#feeling diskinserted

[pliablehead]

music asks 6, 11, 34, 35

6. from the album you feel is perfect, what three songs would you choose to eliminate if you absolutely had to? -- ohh interesting. let's say if we're saying Get to Heaven, as per my more recent answer, I could probably give up the title track, Fortune 500, annnnddd uhhhh god idk a HARD third choice is maybe To The Blade. which is a phenomenal song, so I'm sure that feels like a crazy choice, but all the other tracks on that album are either so unique that I feel like we'd REALLY be losing something if they were gone, or are personal favorites of mine, or are such huge, huge integral pieces of EE's live set that if they disappeared from their repertoire I think it would be surreal and devastating hahaha. i don't always love/need S/S/W/D on the album but I can't IMAGINE a live gig without it!!!

11. what’s a song that your favorite band doesn’t perform live, but you really wish they would? -- I can give a secondary answer for the same 'favorite band' as the first time I answered this, which is: Supernormal, or I can give a true answer for a secondary 'favorite band' which is yes my god dutch uncles needs to play bellio live. for Me (and for C obviously!!)

34. pick one of your favorite bands/artists and choose a song by them that you associate with each season -- oh! amazing! Okay in the interest of diversifying and NOT just saying EE for everything, let's go with my dude Matt Duncan, especially since I had 2 of the 4 answers right off the bat: The Keys is summer (most of Soft Times as an album is very summery), Lite Brite is winter (it was first released in December '16 and it was REALLY formative for me then!). For spring I think the answer is Beacon, and for autumn aka SPOOKY SEASON I will say his Halloween bop The Frankenstep! >:) haha

35. name two musicians who haven’t already collaborated on anything who you think would sound great together -- okay but I NEED Matt Duncan and Jonah Scott to work on something together. Even if it's just like, hanging out and eating some sandwiches. i've never met two bros who have more compatible creative sensibilities. I literally attended an Altogether show and then a Matt Duncan late-nite show on the same night and I tried soooo hard to make this happen I'm rooting for you guys

[iloveriddles]

Who up meeting they brand new image? Who up burning they candle out so nobody else can see? Who up looking inside through holes in the sky? Who up feeling Diskinserted? Who up opening they mirror and swallowing the key? Who up chasing clouds, counting sheep? Who up surrendering to they voices in the end? Who up

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

She Looked Like Me! • Killing Time • True Blue Interlude • Image • Death & Romance • Fear, Sex • Vampire in the Corner • Watching T.V. • Tunnel Vision • Love Is Everywhere • Feeling DiskInserted? • That's My Floor • Cry for Me • Angel on a Satellite • The Ballad of Matt & Mica

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[lunisouler]

hello! this is starl*ghtomatic on a sideblog. if you remember the post i made in november, i asked folks if they shared certain views on isr*el/pal*stine with me (namely, being nonz*onist and also being troubled by the antisemit*sm in the pro-pal*stine movement), with the intention of creating a tumblr community. i have now created it! unfortunately, i got myself shadowbanned sending invites to it. so instead i'll put the invite link in this post and just tag everyone who replied to or reblogged that post. sorry if you're recieving this a second time, i can't see my messages so i'm not sure who already got an invite.

please don't post this link publicly, but it's okay to send to a few friends if they'd be interested. also, please don't rb this post!

here you go!

tagging: @fmluder24 @maxinemartinsdrill @valhoushite @brainscrems @inkmage13 @marshvlovestv @jameshurleyhateblog @mantisblues @cervidaedalus @thesetwoutes @the-one-eyed-seer @spira-virgo @nomorecaffeineforyou @fitzrainer @laitrus @feygaleh @earth-based-jew @mandatorywash @focaccia-nose @julcheninred @saharathorn @otsukare-katsukare @shy-magpie @oswin-stark @cass1x1 @voicelessalveolartrill @sinatrasmafiaconnections @coffeewhiskeysleeprepeat @lowereastnowhere @haberdashing @raventropy @coolreader18 @cybergardenities @knives-in-the-dishwater @mybluedecember @voidpussyblur @confusedlamp @nelletronic @oaky-dokey @worry-about-it @noa-alpaca @feeling-diskinserted @supervor @its-waffle-time @jungleboy-cruise @ohthewhomanity @i-post-posts @stellarsarah @chaoticcosmonaut @graciecatfamilyband @lesbiancapybara @gayandtrashy @levantra @monadcookies @ceriseofthesky @strangesmallbard @originalbookworm @pelennorfeels @rinielelrandir @birbbro @the-indoor-kites @badkatdesigns @yidpunk @sch-uwu-lchen @doctordragon @zeugmalitotes @mermensch @failure-artist @nonamenotitles @ihtstff @stargirl1331 @evisceratedarchangel @nebulousboundsfloof @galikobia @-psycho- @stavarosthearcane @dojewishuponastar @marypenelope @rosetyler42 @fledermaus-and-gerald @pajamajedi

