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Real Men - Mitski — 99.2/100

Mitski’s first two albums, Lush and RFSNCIB, are both reminiscent of Fiona Apple’s music, and Real Men is one of the tracks that is similar to Apple the most. This track consists of elements that are commonly heard in her songs: piano and drum-heavy with a staccato rhythm with lyrics about patriarchal values. The phrase ‘little boy[s]’ is repeated throughout the song, which is evocative of the iconic line from Fiona Apple’s Paper Bag: “I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy”, which is also similar to the rest of Real Men. In this song, Mitski sings about conforming to more traditionally male expectations such as self-destructive and toxic behaviors. It is not only becoming what society defines a ‘real man’, but also about seeking male acceptance and having internalized misogyny.

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Brand New City - Mitski — 99.8/100

But if I gave up on being pretty, I wouldn’t know how to be alive / I should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die

Brand New City introduces an identity that contradicts itself and unravels as the song progresses. The track is filled with double entrendes, repetition, and excellent symbolism. Mitski sings about beauty and the expectations of female caregiving roles. Akin to punk rock, the feeling it evokes is of female rage.

(personally one of my favorite mitski tracks ever !! it’s so me)

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Eric - Mitski — 97.25/100

97.25/100

I don’t have much to say about this song, but I like it much more than I used to (maybe because I have gained a new liking for art pop).

Eric’s eerie and unsettling instrumentals of lo-fi mixed with classical noises match its lyrics, where Mitski sings of a friends-with-benefits relationship — objectifying women, seeking balance, toxic masculinity. She always makes a great use of repetition, and here it could be like a stutter.

this song also has the same vibes of those liminal spaces

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Liquid Smooth - Mitski — 100/100 (woahh)

Liquid Smooth is the perfect opener to an album, Mitski’s debut album Lush nonetheless. Allusive to its title, this ethereal track contains smooth sounds with its melancholic chords and grandiose classical elements. From the beginning treble chords, to the addition of the ambient noises, to the strings during the bridge, and Mitski’s pleasing ad libs, every moment of this song is executed so well.

Mitski sings every word charmingly. Here, in her ‘season’ and ‘highest peak’, she sings about society’s beauty standards, the objectifying of women and how to be a young woman means to be beautiful, how this trait will fall as time passes by.

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Honestly if you want to get into the cure, you could begin with the greatest hits album then listen to the albums of whatever songs you like from there

Or you could follow this chart i found on pinterest

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When our band splits up im gonna fuckin die

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my bassist journey (kinda chaotic ?)

It sort of began with a performance for music class in the sixth grade (2019). I knew how to play the classical guitar but during that time I would borrow my dad's electric guitar that's like 30 years old. I don't remember exactly how it went, but my music teacher suggested that I do a bassline on the electric guitar. I did that and we won as a class in that event. So yeah it all started with 12-year-old me playing basslines on a vintage electric guitar

My dad was a bassist when he was my age but he didn't own a bass. At some point during the peak of the pandemic (when I was 13/14) my dad finally bought a bass guitar because he was going to play for a high school reunion if I remember correctly.

I am 15 now and when the school year began, I suddenly got interested in playing the (classical) guitar again. Then, I got reminded of the 'new' bass guitar that my dad owns that I never borrowed. I borrowed his bass guitar for the first time in November 2022. I taught myself how to play it by watching bass covers on Youtube.

After posting two IG stories of me playing bass and a few tweets about practicing it, my batchmate approached me and asked me if I could play bass for the opening ceremony of one of our school festivals. Despite being an absolute beginner, I agreed to perform, and so only after a month of playing the bass guitar, I had my first ever band performance. I performed in front of the entire school as well as a well-known politician in my country.

FOUR DAYS LATER the same batchmate messaged me if I'd like to join his band to play bass (for the battle of the bands). I agreed (ofc) again. Three days later I bought a bass amplifier for once (since I was using a shitty old amp that was also about 30 years old) and a very expensive but cool bass pedal. Our family went on vacation so I was learning/practicing in a resort room (i learned to slap .). Another three days later, our band had a jamming session.

After the performance and band stuff I couldn't help but think I somehow fooled people into thinking that I could play bass because I was a complete beginner lol

A few weeks ago, we had our audition for the BOTB (battle of the bands). tjeidhmwnswnekxbbs Ok so TMI but around that time i had some kind of infection and i had to take antihistamines and the ones i take make me very sleepy... so during the day of our audition i took a nap in the library AND I was late to our audition:(( i only missed one out of two of our audition songs and i'm super glad that our vocalist knew how to play bass but i couldnt stop crying after that. ANYWAYS a few days later we found out that WE PASSED THE AUDITION!!

