because they're a BUM !!! bum ass keeps trying to "talk to me" and "reconnect" as if that nigga ain't get me to move to this bum ass country for them and then DROPPED MY ASS !!!
In this way, Reentry is a culmination, a swan song— the end of an era where Shelter in Place was a SoundCloud darling, but little else. Kingston’s lyrics continually revisit ideas of destruction and transformation, and it’s hard not to draw parallels between songs like Chrysalid and the state of the band itself, having weathered a hard year of controversy— both a tumultuous season of Battle of the Bands and the romantic scandal involving Shelter in Place’s lead singer and the actress Vic—
This article is about the Shelter in Place album. For the title song, see Ouroborosode (song).
Ouroboros Ode (stylised as ouroborosode) is the fourth studio album released by American rock group Shelter in Place. It was released on April 9th, ▯▯▯▯, alongside two singles. Following their entry into the twenty-fifth season of Battle of the Bands, it was the first album from the group certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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"--yeah, and it feels weird, airing my business but not quite, letting it be seen, letting it breathe, yada yada. But processing all this via song is the only way I know how to do it these days."
"Oh, yeah, no I'll definitely regret it, but we'll leave that as a future exercise for future Hakim."
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I can stop at any time
I can leave at any time
But just once more
This time
Could be different--
-closing monologue, ouroborosode // @infamous-if
You saying Orion and Victoria being the ones loving mc's singing the most just made me think of really cute moments once together. Like if they're stressed, I imagine the mc just singing to them as they lean their head on the mc's shoulder. Or occasionally, the mc singing before going to bed as they cuddle. I'm so excited to see their romances. The last update made me want to wrap Victoria in a blanket, bring her some tea put on her comfort movie, and be like ill handle it, don't worry.
Victoria will be asking MC to sing for her as much as she can hahaha especially when she needs a pick-me-up it’ll make her feel better… (she’s going to have a lot of those)(she likes the real thing over studio version)
and Orion listens to the band’s music while exercising/working/sometimes to sleep! he would never outright tell them that their singing is a comfort to him since he doesn’t want to get teased. Orion is surprisingly self conscious when it comes to that.
infamous enjoyers: in the tags pls share if seven has ever blocked ur singer’s phone number & why, And if ur singer has ever blocked seven’s phone number & why 🎤
“Unless you ask me not to in the next five seconds, I'm going to hug you." For Mc/Victoria, hope your doing alright and feel better soon!
Your wish is my command <3 and thank you!
"Victoria?"
The sniffling you heard from the living room stops the moment you creep inside the bedroom, greeted by the sight of Victoria on the foot of the bed, her head down and her hair a fiery red veil that shields her face.
In her hands is a crumpled tissue, her fingers clenching and unclenching it in her grip as if a makeshift stress ball. Her chest shakes as she tries to catch her breath, which stutters with her sobs that have yet to be tempered.
"I'm fine," she mumbles quickly, her voice weak. "I just need a moment."
"You don't look fine."
She furiously wipes at her face, her cheeks flushed and her mascara making angry streaks down her eyes. Fine is the last word you'd use to describe her. She looks positively broken. "Well, I am," she snaps, and then her face crumples. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you."
You creep closer, approaching her like she's a wounded deer. "What happened?" you prod softly. "Was it G again?"
The mention of G has another sob tearing at her throat and you freeze in place. "How can you say you love someone and then continue to hurt them?" Victoria asks, putting the heels of her hands into her eyes in a child-like attempt to stop the tears from falling. "How can they do this to me over and over?"
"Victoria-"
"Why does it hurt so much if it happens all the time?" Her hands drop to her lap and she looks at you, looking like she's searching for a real, genuine answer from you. "Why haven't I gotten used to it?"
"I don't think humans ever get used to pain," you try weakly.
She blows out a breath and stares at a point on the wall behind your shoulder. "Why can't I be indifferent then?"
You think about it, offering her a small smile. "Indifferent? That doesn't sound like you."
Another tear falls down her face. Her expression has gone from destroyed to dispassionate; like she's gone numb.
"Loving, caring, warm...that sounds like you. You're like...sunlight." You bite your lower lip, your heart twisting. You wish...everything she gives to G, everything G doesn't deserve, you wish she gave it to you instead. "Indifference doesn't help you avoid the pain. It just helps you smother it until pain is all you know and you can no longer tell the difference."