[vexedtonightmares]

imaginal disk, open wide, bloodless hehehehe

omg bro this is gonna be SO hard. ok ok locking in.

imaginal disk:

death & romance

cry for me

image

fear, sex

killing time

she looked like me!

the ballad of matt & mica

angel on a satellite

watching tv

vampire in the corner

tunnel vision

love is everywhere

that’s my floor

true blue interlude

feeling diskinserted?

open wide:

all i got is you

even though

open wide

eddie in the darkness

little things

your house

concrete

x-ray

the charms

billy (yeah yeah yeah)

still young

again

a question of you

bloodless:

bovine excision

pants

carousel

north poles

fair game

spine oil

lizard

hole in a frame

dare

sacred

craziest person

proof

biscuits intro

send me an album and i’ll give you my ranking

[rabbitechoes]

wow!!! august was a pretty stacked month for new releases and it seems like september will be pretty busy too. there were quite a few great records this month - one being my current album of the year. also trying out a new format so these posts will be easier to navigate. i've started linking to the full reviews on my rym page instead of just pasting them over here. i figure it's much easier to get through that way!! to check out my thoughts on some of the songs that dropped this month click here!!! also feel free to follow me on rate your music and twitter <3

Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay

🥇 BEST ALBUM OF THE MONTH

◇ released: Aug. 23, 2024 ◇ genres: neo-psychedelia, synthpop, chillwave, dance-pop

to call it a triumph would be an understatement, the sophomore album from Magdalena Bay is a delicately detailed experience that doubles as an immensely enjoyable pop record. to put it simply, i'm feeling diskinserted 💿

my review of Imaginal Disk

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Sky Hundred - Parannoul

◇ released: Aug. 3, 2024 ◇ genres: shoegaze, noise pop, emo, indietronica

on his strongest album yet, Parannoul further refines his sound without sacrificing the scrappiness that made his music so endearing in the first place. my review of Sky Hundred

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NO NAME - Jack White

◇ released: July 19, 2024 / Aug. 2, 2024 ◇ genres: garage rock revival, hard rock, garage punk

Jack White has crafted a staggering garage rock record that perfectly soundtracks a world on fire. my review of NO NAME

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Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

◇ released: Aug. 30, 2024 ◇ genres: singer-songwriter, art rock, gospel, baroque pop

unlike the more meditative approach of 2019's Ghosteen, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return with a renewed sense of urgency and a striking crop of songs that are sure to make u feel something. my review of Wild God

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cheshire days - ashley ninelives

◇ released: Aug. 10, 2024 ◇ genres: glitch pop, neo-psychedelia, synthpop

the long-awaited new album from ashley ninelives is filled to the brim with exciting ideas and vibrant production that's easy to get lost in.

my review of cheshire days

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I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU - JPEGMAFIA

◇ released: Aug. 1, 2024 ◇ genres: experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop, rap rock

JPEGMAFIA is here to stay … whether u like it or not. my review of I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU

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Romance - Fontaines D.C.

◇ released: Aug. 23, 2024 ◇ genres: indie rock, alternative rock, post-britpop

Fontaines D.C. shed their gothic veneer in favor of warmer sounds on their new record, while unfortunately stumbling into style over substance territory amidst a few incredible tunes.

my review of Romance

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Flight b741 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

◇ released: Aug. 9, 2024 ◇ genres: boogie rock, roots rock, blues rock

the refreshing collaborative spirit of this new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard record is its biggest strength, but not enough to make this an essential project in their vast discography. my review of Flight b741

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Paradise State of Mind - Foster the People

◇ released: Aug. 16, 2024 ◇ genres: synthpop, nu-disco, chillwave

the fourth album from Foster the People, my favorite band when i was in 6th grade, is an existential ode to synth funk and disco of the 70s/80s that sounds great, but doesn't leave much of a lasting impression.