In only four days I will be performing in front of the entire school again and this will be my first BOTB WOOOO

UPDATE??? WE WON THIRD PLACE (out of 11, and we were also the youngest band) AND ALSO BEST OUTFIT???

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Radiohead Album Ranking

(rough)

Ok Computer

The Bends

Hail to the Thief

In Rainbows

Kid A

A Moon Shaped Pool

Amnesiac

Pablo Honey

The King of Limbs

+ my fav eps/singles are my iron lung and pyramid song

[mothuary]

im seeing a lot of aesthetic blogs that are tagging #whimsigoth lately, the tag is mostly images rn so i wanna share some albums that i think whimsigoth folk might like.. im always happy to receive recommendations in return ~

Death of the Artist, Elsiane: Unique downtempo dark ambient music, utilises a wide variety of string instruments from cello and violin to steel guitar.

Treasure, Cocteau Twins: This is a classic band for the shoegaze and dreampop crowd (a proud sister to gothic rock). Their most successful album with a gossamer sound.

Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, The Sundays: A hazy album with comfortingly soft vocals and easy listening instrumentals.

Blood, This Mortal Coil: An airy and melancholic gothic rock album with beautiful transitions for a full album-long experience

Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time, Candy Claws: An absolutely magical dreampop / shoegaze musical experience with soft vocals and a rich musical environment and mythical story

Among My Swan, Mazzy Star: more psychedelic and acoustic than the rest of the list, heavy use of echo, gorgeous sound.

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Panic! At The Disco Album Ranking

(temporary, won't rate/review for now)

1. Pretty. Odd.

2. Vices & Virtues

3. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

4. Death of a Bachelor

5. Pray For The Wicked

6. Too Weird To Live, To Rare To Die!

7. Viva Las Vengeance

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Verbatim - Mother Mother — 98.7/100

Its vibes are quite unique (to me at least), and I couldn't find the right words for it besides frustration and perhaps gender.

Genius' description: Who cares if you act feminine or masculine or anything else? We're all gonna die anyways.

Verbatim means 'literal, strict, word for word', and this song is about defying social standards. I've seen so many people call this the nonbinary anthem and I agree. I guess this is one of those things that only certain people would get, and for this one it's for queer people, particularly those who aren't cisgender.

What defines a straight man's straight? Is it the boxer in the brief or a twelve-ounce steak?

This song seems so hard to pull off — in my opinion, and mostly in terms of the vocals — but Mother Mother does it so well. They managed to create a song that exhibits such frustration without it being too loud or too much (not that I am against those kinds of songs).

It's understandable how this is one of Mother Mother's most popular songs. Verbatim has been one of my favorite songs for years. It's also very well-written in my opinion. I think this song has a very apathetic speaker, and this song may somewhat be satirical.

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OH MY GOD might have a new fixation......

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guy in a band @ his gf: hey I wrote you a song…..kinda nervous

stacy: aww no it’s okay let’s hear it :)

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Come Inside Of My Heart - IV of Spades — 90.7/100

I absolutely love how dreamy this song sounds <3 it mostly radiates good vibes. If i had a love song sappy-ness scale, this song would be pretty high up there. It's one of those songs that make you feel like you're ascending into the heavens and make your heart flutter

To me it starts as kind of dark and then the chorus (which is Perfect btw) is suddenly dreamy. The guitar in the chorus/end, synths, and fade-out at the end make the song sound much more nostalgic and dreamy. The song just gets better and better as you keep on listening

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Better Than Me - The Brobecks — 96.05/100

(i've been a (very) long term music enjoyer but this is my first attempt to rate and review music, i began with my favs playlist from 2020)

This song is the musical embodiment of the frustration of liking someone who doesn't care about you and she's also a shitty person but you won't stop liking her (and simultaneously dislike her) and absolutely losing your mind because of that and being insecure because it seems like every other person is so sophisticated (it's so specific and it's funny how i relate to it right now lol) (shoutout to the genius annotators that helped me understand this song more)

Some favorite parts: the piano solo, DALLON WEEKES' VOCALS (pls he's so powerful i've been saying this for years), the pauses (?), the lyrics ofc. The song also really nailed the bitter + jealous + frustrated mood and that amazes me

In my opinion it's not perfect because perfect songs are loopable and there were a few seconds that i didn't like okay that is all

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stayc discography song sorter since i haven’t seen anyone make one 

credits to biasorter for the code!!

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TXT (투모로우바이투게더) ‘5時53分の空で見つけた君と僕 [Japanese Ver.]’ Official MV