISTEN TO THE ANEMOI ALBUMS!!!!!! I"M BEGGING

[soapcan18]

Thought I’d share these for anyone who hasn’t seen them :) They’re the official descriptions for each of the Anemoi albums on The Oh Hellos’ website!

Notos

Notos, the first installment in an ongoing series, is named for the ancient Greco-Roman god of the south wind, who brought storms in the summer. Musically, the record draws from the siblings' memories of summers spent exploring the Pacific Northwest with their grandparents, as well as their experiences with the frequent threat of hurricanes as they grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast. Thematically, the series considers the question: "where did our ideas come from?" Notos recounts a time when the duo weren't even aware there was a question to ask, and reflects on the backfire effect we experience when confronted with new information for the first time.

Eurus

Once that first question posed in the Notos EP is asked — "where did my ideas come from?" — it opens the floodgates to more. While wrestling with them all can ultimately lead to a fuller understanding of the world around you (and leave you with more empathy than you started with), it can also leave you feeling alienated from the communities you used to identify with. Eurus, released in early 2018 as the second installment in a series, is a continued interrogation of our own beliefs, and as Eurus was the wind most closely associated with autumn, the record seeks to capture the feelings of dark woods, dry branches, dead leaves, and wondering who had migrated — you, or your flock?

Boreas

Boreas, the northern wind, ushered in the harsh frosts of lonely winter. The arrangements of this third installment evoke images of snow-blanketed darkness, candlelight behind cupped hands, and a vast night sky ribboned with stars and auroras. As we wrote these songs, we found ourselves confronted with the ways we’ve personally and communally reflected the character of this wind — how we often avoid discomfort, even at the expense of others, until we are left cold, hard, and unfeeling. In this record, we ask the winter to instead kindle us into something warmer and softer than who we’ve been.

Zephyrus

The series concludes. Zephyrus, the final cardinal wind of this project, brought the gentle warmth of spring that summoned up a new year of growth rooted in the fertile ashes of all the structures that keep us isolated and unfeeling — the kind of growth we can see in ourselves, if we can muster the courage to be vulnerable. The arrangements mirror and embrace this shift, rising up like tender leaves breaking through concrete and cascading down like mountain rivers surging with the first thaw of the season. It’s been a long year; thanks for listening.

[hopepunk-humanity]

Ooh, hopepunk music recs? I'd like to put forward the Anemoi series of albums (Notos, Eurus, Boreas, Zephyrus) by the Oh Hellos, especially the last one. They're all about how improving ourselves and the world around us is hard work and there's a lot we have to overcome both within and without ourselves, but it's both well worth it and well within our grasp.

Hopepunk recs

[hollowflight-propaganda]

Why'd I have to name some of my characters after fucking greek gods. Because now i feel inclined to look into the family tree and that shit's more scary than every warrior cat family tree combined.

[jewishdainix]

I CAN YELL YOU ABOUT THE OHE HELLOS!!!!!!! themes of transformation and healing in the anemoi albums.... the sheer Energy in thriuight the deep dark valley DEAR WORMWOOD oh GOD

YEAH!!! Dude. The themes of transformation and healling and letting yourself let go ougj. OUGH.

Literally the entirw thus always to tyrants like BWNDBDHD (<- crying) LET ME DIE LET ME DROWN LAY MY BONES IN THE GROUND I WILL STILL COME AROUND WHEN THW TIME FOR SLEEP IS THROUGH

Soap.SOAP. how much did i need that song you have no idea. No idea. All your sums and your pieces are enough to cleanup all the messe youve made I THINK THAT YOURE WORTH KEEPING ARPUND LIKE FR. FR

And BOREAS. MAYBE THEN MY BREAT HCOULD EMBODY. cold linolium icing my growing pains im (cryibg)

NOTOS. BUT THE WATERS RISING (quicker than light annnd sound) COVER THE SUN AND DROWN IT OUUUT etc. OUGH.

[spotsupstuff]

I just listened to Constellations by The Oh Hellos and dude after seeing the comic about notos getting ascended I literally cried help ME

GJKSLDMCKLGKLS ah yess yesssss my evil mastermind plan of turning all of the four winds albums of Oh Hellos into pain-fests is taking root.............. Gute.

[palisadewasp]

🌿 and 🎤?

"🌿 Describe your favorite outfit."

OH OH OH I KNOW!! It's a white dress underneath a brown skirt that i think is from around the 70s and a white puffy-sleeved shirt with lacy decorations! i try to wear it whenever i can.

"🎤 Is there a song you know all the lyrics to?"

Most songs by The Oh Hellos, really. but if you want one song from each of the anemoi albums, i'd have to say "Constellations", "Hieroglyphs", "Glowing", and "Rio Grande".

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