#i love music so much okay

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Top 9 No-Skip Albums, as tagged by @concertconfetti. this was,,, so fucking hard oh my god, I have so fucking many no-skip albums, narrowing it down to a top 9 was,,, hhhhhh. I made several decisions in the direction of "accurate representation of my music taste" and “formative to me as a person” because if I tried to pick favorites I was literally never going to narrow this bitch down at all.

tagging @storm-and-starlight and uhhhhhh anyone else who wants to do this you can say I tagged you :D

personal lore explanations under the cut!

these are not in any particular order, to be clear, because as stated narrowing this down was a bitch and a half so I'm definitely not trying to rank shit

▶ Folie à Deux by Fall Out Boy

to be entirely honest, the entirety of Fall Out Boy's discography is no-skips the whole way down, but Folie was the very first full album of theirs I heard so obviously it has pride of place. this album is so fucking good, okay, and I'm so glad that people are coming around to how much of a banger it is but like Vinn said in theirs, I AM going to be on the "I loved this album before it was cool" train for eternity.

favorite song: Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes

▶ Endgame by Rise Against

almost all of Rise Against's discography is also no-skips for me, but this one came out when I was in middle / high school and obsessed with dystopian fiction so it made An Impression. it's also the album that has Make It Stop on it, a song written about the rash of queer suicides that made national and international news in September 2010; as a queer kid and Rise Against fan who was heavily affected by those suicides and everything surrounding the media about them, it was incredibly formative for me.

favorite song: Make It Stop (September's Children)

▶ DIVISIONS by Starset

Starset is another band whose entire discography is no-skips the whole way down. they are in fact my absolute favorite band -- I have shaved their logo into my hair before, I have four tattoos on my fingers that correspond to 4 of their songs, and I've done VIP for every one of their Utah shows since 2018. this album is the winner out of all of theirs because it contains several of my most favorite songs by them and also every song on this album is an absolute banger live.

favorite song: Other Worlds Than These

▶ Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones by Black Veil Brides

look, I was an emo/scene kid. what do you want from me. this album of theirs wins over We Stitch These Wounds entirely because this one is an Album™, meant to be listened to in order as it tells a story. it was also formative to me as a person because it came out when I was in high school. recently I relistened to this album through again and experienced the full spectrum of human emotions. 

favorite song: tie between Resurrect the Sun and Overture, possibly just those two as a pair

▶ Ceremonials by Florence + the Machine

the first time I listened to this album all the way through was shortly after a good friend died in high school, and the opening song Only If For A Night straight up gutted me alive (positive). the rest of the album proceeded to fundamentally rewire me as a person. 

favorite song: Heartlines

▶ Excommunication by Tyler Glenn

as an ex-mormon I am contractually obligated to love this album, and tbh even if I wasn’t, I would still love it. it’s an incredibly fantastic look at the up-down-sidways of a faith crisis – something that’s both a crisis, a terrible thing to experience, and also a kind of rebirth into freedom. I have,,, a lot of feelings about this album and Tyler Glenn okay.

favorite song: Black Light or Devil

▶ Pressure Machine by The Killers

The Killers said, “hey, Utah fans, do you want to know what it feels like to be flayed alive?” and then did not wait for an answer. oh my god, this album is,,, so much. it’s an ode to small town mormon Utah and it’s brutal in the best goddamn way. I genuinely tear up every time I listen through it, and some days I cannot listen to it at all for fear of dissolving into a puddle of sobs. I almost never hear one song without just going and listening to the whole album through, too.

favorite song: Sleepwalker

▶ Pins and Needles by The Birthday Massacre

I don’t even know what to say about this album, I just adore it so much. the poetry and word play and cool music, it’s just. so goddamn good. honorable mention to Walking With Strangers by them as well, but this one won entirely because it’s the one I listen to through/on repeat the most.

favorite song: Two Hearts

▶ Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place by Anberlin

once again with a band whose entirety discography is straight bangers the whole way down, but again: this was formative to who I am as a person. it was one of the first albums I ever owned (alongside Cities by them as well), and I have seriously considered getting the album title tattooed. I probably will at some point if I can figure out a design and place for it.

favorite song: Pray Tell

additional honorable mentions because FUCK it was so motherfucking hard to narrow this down:

▶ The Horror and The Wild and Ruin by The Amazing Devil

▶ Let The Ocean Take Me by The Amity Affliction

▶ A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out by Panic! At the Disco

▶ Atlas I and Atlas II by Sleeping At Last

▶ Post Traumatic by Mike Shinoda

▶ For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert

▶ BADLANDS by Halsey

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Funk branch au

Au and branch design by @bbc-trolls

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happy birthday ray toro! - july 15th, 1977

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hobicore 🌈 for @hopeinthebox

daylight - taylor swift // murder on the dancefloor - sophie ellis-bextor // little faith - the national // shade of yellow - griff // the view between villages - noah kahan // shore - fleet foxes // written in lightning - mutual benefit // $20 - boygenius sources: namuspromised, dwellingsouls; photos: uarmyhope (ig)

[kurikorso]

nostalgia slapped me upside the head a little while ago so i had to draw my favorite dudes ft. the gecko effect

[turtleblogatlast]

“Haven’t You Noticed (I’m a Star)” from Steven Universe works so ridiculously well for Leo

[neliiitoo]

"well, if it isn't aaron burr, sir? :)"

[flowery-king]

He's from a musical its not my fault

Extra:

[galedekarios]

if you are genuinely out there claiming that gale "succeeded" in everything he "wanted" by becoming a god and that's why it's a good ending for him, you truly are a testament to the slow and steady death of media literacy congrats lmao

[alltimefail]

I haven't seen anyone talk about Charles' little blink-and-you'll-miss-it line in episode 8 where he is visibly disturbed by Jenny being "Forced to sing a Belinda Carlisle song" while she's possessed by David the Demon. He laments this offense in the same sentence where he's talking about the horrors of possession. He visibly cringes, shivers even, when he makes the statement...as if he sees them as equally jarring offenses. Sure, being possessed is a lot, but she had to sing a pop song on top of that? The horror! Comedy gold.

That's not all though!! This little piece of dialogue not only serves as a fantastic and subtle bit of consistent characterization for Charles (ofc as an eternal 16 year old self-proclaimed "rude boy" with a love of ska and punk he would be averse to any overplayed pop artist during his lifetime) but it's also a bit meta. Why? Because Belinda Carlisle is undoubtedly best known for her 1987 hit single "Heaven Is A Place On Earth." You know, the song with lines such as:

I don't think elaboration is necessary; you guys get what I'm laying down here. Hilarious.

It's a teeny-tiny detail, but I was just absolutely tickled by it and thought I'd share. The writing in this show fills me with unbridled joy that I can hardly contain - nothing feels unintentional and I need 50 more seasons.

[haunted-xander]

Don't mind me shamelessly putting Mili lyrics in here

[jadelemonadee]

so i found a miku figure at walmart today (big win on my part)

and

oh my fucking god i love her so much she’s so adorable

[lordofthefarts]

of course marcille is playing oboe, you little overachieving perfect student. of course she is.

[i-really-like-phrogs]

Re-design of my un-named Beetlejuice OC from back when I was thirteen

Original Reference under the cut:

[elvisqueso]

"Alright...let's go talk to your father."

Pocahontas (1995)

[inkedmyths]

Btw if a variation of Ballad of the Goddess plays at any point in Tears of the Kingdom, it's going to turn into Tears of the Me