AN INDIE EXPRESS…
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“BORN IN THE HEAT” is the second single from CIVIC’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Taken By Force’ (2/10 Cooking Vinyl Aus/Safe Suburban Home) & it finds the Melbourne-based outfit dropping a proper ripper across 3 mins of rawly riffed, bruisingly bashed & properly punked Rawk.
JACKSON VANHORN is here a/ a new standalone single titled “FALLOUT” (@alreadydeadtapes) & it finds the Indianapolis-based artist dialed in while bringing us a swaggered slice of strummingly twanged & tenderly crooned RomanceGoth.
“GOD BLESS THE USA” is the second single from THE MEN’s forthcoming LP titled ‘New York City’ (2/3 @fuzzclubrecords-blog) & it finds the Brooklyn-based quartet of vocalists/guitarists Nick Chiericozzi/Mark Perro, drummer Rich Samis & bassist Kevin Faulkner bringing their scuzzed-up & dirty deed’n Rawk&Roll.
“GEARHEAD” is the second single from NARROW HEAD’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Moments Of Clarity’ (2/10 @runforcoverrecords) & it finds the Texan quintet of Jacob Duarte (guitar/vox/synth), Kora Puckett (guitar/vox/synth), Will Menjivar (guitar), Ryan Chavez (bass) & Carson Wilcox (drums) bringing the heavy crunch across 3+ mins of “a hardcore song with a catchy hook” vibing.
“MICROSMILING” is a new standalone single from NERVUS’ & it finds the Watford, UK-based quartet of Em Poster, Paul E. Terror, Kenny Kickit & Luce Cannon waxing upon “navigating an increasingly hostile world, and it’s about being a little bit braver than you feel capable of” over a somber piano-lead piece of Indie.
“POISONS” is the second single from PILE’s forthcoming LP titled ‘All Fiction’ (2/17 Exploding in Sound) & it finds the long running trio of Kris Kuss, Rick Maguire & Alex Molini bringing that disjointed lurch across 4 mins of fractured, heady & art_damaged NoiseRawk.
“I wanna stop talking about how things used to be” cantano i Blues Lawyer nella canzone che apre la scaletta di questa sera, ed è un suggerimento che forse bisognerebbe tenere a mente più spesso. Se il vostro amore per la tradizione indiepop e indie rock è pari soltanto alla curiosità per le sorprese che il futuro ci porta (senza trascurare gli indispensabili brindisi), ecco a voi un’oretta di…
Reminder that swallowing, humming, yawning, and slowly moving your eyes left-right can help the nervus vagus' stimulation and ease your anxiety (lowering your blood pressure).
Our bodies tend to store the excess of energy, so when we get triggered we need to let go of that as soon as we can. If we don't, the next time we get a trigger, we won't start from zero, but we'll add energy to the older one and so on.
So please, take a time out here and there and take care of you.
(there's plenty of exercises on youtube as well, you can try and check what works better for you)
ústav anatomie a 300 ústních otázek vs. dva týdny nekvalitního učení a stoprocentní štěstí (kdybych měl více odřené uši, upadl bych do hypovolemického šoku)
i always try to tell confused gay ppl if u can make it work then it doesnt matter.
if you call yourself something and you still find love, cool! if you dont want to be called anything and would rather just walk your walk and you still find love, great!
if you face adversity for either of those choices, then you make more choices! you stick to your guns, or you mold to your social niche. no fault in either of those; sexiness moves around a lot. sometimes we can make those choices with unhealthy risk management, self-isolation or self-alienation for example, but if you can make it work healthily then it doesnt matter.
listen, its not a matter of you being 100% right or them being 100% right, thats not how social living works. all you need... is to be on the same page.
you tell someone youre a [controversial ID] and they roll their eyes, or scoff, or smack you, or turn to your friend and continue their conversation and dont really talk to you for the rest of the night, or rebuke your attempts at flirting. these are unfortunately standard risks of making acquaintances because introducing yourself is quite literally offering your first impression up for judgment. people spend way too much money attending courses on introductions and first impressions for this very reason.
what you do when your identity fails (lol i know but thats how the brain talks sometimes...) is spend your time with people that actually want it -- the validity of your stake in the social world doesnt rely on peoples excitement to sign your petition. being judged and not making friends isnt a moral failing on anyones part, no one is trying to make a grab for the Most Correct Judgment cup, and no one is putting you on a stage to be ridiculed en masse by a gang who deals exclusively in clout and sexual shame.
getting into ID disclosure... my first poetry professor always distinguished concrete from abstract language. concrete imagery leaves less room for interpretation than abstraction, but more details can evoke habitual reaction over emotional connection.
my takeaway for this post is that you cant fail at representing yourself if your goal is practicality. tailor your impression based on laziness and utility! whatre you there for, what context is relevant to your current social conditions, how do you connect with an audience and anticipate realistic social consequences, how do you simply embody a lifetime of complexity while noticing that everyone else stopped talking?
lets say you dont say 'what you are' all the way down to your sexual sub-strata. no chance for someone to clash with their idea of what your words mean, and maybe you can submit yourself to the ecstasy of being loved without trial! woohoo!
but can you feel 'seen' or 'heard' without explaining or defending yourself? does your new acquaintance vibe with the walk youre walking? what does it say about you if they like you or dont like you like this -- would it have felt better to persuade them?
do you feel like youre lying, like youre deceiving someone by letting them take you at face value? do you feel lost without social feedback or negotiation? do you love them as much as you love you?