#margot & the nuclear so and so's

[sertuna]

ken, just take the money and get out, please.

inspired by this image of jeremy

[annarexcouture]

[mountainhaunt]

top 10 bands/artists let's goooo. i was tagged by @findusinaweek (bless you) so here's a loosely ordered list.

1) Hoppipolla. i could, can and have written literally a 2k+ word review on Hoppipolla's second album that turned more into a love poem from me than anything. y'all really don't want me doing this here.

B U T suffice it to say this timy little korean indie melancholia quartet has touched my soul in ways nothing else has. a few of their songs mean more to me than most things in this world do.

also!! world renowned cellist!!! hong jinho!! in the group!! seriously gorgeous, poignant magic these four create together.

the best/worst part is they dropped into the world, released two 10/10 heart stopping albums and then vanished again as if it were nothing.

2) Radiohead. i heard 'in rainbows' for the first time when i was 15 and it's what started me down the road of truly loving music and not just listening to it. radiohead is my baby and were my number one until hoppipolla came along a few years ago. ive been lucky enough to see them twice in concert and both experiences changed my dna i swear.

3) the Mountain Goats. the goats are like placebo in that i couldn't listen to them for a long time because of His Voice and i know that's like a trope at this point.

that was back in high school. now, john darnielle is hands down my favorite songwriter of all time and i unironically love his voice. no one writes lyrics and tells a story like he can and i constantly find myself turning to their music.

4) The Postal Service. death cab for cutie? eh, not bad, but can take or leave. ben gibbard + dntel? masterpiece.

their one and only album, give up, is my number one favorite album of all time and as much as i love it/them, i am SO glad they didn't release another. nothing could compare. anything that tried would only cheapen the debut album.

5) Hozier. i want to lay in the moss and cry and fall in love with a sweet lil cottagecore girl and i get to do that every time i listen to a hozier song

6) My Chemical Romance. my first loves. i was OBSESSED as a teen when they debuted and will still defend their honor today. although suddenly they've become really popular and not something for middle school bullies to pick on me for, so... defense unnecessary.

7) Margot & the Nuclear So and So's. they are so dreary and melancholy and nostalgic and gorgeous. i came across them by accident in high school because i was obsessed with the name margot, saw their name somewhere and immediately went home to totally not pirate them and see what they were about. "my baby (shoots her mouth off)" is one of the songs i send people when i talk about having bipolar, lol. the other being "lovecraft in brooklyn" by the goats.

they just evoke a special kind of feeling that is hard to replicate, and it transports me somewhere when i listen.

8) Erasure. i didn't know they even existed until i moved in with my partner and now i feel like every older queer ive ever met over the course of my life who didn't introduce me to them failed me, honestly

9) Modest Mouse. 'the moon and antarctica' came into my life around the same time 'in rainbows' did and also furthered my realization that music was to be experienced and not just heard. i never get tired of them (except strangers to ourselves. i listened to that album 3/4 of the way through one time and never touched it again sorry)

10) Rammstein. i love the drama!! i love the ferocity!! i love the taboo!! and they are also the reason i studied german so they deserve a spot here.

i'm still getting this account off the ground and haven't really chatted with many of you so im afraid to tag anyone lmao but obviously feel free to do this if you see it

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

The Martyrdom of Saint Pontianus - Balthasar de Echave Orio (detail) // Death of Malvina - Ary Scheffer (detail) // Broadripple is Burning - Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

Requested by @artists-ache 💙

[m-aremagnum]

[pardonmystardust]

When Little Green Cars said There's more people out there to love than people who love you

Or when or when tøp said I'm just worried my loyalty will bore you

Or when Ben Folds said Life barrels on like a runaway train where the passengers change, they don't change anything; you get off, someone else can get on

Or when Sir Sly said I don't want to settle down but I'd like to fall in love

Or when Lydia said It's still not quite the way it was, but you promised me this is love

Or when You Won't said Back when I was young enough to know from where I came, I saw my love be spat upon and shouted down in shame

Or when Jared & the Mill said Life is getting faster and I miss the way she'd make it move so slow

Or when The Glass Child said Now I see that I went blind for you, hide the truth, made us up inside my head like I always do

Or when The Decemberists said You rise to me and I'll blow you down

Or when Ditch Lily said It's all so foggy from remembering correctly

Or when Margot & The Nuclear So And So's said If my woman was a fire she'd burn out before I wake

Or when The XX said Maybe I had said something that was wrong- can I make it better with the lights turned on?