She wipes her nose with the back of her hand, her lower lip shuddering. "Is that how you really see me?"
A small trace of panic crosses your chest and your words fail you. So, you nod.
A tiny, hesitant smile appears. "You're my sunlight too."
The words make you laugh and a moment later, she follows. God. It's nice to hear that laugh. Victoria crying is a sound you never want to hear again.
"Now." You raise a finger. “Unless you ask me not to in the next five seconds, I'm going to hug you. Five."
Her eyes widen. "Wait-"
"Four."
"My makeup!" She raises two palms to stop you.
"ThreeTwoOne," you say in one quick breath and throw yourself on the bed. Victoria cackles out a laugh as you wrap your arms around her, both of you falling your back.
"You're ridiculous!" But she doesn't look at you like you're ridiculous. In fact, she's looking at you like the very sunlight she claims you are.
In this way, Reentry is a culmination, a swan song— the end of an era where Shelter in Place was a SoundCloud darling, but little else. Kingston’s lyrics continually revisit ideas of destruction and transformation, and it’s hard not to draw parallels between songs like Chrysalid and the state of the band itself, having weathered a hard year of controversy— both a tumultuous season of Battle of the Bands and the romantic scandal involving Shelter in Place’s lead singer and the actress Vic—
The best ship dynamic is actually just. "I love you and it terrifies me. I'm terrified how much I need you and how much I want you to need me. I'm terrified I'm no good for you and I'm going to hurt you and ruin you and I'm terrified of how I feel when you're around me but I can't bear to push you away completely because I'm terrified to be without you so now we're stuck in limbo and that's terrifying too. I'm terrified that if I lost you now it'd destroy me and I'm terrified that it's too late to do anything about it. I love you. And it's terrifying."
to eat one's fate - Disco Elysium // Kendrick Lamar - BLOOD. // Destiny 2 // DE // Pheo - The Exile // D2 // Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core // Whitey - LET'S FAKE LOVE // D2 // Michelangelo's Pieta // DE // The Amazons - Black Magic // DE // Fate Grand Order - SE.RA.PH // DE // D2 // Elden Ring // The Exile // Path to Nowhere // Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead // Sea Power - Carrion // DE // Gavin Hamilton - Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus // DE // D2 // Shakespeare - Macbeth // Final Fantasy XIV // D2 // D2 // FGO - Avalon le Fae - inspired by @exilethegame
AN INTERVIEW WITH JACKIE COHEN by Isaiah Mock for WHIPLASH MAGAZINE
(Top row: cover art from Jackie Cohen’s solo EPs About Yesterday and Give It Time. Bottom row: cover art of one of Stunts’ EPs “Leaning Backward” and their most recent release, “Didn’t See That Coming”.)
Jackson Cohen, better known as Jackie, is the frontwoman of one of alternative’s underdog up-and-coming bands Stunts. She tells me before she’s even sat down that she never expected to be where she is today. “I know a lot of people say that kind of thing under these circumstances, but I mean it in every sense.”
We discuss the obvious first; how the element of surprise, virality, and speed affects the path and struggles of becoming a public figure. But the singer feels that the "unexpected" sentiment she holds is even more relevant to her and the band's evolution since highschool. "I don't think our music is what we imagined it'd be at all, but we're pretty in love with it. That's a good thing!"
Cohen’s earliest works, both solo and collaborative with various members of Stunts, (past and present) are a far cry from what you’ve most likely heard from her today. Psychedelic pop, sweet and swooning, are accurate descriptors—sometimes even synthesized.
All of those elements are still found in Stunts’ recent projects, but the trajectory of their music has undoubtedly shifted into something heavier. Not darker, but in the literal way, with more weight. Post-punk and rock influences are obvious, especially in lyricism. There’s an air of confidence and lived experience that wasn’t present before. The singer names Jeff Buckley, Slowdive, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Cure, as just a snippet of her and her bandmate's inspirations. “Y’know, I think—doesn’t everybody want to be someone else a little bit?” She smiles with some humor at the thought, but it’s clear she believes it.
“About Yesterday”, Cohen’s first EP, can be found scattered in many corners of the internet, (not on any formal streaming platforms, as it is rife with uncleared samples) where it’s often named as a favorite by indie popheads from all backgrounds. She made it in her basement with the help of her older brother and a few of his musician friends. “Realizing your older siblings are cool is a tough pill to swallow,” she jokes. “But at some point or another, they realize you’re kind of cool too, and that opens up a whole new world of opportunity. He [Jackie's brother] definitely encouraged my, um, my—penchant for music? That feels dorky to say."
