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you know that old tumblr post about "battery acid spaghetti"

It honestly sounds so good. I will make it if this post gets 1 note

I got that dog in me. I'll be fine. I'll post the results

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It got one note!

Haters will say it's fake. Will update tommorow!

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#woe be upon me #heart palpations #i am a testament to mans hubris #196

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#196 #shitpost

Band Rants #2 - Far Caspian

Sorry for the delay for the 0.63 people who care, the last week has been not great, and I've been barely holding on. As I write this, it is 2:53 am on a Saturday, and I'm drinking tap water out of a Nicholas Cage mug in the dark.

Anyways, back to music.

There were several bands in somewhat similar styles I almost wrote about instead. Slaughter Beach, Dog and their transformation from Midwest Emo to Indie Rock to Folk (The reverse Wilco, as I like to call it) or Peach Pit, who did something similar with an odd yet fun discography. In a more pop vein, I also considered Rotel Otis, who I started listening to when they were on the Fresh Finds playlist, and whose ability to pump out fun single after fun single confuses me to this day.

But instead I settled on Far Caspian, a band that is a bit harder to pin down. So what is Far Caspian, and why should you care about them?

First, Far Caspian is an Indie Rock/Pop Project led by Irish multi instrumentalist Joel Johnston, who has released 3 Eps, and a full length Album. Their first Ep, Between Days, cane out in 2018. The Heights followed in 2019, and their first full length Album, Ways To Get Out, dropped in 2021.

I am not mincing words when I say Far Caspian is some of the most relaxing, aesthetically pleasing music I've ever heard. Listening Between Days feels like lying on top of a ridge and staring out, relaxed. It's music that makes everything feel fine, even when it's not.

Of course, I will admit some bias in this. Far Caspian has been comfort music for me for years now. I used to sit in the library of my school during lunch, surrounded by ornate carved bookshelves and wearing a beat to shit pair of headphones, rushing through my 5th period AP Euro homework as Far Caspian played, keeping me from panicking even more. The example of me laying on a ridgeline isn't just metaphor either. I've done it before (I highly recommend it, it's very relaxing)

While the 2018 EP is mostly acoustic, 2019's The Heights branches out a bit. Some synth and piano show up, adding some variety to the instrumentals. Each song on The Heights also feels just that little bit more unique. Of course, I'm biased in this matter. The slightly faster guitar and simple drum line if Conversations lives rent free in my head.

(I can effortlessly sing along to it by the way, it's my second most played song of all time)

Yes, I'm aware this is a bit cursed.

Either way, the Heights contains some of the best sounding guitar lines I've ever heard. It's just unfathomably relaxing to me. Of course, the lyrics and drums are also pretty good. When talking lyrics, I would be stupid to not mention A Dream Of You. (You should listen)(please?)

This song is Far Caspian's most popular, and it earns it. The lyrics live rent free in my head, expressing longing for someone else's presence beautifully. The slow, calm guitars and passive drumline even have a little beat drop in the instrumental breakdown towards the end. It is probably one of my favorite beat drops ever. Even with its slow pace, the song has this way of sucking you in. I enjoy it quite a lot. The melody holds a special place in my heart.

In 2021, Far Caspian released their first full length Album, and it was quite a pivot. It's atmospheric and plodding. The music is still gorgeously composed, but there's a very prevalent sadness throughout. If you've listened to the previous songs I'd recommended listening to and enjoyed them, I can't guarantee you'll enjoy the album as well.

Of course, the album has its high points. For me, the most standout tracks were right at the start and end. House is by far one of the most complex songs Far Caspian has ever made. It starts out with a simpke guitar riff, and builds, until its soothing saxophone, combined with its other myriad instruments make the songs climax just transcendent for me.

Of course, they have one more Ep which came out a few days before I wrote all this. Its similar to the 2021 release in a lot of ways. That being said, the closer on the 4 song ep, Arbitrary Task, just sucks me into a trance. It's noisy, strumming guitars, combined with an omnipresent drum line, whittles at the senses a bit, until the comparative quiet of the bridge snaps you back to reality.

Of course, like every band, they also have a large catalouge of singles.

I'd recommend the alternate version of Conversations (Shocking, I know) and Holding On, which is thier first ever song.

Overall, Far Caspian is a band that can be both gentle, and calming, as well as rough andmelancholic. Whatever sound they have though, they are always heartfelt. They remind me of Turnover and Real Estate in a lot of ways. To quote someone else's review of Real Estate, "This is a band fotlr those who can chill to the max"

Between Days (2018) - 8.4/10

The Heights (2019) - 9.3/10

Ways to Get Out (2021) - 6.5/10

Pet Architect (2023) - 5.5/10

#indie music #my shitty reviews #god this week is going to kill me #their song Sun Room is also pretty good #indie pop #far caspian #Spotify

Fun Fact! About 74% of original content on the internet is actually created by Posting Georg, and then screenshots of it are distributed across the internet! He gets paid $7.85 an hour and works from home from a cave in Western Italy.

#according to a recent study the average person makes 1.78 posts a day #this is misleading #posting georg makes 178860 posts each day #he is a clear outlier and should not have been including in the study #196 #shitpost

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I recently discovered laundry stripping and y’all, no matter how much of a crock of shit you think fast fashion is, you’re underestimating.

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OKAY SO. You know how we talk about how one way fast fashion has made itself “necessary” is that the clothing looks like shit and feels horrible after just a few washes?

