Miracle Drummer, indeed.

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Miracle Drummer, indeed.
alt-J is clearly over Chat GPT's head
Here is why you will never need to worry that my posts are AI generated:
Alt-J's "Breezeblocks" explores the nuanced dynamics of romantic relationships through evocative lyrics and a distinctive musical backdrop. The song's impact can be distilled into three main points: Desperation and Control: The lyrics depict a struggle for control and a fear of losing a partner. Phrases like "urge to run away" and "soggy clothes and breezeblocks" signify the tension between the desire for freedom and the restraining forces at play. Love and Possessiveness: The chorus's plea, "Please don't go, I love you so," encapsulates the conflicting emotions of love and possessiveness. The repeated refrain underscores the intensity of the internal struggle faced by the protagonist. Metaphorical Complexity: Alt-J employs metaphorical language throughout the song, using images like a "siren from the deep sea" and "salty cheeks" to enhance emotional depth. These metaphors contribute to the universal theme of navigating the fine line between passion and possessiveness in relationships. In summary, "Breezeblocks" encapsulates the intricate emotional landscape of romantic entanglements, skillfully combining poignant lyrics with a unique musical arrangement to create a compelling narrative.
That ain't it, kid.
Head first into the abyss
July 24, 2020. My last reblog. March 2, 2019 my last written entry. How has it been almost four years? December 6, 2017, the last time we talked about new music. Life was clicking along, new music every three years or so, tours, festivals, and so many photos.
April 1, 2019 My world stopped a year before the rest of the world did, when I was diagnosed with a rare disease that profoundly changed every part of my life. I was bedridden for months while I healed from the worst of it gradually, ever so slowly, and painfully. The following March, while I was still healing, the world stopped for everyone else.
2/11/22 The Dream was released. My health was still a challenge and everything was hard. I couldn’t write because my fingers didn’t work well most days. I had trouble seeing some days. The new album was foreign and wasn’t clicking with me. I couldn’t listen deeply to the music because I lacked the energy to give it the attention it required. And it wasn’t “washing over me” at all. I worried that maybe I just didn’t like this new music at all and it was time to walk away.
March 1, 2022 My first trip out into public (apart from occasional car rides just to confirm that yes, the world still turned) after April 2019 was an alt-J concert. I wasn’t even sure I was going to make it. Although in remission, my energy levels were still dragging. My hair was coming back in, but it was uneven and the bald spots were hard to miss. I had been put on meds that toasted my immune system entirely, so catching anything was a very, very big risk. It was a risk well worth taking. The “band in a box” was an absolute joy. And the live performance of certain cuts of The Dream sparked my interest in a way the album hadn’t.
April 3, 2023 A dear friend died and the loss hit me so very hard. To this day I have waves of grief when I hear the song that was played as his casket was carried. The loss has brought me closer to some friends though, as we try to keep his memory alive by the stories we retell of his humor, kindness, fierce loyalty and love for alt-J.
November 26, 2023 Ten year anniversary concert of An Awesome Wave. It was a smaller venue than normal and a good match for the music. The crowd was much more engaged, and the merch lines snaked around the entire venue. What a triumph! I had finally “hit for the cycle” of albums and my need to write was finally rekindled. What illness and the pandemic had taken from me was starting to come back thanks to the Losers on Facebook and the music.
So, here I am, needing to talk and listen and hear and laugh and compare and share and do all the wonderful life-giving things that I thought had been lost to me. I’m still very challenged physically, but the light is starting to come back on in my mind, the passion is starting to percolate, and my alt-J island on Animal Crossing New Horizons is coming along nicely.
So, what’d I miss?
Hello?
Well, it's been a minute. But new album, tour...so much has happened. Listening again with intent to all the albums has awoken the monster in me that demands to be fed words.
I don't know if anyone is even here anymore, but I need to talk again. So if you're out there, give me a shout. Is there anything you want to talk about?
The drive home from a concert where you’re tired but you’re so happy to have witnessed something so great so you just sit there engrossed in memories from the show reblog if u agree
If you haven’t watched David Dean Burkhart’s music video for Alt-J’s Taro then I am sorry but you have not experienced all human emotion.
In this episode John is joined by Gus Unger-Hamilton and Joe Newman from Alt-J and producer Charlie Andrew to talk about how they recorded and produced the album RELAXER.
