#everything so far

[emo-and-emo-adjacent]

I can not overstate the impact pinegroves album everything so far had on me in first year university. New friends?? Angelina?? NEED 2???? I heard that shit at the age of 19 and was never the same again

[ari-the-philosopher]

This is my first actual post on tumblr and I wasn’t entirely sure what to do, but I kinda just decided I’d do whatever I felt like and this stupid pinegrove album, Everything So Far, has been on my mind for weeks.

I have a problem with this album- it’s that it’s actually an amazing piece of art and I love it, but the ENDING. It’s a tragedy, truly.

I was recommended the album by a friend and they explained that in the beginning all the songs are shorter and almost feel incomplete, and then after & it explodes and the songs become longer and more colour is brought into the album with the tone. Once I had a listen for myself I 1000% agreed, but I couldn’t get behind the last few songs (which they hadn’t actually listened to).

The whole album leading up to the song Recycling builds in a really powerful way and then Recyling comes on and it’s perfect. Sunday is right after Recycling, and while it’s a good song, Recycling feels like a finale, if I could change the song itself for it to be written as a conclusion I’d extend it to be something like 7/6:37 instead of 4:37.

The last two songs, On Jet Lag and Days play and the end of the album is fully spoiled for me. Personally, On Jet Lag is only mid, and then Days is just not good. Days isn’t a conclusion. It’s possible this was intentional, however there are ways to make songs feel open-ended and still have them serve as a good conclusion, for example, A Matter Of Time in the album Let Live & Let Ghosts by Jukebox the Ghost is a conclusion that gives the listener the question, “Well, what happens next? Where do we go from here?” (This is another amazing album I’d definitely recommend listening to, it’s amazing and I will for sure be doing a separate post for that one at a later date). We can also see great examples of open conclusions in books too, where even though it’s open for the reader to think about what might’ve happened, it’s a satisfying conclusion.

Unfortunately, Everything so Far doesn’t have this satisfying conclusion and it really bothers me as this album is so good and *almost* all the songs are amazing on it and the order of which they are played is well-organized.

For a more complete album, I think switching the placements of Sunday and Recycling and placing On Jet Lag after Sunday. just not having Days. I originally thought that the album could do without On Jet Lag, but after re-listening to the song I found it only sounds mid by association with the last song, it’s honestly just an okay song on its own, but I think it’s a good transition song into the finale.

If I could rearrange the album but I had to keep all the songs, I’d keep it the same for the ending, but put Days somewhere before &.

It’s essential that an album have a killer intro song (New Friends sets the tone so well!! It’s so gooooddd) and a satisfying conclusion (Recycling but slightly longer, please believe me).

I could go on for days about the individual songs in this album, but I will not bore you with that, so I leave you with this.

I love this album to bits, but the ending was atrocious, imo.

Hooray for my first rant/post!

[dirtytransmasc]

the men and boys are innocent too.

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.

[psyduckz]

seeing reddit refugees repeatedly hit their post limits and comment their thoughts on every reblog is kind of refreshing. site migration be damned these guys know how to blog

[dailysongsweeklyalbums]

Everything So Far

artist- Pinegrove

release- 2015

vibe- alt rock/indie folk

track list-

1. New Frends

2. Angelina

3. Problems

4. Need

5. Overthrown

6. Size of the Moon

7. Need 2

8. Namesake

9. V

10. &

11. Unison

12. Palisade

13. The Metronome

14. Mather Knoll

15. Over My Shoulder

16. Peeling off the Bark

17. Morningtime

18. Recycling

19. Sunday

20. On Jet Lag

21. Days

favorite songs- Need 2, Peeling off the Bark, Problems

week 6- 12/27/23

[ash-and-starlight]

sooo so happie to launch into space the art i did for this @zukkabigbang2024 for the beautiful fic

The Mercy of Magpies

written by the wonderful showstopping @ranilla-bean and betaed by the equally iconic @faux-fires. Featuring dilves, birdies, true love, war, crazy plans, dubious plastic surgery and a galaxy far, far away. Please check out the rebloggable fic post with its special cover art here (or jump directly to the fic, I can't blame you, it is That Good)

also, some extra juicy plot relevant characters pop up in later chapters and havent been included for 👀 spoiler reasons 👀 but you can already try to guess who they are who's that pokemon style <3

[chloesimaginationthings]

Do any of you remember Scott's games before FNAF?

[t-hirstreview]

Game Changer Season 6 Finale

[jakejeffreyperalta]

sally jackson is literally the only person ever. she's so amazing. she's perfect. she's so kind it makes people cry. she listens to nirvana. she's beautiful. she fought a bull. she can cook. she's everyone's mother. she's a writer. she sings sad songs and applies them to her life and cries. she killed her abusive ex husband and sold him to get money for an apartment. she used to work at a candy store and bring percy samples of his favourite flavours. she shot a monster with a police gun in the middle of a war. she started making food blue because she's petty and she knew it would piss gabe off. she's an icon. she's the moment. no. 1 milf. no one's doing it like her.

[roeknowsbest]

“Alaska” by Pinegrove (Cover)

I first saw Pinegrove open for Kevin Devine at Irving Plaza in NYC some years ago. I had won the tickets through my college radio station at that time (WMSC at Montclair State University), and was strongly encouraged by a friend and fellow classmate to get there for the openers, ESPECIALLY Pinegrove. I was somewhat aware of the band, but had never listened. I knew they were based in Montclair. I…

[inkandpaper1]

Pinegrove Cardinal Album Cover

[lazybakerart]

the insanity of wilson claiming house doesn’t know wilson’s medical history like house doesn’t have his own copy of wilson’s file he keeps by his bedside and can’t draw wilson’s fingerprints from memory. girl, he is obsessed with you, who are you kidding with that kind of nonsense. this is the man who fed you speed because you yawned. put a ring on him already.

[brainfullofashes]

THE SMILE ON VAGGIE’S FACE WHEN SHE SAW ADAM GETTING STABBED WHILE EVERYONE IS DISGUSTED IS JUST PURE GOLD