Let. Me. Tell. You. Something.

Laundry stripping is a process where you load your laundry into a tub or bin (I’ve been using my bathtub) with warm water, half a cup of borax, half a cup of washing soda, and half a cup of laundry soap (not detergent, SOAP, there’s a chemical difference). Leave it there for at least eight hours. I’ve been going for 12-24.

What you will come back to is a tub full of nearly-opaque black-gray-brown water that absolutely REEKS. This is normal. You are looking at (and smelling) hard water buildup, body sweat and oils that were embedded in the fabric, dead skin, and just regular grime.

Wring out your clothes. Throw them in the washer. (I like to do a spin-only cycle before going any further, because I have one of those washers that determines by weight how much water any given load needs.) Wash as usual.

You will notice I didn’t suggest any further pretreatment, and that’s because 1) you don’t want to layer too many chemicals on top of each other but also 2) you may not even need it.

When your clothes come out, check each one as it goes into the dryer, and if anything else s still stained, set it aside to run again with a regular pretreatment. One of the sweaters I did this with apparently did need a second treatment…to deal with what appears to have possibly been a hot chocolate stain that was previously invisible due to “well, it’s old” dinginess. I was planning to throw this sweater out. It looks almost new now. I need to wash it one more time for the probably-a-hot-chocolate stain, and then it needs to have the hem weighted to block it and bring it back to evenness, but dude. I wear my clothes to rags and I thought this thing was unfixable. “I need to reshape it” is nothing.

Remove clothes from dryer when done. Fucking MARVEL at the colors and how good the fabric feels. Give them a smell. Get righteously and royally angry that you can rejuvenate this stuff so easily, with a process that does take awhile but is 90% hands-off, but we’ve been trained to believe it’s all got to be binned once a year because discoloration and gross fabric is “normal wear and tear” and can’t be fixed.

It’s utterly unreal! I just pulled a seven-year-old work undershirt out of the dryer and this thing looks NEW!! It FEELS almost new!!! One of the shirts I hung up from the last load is older than some of the people on this site and it went from “I keep this to wear on laundry day, for sentimental reasons” to “I could actually wear this out of the house, it looks old but respectable”! The pajama bottoms I’m wearing were from Goodwill and they have BRIGHT YELLOW in them! I thought it was goldenrod!!

I do not know how often you’re supposed to do this (doing it every time can strip the dye out of your clothes, not to mention it’s way too much work to do every time), but once or twice per season seems respectable. I don’t wear white, so I can’t test the “it will make whites look almost-new as well” claim, but I’ve seen a lot of people on the cleaning subreddit attest that it works.

Just remember: WASHING soda. Not baking soda. I tried baking soda and a little bit happened, but not a lot.

Go forth. Rejuvenate your clothing. Strip your laundry.

Over the last couple of years, I've listened to a lot of new music. I think I'm gonna try to write a short rant about a different band each day to get the ranting out of my system. This will be the first one I guess?

Also sorry to any poor souls who follow me for the shitty content.

Band Rant #1 - Origami Angel

Oragami Angel was by no means the first band I started listening to. I picked them up in early 2022, through the recommendation of someone who I don't really know anymore. They are interesting, at least in my opinion, for their ability to write good lyrics and some absolutely infectious guitar riffs. Even in their worst tracks, the guitar and drums just kill it. The first songs I listened to were off of GAMI GANG, which is a decent album, but by no means their best work.

What really kept me around was their first album, Somewhere City. If you haven't heard it before, I'd recommend you take a listen. If you've noticed, I haven't really talked genre yet. Part of that is because while they are certainly indie rock, and definitely emo, they stand out. Somewhere City may be Midwest emo, but it doesn't feel like it. The vocals are crisp, the compositions are just beautiful, and the hooks from start to finish keep you invested. I listen to a lot of music, and a lot of Midwest Emo. The vocals on Somewhere City are just incredible compared to anyone else in the genre. If you have a while, I'd give Somewhere City a listen in it's entirety. If you are low on time, at least listen to The Title Track

It has one of the best guitar hooks I've ever heard. Period.

Of course, with all this praise for the first album, and not much to say about the second, I was tentatively excited when I heard they were dropping a new album this year. When the first singles came out, feelings were still mixed. Don't get me wrong, Thank You, New Jersey goes hard as fuck,

But the other single is just... OK?

PG County Summer is probably good for some people, but I just wasn't the biggest fan.

They also had some single releases in 2022 in different styles. Honestly, some went pretty hard, sounding like Oso Oso tracks in all the good ways.

When The Brightest Days dropped, it turned out that PG County Summer was by far the worst song on the album. Which I want to be clear, is fucking incredible. It's not even a bad song.

I'd give it a listen in full. It's not really a concept album, but it ties itself together thematically in a satisfying bow. It has a good combination of fast paced rock, and some slower guitar to make the songs not feel overwhelming.

So, that's Origami Angel. They have a 2017 release from before Somewhere City that I haven't heard enough of to judge in any way, good or bad, as well as some wacky singles I didn't really discuss.

For the albums discussed, I think I'd say that

Somewhere City (2019) - 10/10

GAMI GANG (2021) - 6.3/10

The Brightest Days - 8.7/10

I'll be back tommorow with more bad takes

If you are still reading, what's your favorite band? I could always use someone new to listen to!

#indie music #indie rock #oragami angel #sorry for the rant #Spotify