There is a seriousness with which alt-J approaches their music that the lighthearted rice cake parody, for all its humor, can’t fathom. Some lyricists expound on the pain of getting every syllable of their lyrics to a state of perfection, but you never hear Joe speak in those terms. Some musicians go to great lengths to make sure you KNOW that they labored over every minor third, every seventh, every chord and counterpoint, but you never hear Gus speak of that process. Some producers provide explanation ad nauseam on the historical background and eternal significance of a track’s creation, but not Charlie Andrews. alt-J's music speaks for itself. As it should. And yet, when we do hear these (please excuse the effluent praise) genius voices speaking what we have always suspected—that the lyrics are profound to the writer; the bass line the “he gets it” of the keyboardist; the ambient sound perfectly descriptive to the producer—it is so very satisfying. It’s the auditory equivalent to the sighing “mmmmmm” with the first bite of perfectly crafted tiramisu after a sumptuous meal. This fan revels in that moment. At 57:54 in the Tapenotes podcast with Joe, Gus, and Charlie, a very small but amazing thing happens. As the intro to Pleader is played in a run up to the discussion of it, Gus lowers his voice to a whisper when he speaks of footsteps through "marble passageways,” as to not step on the music behind him.
I need know nothing else about his feeling toward this piece. What the music is speaking is more important than what his voice could add. It is why we lower our voices in a cathedral even if we are not believers. Why we remove our shoes if it is the custom of the society, even if we are outsiders. Why we pull over for a funeral procession on the highway.
It is honor. It is reverence. It is why this fan honors and reveres that which these humans have created and are creating: something that will last far beyond my lifetime.
And yeah, I take it really damn seriously.
sometimes you just gotta lie on your bed, put headphones on and listen to alt-j
2.10.19 your hand grips hand as my eyes shut @altjband
What has been your most scary experience of your life?
Wow. Really hard to choose. Being the seventh car in a 13 car pileup, being “brought down to the station to answer a few questions,” waking up after surgery to hear that my heart stopped and they had to revive me, being sideswiped by a tornado while driving...
But I gotta go with walking home alone, 16 years old (pre-cellphone) after being dumped out of the car by some jerk who got all bent out of shape because I wouldn’t sleep with him when he’d gone to all the trouble to buy me a burger. I should have been angry, but I was just terrified.
“Ooh, what language are they speaking?”
- My mum, listening to alt j
This blog needs some tune-age.
Alt-J is my poetry goals. “Dissolve Me”
Hamildad is being embarrassing again.
Alt-J songs for the signs
Aries: Every Other Freckle // Ooh, devour me, if you really think that you can stomach me
Taurus: Dissolve Me // Now dissolve me, two tabs on your tongue, a herd of shepherds to herd the sheep, sleep now my only one
Gemini: Breezeblocks // She may contain the urge to run away but hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks
Cancer: Matilda // Put the grenade pin in your hand, so you understand who’s boss, my defeat sleeps top to toe with her success
Leo: Fitzpleasure // Deep greedy and Googling every corner, blended by the lights
Virgo: Bloodflood // Tide out, tide in, a flood of blood to the heart through the fear slipstreams
Libra: Choice Kingdom // Your choice kingdom, their voice hear them, our choice kingdom
Scorpio: Tessellate // Yes, they’ll nosh the love away but it’s fair to say you will still haunt me
Sagittarius: Left Hand Free // Ain’t shady baby, I’m hot like the prodigal son
Capricorn: Pusher // The idea of life without company fell suddenly, it crashed through the ceiling on me and pinned me to the pine
Aquarius: Taro // Mine is a watery pit, painless with immense distance from medic from colleague, friend, enemy, foe
Pisces: Something Good // Something good, oh something good, oh something good, oh something good tonight will make me forget about you for now
be kept in the dark or know the truth ?
Know the truth. Always. In the dark, you can tell yourself anything and believe it. That goes for delusions of grandeur, but also the horrible lies that come from the voices of doubt and fear. Turn on the light. See the truth. Face it and deal with it, or don’t, but it is YOUR choice.
Whats some thing you hate about yourself but love about some one else? & some thing you love about yourself but hate about some one else?
TBH, I hate way too much about myself and love others (possibly) more than I should. But, to your question, I hate that I answer without thinking, but greatly value that others respond to questions easily. I don’t think before I frame my questions. Dumb, because I am often mistaken in my framing of my answers. But also greatly blessed by those who know that not everyone calculates their standing based on the immediate answers they give. I love that I give people the benefit of the doubt, but honestly, that has come back to bite me more than I would prefer. Honesty is a double-edged sword.