Or when OWEL said If there's ever been a single thing worth keeping, Like some memory, it's not to be repeated

Or when The Paper Kites said You left me living with a lingering soul, how little you know

Or when Twin Shadow said Sometimes we don't feel right / Sometimes we don't fall at all

Or when TORRES said If you're not here I cannot be here for you / If you're not here I cannot be alone

They got me

[greeniery]

I will haunt you like a ghost

[toffeethief]

Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - Bookworm (Daytrotter Sessions)

[polkingthorn]

"he said he loved me. cooked me dinner. cut my lungs out. made me feel thinner"

"he said i know ive killed a few, but none of those women were you"

a journalist falls in love with a death row inmate - Margot & the Nuclear So So's

reimagining it as a siren and her siren hunting sailor

[bredforloyalty]

thank you for tagging me @ruby-coded to share 5 songs i've been listening to and tag 5 followers 💕 ok so don't be surprised at this um assortment.... gotta be honest. well it's been a lot of lemon demon

lemon demon - cabinet man

miguel - sure thing

talking heads - sugar on my tongue

shame - human, for a minute

jakey - tommy hanks

tagging.. @kalaharidown @jimmymcgirl @batmanendgame @cruelfeast @glimmertwinz

[disco-flyy]

Some nights are darker than the void, no light pierces that veil of infinity, and others the stars shimmer and sparkle like a blanket made entirely of light. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world or what you did today. I’m hoping you’re happy. I hope you fall in love. I hope you find someone that elevates you. It takes a while to find that rarified air of joy to be happy for another but I’m getting close.

Occasionally life brings forward something so incredibly substantial before you, you collapse in your first impulse. none of us know how long it’s going to linger, but sadly, in due time, it can cause the butterflies to turn into knots. The wise ones amongst us, cherish and savour it; for they know everything is only momentary. the fools rush in hastily, eat their fill and then fend off. I wasn’t always responsive, but I did treasure every moment as much as I could.

On my darkest days when everything is rendered monochrome and all darkens ceaselessly, I hold those memories so close I can feel their gravity pierce into my skin. Where I faltered, where we all falter, it's when we aren't able to perpetrate everything to shrink into one perfect memory. Just as I had to learn to find beauty in broken things, we weren't too different after all. I'll remember you. I'll remember that in one instance our memories beheld alcohol-blurred countless fist bumps and missed exits; the scent of hummer black and donut crumbs whilst the next moment, they'd bring up sad 1 PM drunk playlists; a broken limb and chicken nugnugs. One strand of my hair and our children. Our funerals were fueled by liquor store runs, burnt ropes and cigarette burns. Speak too less, we're on the way home with no drake song. Speak too much, now I have a bruise on my fist.

We have scars, impressions, tastes, and the lingering motion of flesh in shadows, we have sins that brought us closest to heaven we ever been. Little deaths in flavoured rice spirits, I surrendered. We closed our eyes and saw red. but indeed, Itd be nice to recollect those memories which I lost to blackouts. I will recall just enough to live knowing that in my marrow, I once was your defeat and your savior at the same time. Not everyone can say that. But I can. One day, maybe, I will trip and fall in front of you again, If not, I will imbibe those memories until I’m full enough to doze, comfortably, forever on the regular but never after.

[blow-a-kiss-make-a-wish]

I don’t know you, and I don’t owe you a thing. But I smile so hard it hurts..

[lovethatlaiduslow]

darlin i’m tired and i should be leaaaavin be leeeaaavin you know i’m tired and i should be leeaaavin tonight

[goodiecornbread]

🎶✨️When you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, publish, then send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) ✨️🎶

Thanks for the tag, @everyspeedonourkneesiscrawling ❤️

This is what I've been listening to on repeat lately:

I'm tagging: @legalgal421 @obsessedwithdavrick @demora00 @steviestoospooky @doug-judys-blog @youwerealwaysgonnabetheone @theothoracic @ramonaflow @sspaz1000 @dandelionfunky