my review of Paradise State of Mind

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Quantum Baby - Tinashe

◇ released: Aug. 16, 2024 ◇ genres: alternative r&b, trap soul, pop rap

the second installment in Tinashe's BB/ANG3L trilogy is a substantial step down from the first primarily due to its reliance on more mainstream pop/r&b sounds.

my review of Quantum Baby

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Cellophane Memories - Chrystabell & David Lynch

◇ released: Aug. 2, 2024 ◇ genres: ambient pop, ethereal wave, ambient, drone

David Lynch always has a strong vision for what he wants to convey in his art, but unfortunately, this new collaboration with Chrystabell isn't one of his most worthwhile endeavors. my review of Cellophane Memories

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Short n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter

◇ released: Aug. 23, 2024 ◇ genre: pop

Sabrina Carpenter's new album should be a bold statement priming her to be the next big thing, but instead it just falls into the same exhausted clichés we've all come to expect with big mainstream pop releases.

my review of Short n' Sweet

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Aghori mhori mei - Smashing Pumpkins

◇ released: Aug. 2, 2024 ◇ genre: alternative rock

Smashing Pumpkins' surprise new album isn't as horrible as their garish rock opera ATUM, but it's just as self-indulgent and outright boring as what we’ve come to expect from the band.

my review of Aghori mhori mei

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F-1 Trillion (Long Bed) - Post Malone

◇ released: Aug. 16, 2024 ◇ genres: contemporary country, country pop

Post Malone sticks out like a sore thumb in every genre he inhabits and that continues to be the case with his first full-length country album - his worst record thus far by a considerable margin.

my review of F-1 Trillion (Long Bed)

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Vultures 2 - Ye & Ty Dolla $ign

◇ released: Aug. 3, 2024 ◇ genres: pop rap, trap, alternative r&b

Ye and Ty Dolla Sign return with a disastrous album full of anthems for divorced dads who were most certainly in the wrong.

my review of Vultures 2

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Popular Monster - Falling in Reverse

◇ released: Aug. 16, 2024 ◇ genres: alternative metal, trap, rap metal

no.

my review of Popular Monster

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this section will be used on occasion to briefly discuss projects i didn't write full reviews for, but i still think are worth checking out. beginning with ...

Sophcore - Moses Sumney

A decent EP, but I would be lying if I said I was a little letdown. Still very pleasant on the ears, just lacking in substance. Sumney still has a very striking voice. Here's hoping the next project is a bit more substantial.

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Some Songs I Wish I Wrote Vol. 1 - This Is The Glasshouse

I didn't have high expectations for a covers EP, but this one really floored me. I really loved his album from last year, As Small As Ants, and it seems as though he's only getting better. He has a really good ear for layered instrumentation, it's certainly this EP's strongest aspect. The arrangements for his cover of Xiu Xiu's "Sad Pony Guerilla Girl" and Steve Reich's "Clapping Music" were big highlights in particular. Definitely give this a listen!

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The Vault - Maruja

A few months after their Connla's Well EP, Maruja surprise dropped a compilation full of improv jam sessions. It's a bit of an undertaking, but for those who are fans of the band this is definitely a treat. There are so many cool instrumental passages here and it brilliantly showcases how many brilliant ideas are swarming around when the band is in the studio. Their chemistry is off the charts. Here's hoping we get some weird jam stuff on their full-lenght debut, whenever that comes out.

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[feeling-diskinserted]

after twelve years i'm long overdue for my first ever url change, i don't really identify with this one anymore / haven't really been into of monsters and men specifically for a long time

the obvious would be something related to everything everything bc that has been my main obsession for a while and there's a lot of good lyric snippets and such to choose from

however

i am currently very much enjoying imaginal disk and im seeing magdalena bay in a couple days and the phrase "feeling diskinserted" is just so clever and fun and it happens to be available so im saving it and might just yolo it

[mimihime]

Oh a thought. Every music video so far begins with a scene that directly relates to the end of song that comes before it in the album (or in Death & Romance’s case, starts with the scene in end of Image’s mv). While every Imaginal Disk song seamlessly transitions into the following song, the way the beginning & end of the current music videos are set up makes me think we will get a music video for every song on the album. The scene in the beginning of That’s My Floor showing people applauding red True can easily be tied in with Love is Everywhere & Feeling DiskInserted? and the end of the music video very clearly shows the setup for the inevitable Cry For Me music video.

I can also just see Matt & Mica making music videos for every song on the album lol

[adri-g0]

Feeling DiskInserted?