“Artists like Imogen Heap, TV Girl, Mazzy Star; I looked up to them for sure while making that, [About Yesterday] and most of my other stuff too, to be honest. I think it was comfortable and fun to work in that style. I was able to express myself how I needed to at that time, and I still am, it just sounds hugely different from when I was 16.”
I ask her how that change in sound, as vague as that is, came to be. Does she attribute it to anything specific, or feel like it was a natural progression?
"Working as a team, probably? That will always yield different results and force you to "evolve" in some way or another. I was doing the band and my own thing at the same time, [in highschool] though, so if I came up with something I knew wouldn’t fit with Stunts, I could still take it somewhere else if I really wanted to. But I think meeting my friends, my bandmates, that was a really big part of the shift. Probably the biggest. They all have their own unique tastes and styles in what they consume and create. I grew up going to shows, but they have taken me to probably hundreds more at this point, and shown me stuff I wouldn't find on my own. They’re so versatile as musicians and artists, they’re always open to trying all these different things, but they don’t lose their standards or vision in the process. Ever. Um, they’re the best. Sorry—I’m rambling," she laughs. "Does that answer that question at all?”
Not even minutes later, we've bounced through several different subjects, Jackie sometimes asking me more questions than I can ask her. When I had reached out for an interview, she eagerly accepted the opportunity and invited me to come to her apartment rather than my initially suggested café. "Coffee shops can get so fucking loud!" She had emailed me.
We're still in her living room, which also serves as a makeshift studio. (She clarifies: "None of the real recording happens here, I think I would've been evicted by now if that were the case.") The space is small and full, but well organized. There's a few photos framed on her desk-side wall above her monitor, a handful of them I recognize as cover art. I ask her if there's any story behind them.
"Oh—ha, I was really into film in highschool. I still am, I just don't have as much time or opportunities for it right now. But yeah, some of the photos I've used for cover art are mine. Some are just ones I dug up from my parent's basement." She follows my gaze, which lingers on one cover that has been an object of speculation since it's release. "Give It Time."
I glance back at her, understanding if she doesn't want to elaborate on it. Most fans believe it's a photo of her and Seven Lawless, her ex-bandmate and ex-boyfriend, (who, at the time of the EP's release, were both in Stunts but their relationship was not yet public.) but the pixelated editing has left it fairly ambiguous. There are other plausible theories floating online about who it could be.
When I had first arrived at her door, she told me: "I'm an open book with most things, as long as you don't have bad intentions." And I'm not in the business of prying into subjects like that for anyone I interview—but she smiles at me warmly when she realizes what's caught my eye.
"I didn't take that one actually. It's still one of my favorites, though."
There's a comfortable lull in the conversation while I continue to examine the wall, until I point to one that looks only slightly out of place among the rest. There's about five people (you can probably guess who) squished into the frame, all half-dressed and soaking wet with wild grins plastered onto their faces.
She immediately bursts into a fit of laughter. "Okay, maybe not that one. My manager might kill me."
Stream "Didn't See That Coming" here.
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This is the first part of a pre-BOTB interview miniseries about my @infamous-if OC, Jackie Cohen. Whiplash Magazine is local to her home county's music scene but a lot of their audience is spread out online too. :)
The album cover edits were inspired by @spider-actual’s edits for their Infamous band Shelter In Place, go check them out they are so cool !!!
Original sources of the photos used for album art: About Yesterday / Give It Time / Leaning Backward / Didn't See That Coming
your ocs should be friends with mine btw. my ocs told me they want to be friends with yours. theyre too shy to ask so i have to tell you. my ocs are asking your ocs to be friends with them
there is no audience to perform for, there is no approval, no admiration to attain. there is no role worth playing, there is no one to convince. let it go
wait wait wait i wasn't aware G's romance was gonna be bittersweet-- how do i ALWAYS pick the emotionally damaging routes ???
HAHAHA. You picked the exchange student's romance without thinking maybe it might be a little... doomed at the end of the year? xD Sending u all my best wishes! ;)
Just kidding—in all honesty, there will be a happy ending somewhere in G's route :)
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