[edwardsisland]

feeling DiskInserted

[brookewallacedesign]

Feeling DiskInserted? Check out the new Imaginal Disk stickers on my etsy~!

Decided to go for something Windows 95-coded when designing these, and ended up with a Magdalena Bay installation "Disk" including desktop icon and dialog box designs.

[iloveriddles]

Imaginal Disk Storyline + Lore.

Okay, this is all opinion and my theories.

From What I can tell, “Imaginal Disk” is about two people: our protagonist, True, and a sub-protagonist of sorts, Ghost.

True lives in a house away from town. All she can do in her house is watch TV and journal.

True hates herself, and has never felt loved, or really sees love anywhere. She is very depressed. She can’t bear to look at herself in the mirror, even. She hates the way she looks, as we see on the mirror from imaginaldisk.world in True’s room. Her face is all distorted and swirled if you click it.

She never sleeps because she “spends her days chasing clouds and counting sheep, waiting for the night to creep”.

She does this because in the field outside her house, during night, a mirror appears and in it she sees a person who looks like her. This is Ghost. I am not sure if this happens every single night, or just some, but True seems dedicated to talking to Ghost at any chance she can take.

Ghost sleeps every night well and wakes up to be in the field, opposite to True. At her side of the mirror, it’s daytime.

I know their names because of the journals in True’s bedroom, where the lyrics for Fear, Sex are handwritten with the name “Ghost” at the top, and the lyrics for Killing Time are written on the first page with with the name “True”.

Ghost, to True, is beautiful in every way. She’s pretty, she’s perfect. She is loved and happy, and True isn’t. Ghost is the “Angel on a satellite”, I am 99% sure. True, from speculation, lives vicariously in a way through Ghost. She wishes she could be Ghost, and it kills her. There’s even symbolism here with Ghost’s lover in the Death & Romance video being made of light and featureless. It’s like exactly what True wants, to “be pined for” as she says in Killing Time (“I don’t care if I don’t sleep // but someone better pine for me”), but she can’t imagine by whom because she has no love interest. She just wants faceless love. She wants to feel like she matters in some way, like she is worthy of time. “There’s always time for killing, but never time for me. It only takes a minute”, she sings in Killing Time.

It’s so sad =( she’s right, though. That’s how it feels. People have time to waste and do nothing, but not time to help their close ones when they’re in a low place. It’s neither party’s fault, but still “True”.

True’s room is also the same layout as Ghost’s, but opposite. I think they are maybe versions of themselves from parallel universes or something like that. There is also implication that they start seeing through each other’s eyes in intervals, and we see this a little at the end of the Death & Romance video when she touches the Disk. I think their brains are connected in some way.

As mentioned, True hates herself and is miserable. I think this is why she gets the Imaginal Disk. We know she watches TV, so she probably saw the ad “True Blue Interlude” which is between Killing Time and Image. Image is her getting diskinserted and going to The Doctor. In the advertisement, it seems to be singing to her. It even says her name, “True”. It’s advertised as being a next stage and phase, it’s like the perfect form of escaping for True. She doesn’t want to be herself, she wants to be “Pure” and a “better her”. I also wonder if True Blue Interlude has hypnotic properties in canon, or anything like that. It’s interesting how this changes Image so much if you know the story. “I’m the best you’ve got, *true* or not?”

We are missing music videos so I am not certain about some stuff. They said on Instagram that they’re making one for Tunnel Vision, which I am 90% certain it will be another True song. True’s eyes do the weird blink thing in the Fear, Sex music video. Also, in “That’s My Floor” the camera zooms into her eyes and she LITERALLY has “Tunnel Vision”.

Also from the “That’s My Floor” music video, we know that after getting her disk True wears red like The Doctor instead of her blue, and starts assisting him in diskinserting. There is so much speculative stuff here right now. For example, I wonder if The Doctor is supposed to be True’s universe’s version of the glowing light guy that Ghost is with. I don’t know, but it changes the songs A LOT if you know that the lyrics are in character. Some songs are Ghost songs, and others are True songs.

In “That’s My Floor”’s music video she accidentally kills the people dancing with her indirectly because she gave them the disks (speculation) so she runs away. This lines up with “The Outskirts” from the website. It says to “walk down and atone for your sins”, also also that “the weight of your guilt should be slowing you down more than that”.

I think it’s about True’s guilt for all she’s done with the Imaginal Disk. When it zooms into her stomach camera? It shows what I think is the reality she actually wants. She wants to remove their disks; but she doesn’t. I also don’t know if Ghost is actually there, or if she’s hallucinating/imagining her to be.

“Love Is Everywhere”, is a Ghost song. She says to “look through the holes in the sky” to “find Love”. I also think Cry For Me might be a Ghost song, because she says “Think of Love and you’ll remember me”. I wonder if she’s going to be killed off or something. This would be foreshadowed by “DEATH and romance”. Maybe The solid light guy (whom I assume went into The Cocoon at The Outskirts) dies, so Ghost does too? Not sure. Speculation.

In Angel on a Satellite, a song I believe to be about Ghost, True sings “A thousand eyes turn to stone and monochrome // surprise, surprise // they turn to smile at the same time”

Followed by

“That’s why I don’t look up // That’s why I’m always dancing”

I think this is symbolism for her depression and inability to feel love.

The “eyes” can’t feel; they only watch. They symbolize people around her. They’re “stone” and “monochrome” because they are cold and reflective onto her, these represent people in her life that she can’t show her misery around. Like being depressed and having to hide it from your family, or friends that say “I’m always here to listen” but do not mean it in the slightest. She’s “always dancing” because she’s masking her loneliness and self-hate for those watching her.

True has never left love. We know she doesn’t truly. She sings about it multiple times. I think this part of She Looked Like Me! Is about Ghost

“Her hair lifted as she stood still

Right there in the light And she felt like a dream

I didn't know what to think

She looked like me

We stood mirrored 'til I leaned in And then you know what she did

She shot at me like an earthbound bullet

And then she wrapped her hands around my neck and I felt love

Just ordinary love

Let me hold you in my arms

Oh, love, that familiar old drug”

I don’t think Ghost literally strangled her, but instead it’s more poetic symbolism.

In Angel on a Satellite, True sings “I swear that through your eyes everything is brighter all the time // ‘cause when I see me through your eyes I love me, so don’t leave my side // you always see the sky, angel on a satellite”

Ghost “sees the sky” by seeing and feeling love. She literally “looks up”. She’s optimistic, True isn’t. She can’t look up.

Another little detail I’ve noticed is how in Love Is Everywhere, I presume Ghost sings “Look inside through the sky all around us” in the same melody that True sings “Angel on a satellite, glad you found us” in “Feeling Diskinserted?”

I think that the album will end with True going to the cocoon and becoming her ACTUAL “Purest self”. If you spell “Imaginal Disk” with a “c” instead of a “k” at the end, it’s literally a part of a pupa. The Imaginal disc turns into portions of a bug’s exoskeleton after it emerges from its metamorphosis. So, on a literal level, the real Imaginal disk that changes you was THE COCOON ALL ALONG. Maybe the Doctor is doing a shady internet scam trick where you change the URL by one letter and pass it off.

The detail here is so interesting. Even down to their names True is literally her True self. She can’t be anyone else. It’s reality. Ghost on the other hand is like the Ghost of everything True wants to be.

I also noticed: The Doctor’s laughter from Fear, Sex plays in the bridge of Cry For Me. I bet we will get a music video for it. I wonder what is happening with the Ghost and aliens storyline.

Anyways, I have so much to say about this. I have more even than this. We are missing music videos so I will be back. I also have to talk about the alien observation plot, but that needs more pondering.

[solreefswift]

i lost the person who tagged me so.

Feeling DiskInserted? - magdalena bay

sun bleached flies - ethel cain

oh my - alessi rose

pretty world - alessi rose

strangers - ethel cain

beaches - beabadoobee

IKYK - alessi rose

take a bite - beabadoobee

love is everywhere - magdalena bay

let it be - the beatles

Rules: Shuffle your "On Repeat" playlist and post the first 10 songs, then tag 10 friends!

I was tagged by @wanttoseeyoucrybitch

1. Olivia Rodrigo - ... so american

2. Taylor Swift - Down Bad

3. Chappell Roan - Femininomenon

4. Taylor Swift - Guilty As Sin?

5. Florence + The Machine - Kiss With A Fist

6. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me

7. Nirvana - Dumb

8. Lana Del Rey - Shades Of Cool

9. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Jet Black Heart

10. Taylor Swift - loml

tagging (not 10, bc i don't have so many friends here lol) (sorry for bothering, everyone)

@hannbonann @coffee-n-kush @snowy-wife @whiterace @cvptainbucky @bookishteardrops

[feeling-diskinserted]

ofmonstersandmintcookies -> feeling-diskinserted