#flawed mangoes

[takemyadvice-dontlistentome]

I could write an essay about this video I swear. the layers to what is going on here. bbno$ and will neff in jayvik cosplay. the ethel cain audio from her recent youtube video about gay porn with the flawed mangoes song added. the viktor glorious ovulation t shirts from tiktok shop. all of this happening right after the tiktok ban. what a fascinating moment in internet history, what a time capsule this is. I'm fascinated

[bthemistake]

The Sons Fall From Grace

[Song: Surreal by Flawed Mangoes]

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[Video Description:

The intro to Surreal by Flawed Mangoes plays and the previous images appear in the same order. Jason, laying in a pool of red, then changing to a close up view of him. He is unconscious until the music swells and his one visible eye opens awash in green, panicked. He sinks further into the red and after that a sequence of Jason's, all different versions from his life and death, fall through the red, proceeded by the next. Jason's Robin, beaten and dying, Jason in his funeral suit covered in dirt with mangled fingers, All Caste Jason going through the trials with a large tattoo on his chest, and finally Red Hood, the most alert and used to falling; his pose is prepared, reaching down, itching to rejoin the fight.

Once the final falling Jason is off screen, the view moves down and we see Jason, in a broken Red Hood helmet, looking upwards with one visible eye afraid and panicked. He's right back where he began. The screen drifts down past him and it loops back to the beginning, ready to start the fall again.

End of Video Description.]

[babystyli]

stealing my mums one at the moment chat💔

[bestbandname]

Round 1:

Which band name do you like best?

Kimmo Liskomäen Pitkät Kalsarit

Flawed Mangoes

Voting ended onJan 10

Note that this is about band names not their music or members.

Translation: Kimmo Liskomäen Pitkät Kalsarit = Kimmo Liskomäen's long johns (Finnish)

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, YouTube’s algorithm has had a chance to study my musical preferences for at least the last full decade. You would think that by now, the algorithm would throw nothing but aces at me. Alas, YouTube has managed to provide me with 99.5% misses interspersed with ONE BAND here or there that hits my preferences like an arrow aimed directly within the yellow ring. I rely on online algorithms to introduce me to new music, I have since I was in my late 20’s, and I was recently lucky enough to have the online algorithm introduce me to the music of Flawed Mangoes, aka Mr. Evan Lo. Now, I didn’t know anything about FM until I started writing this post, but I can tell you this for certain: in terms of raw talent and dynamic instrumental ability, this young soloist has a STRONG set of tunes and a very bright creative future. His enchanting instrumentals are just… well, look, just smash play on Swimming, a single from 2024 above and join me down below for not more of the same, but more of something a little different, which is exactly the range I want to see from a solo artist of any stripe.

Evan Lo describes his own tunes has ‘hopecore’. ‘Hope’ in music tends to repulse me by reflex action. Why would I possibly want hope, specifically, in my music!? I’m a heavy metal guy, and heavy metal is generally all about negative emotions like anger, extreme frustration or sadness. Near as I can figure, plugging music that is ‘healthful’ and/or ‘beneficial’ is just not something I do on my blog! Until now. You see, no matter how you slice it, quality music is quality music. I find themes of ‘hope’ to generally be badly executed, too cheesy, too shitty-sounding, or too cringy to expose my dear listener’s ears to. However, if you take hope and drench it in a distinctly melancholy marinade and serve that lean protein up with some emotionally resonant French fries, all the sudden I find myself a disarmed and emotionally compromised individual completely vulnerable to the sonic soundscape I am left within. This is music I couldn’t possibly even broach under normal circumstances unless it’s from one very specific source. Instrumentally, Evan Lo’s work is superb. Beyond superb even, this guy is just a Master of Notes and Chords, and he KNOWS how to use those notes and chords to emotionally manipulate you. Folks, I’ve got a heart that’s just about as black as a raven. These dark and glossy feathers aren’t easily ruffled! I spent a mere twelve-minutes sampling some of FM’s instrument-only tunes, and by the end, I was suddenly ready to reconcile with most of my ex-girlfriends from around the nation (and internationally). I was welling up thinking about distant memories of friendships I’d forgotten, and I was left completely speechless and earth-shook by the beauty and elegance of this young man’s stunning instrumental catalog. That said, I sampled even more and what I found was his latest work, his harder stuff, which I would also recommend, click below. Now, I have a rare critique with this week’s musical installment. This is no slight coming from me, and again, I think his instrumental execution is FAR SUPERIOR to anything I’ve heard recently. Here’s the thing. His voice… it’s not that great. It’s GOOD and kind of mid for my ears, and don’t get me wrong, it’s perfectly suitable for backup vocals perhaps. But dude, you’re producing music that’s THIS dynamic, and THIS loud, only to try and match it with your own slightly underwhelming vocal stylings!?? Are you kidding me!? Mr. Lo, I have a proposition for you! Keep Flawed Mangoes just the way it is, but give me, personally, a sideband where you rock the fuck out and hire a young and dangerous lady vocalist with a RISKY vocal range to match the dynamics of your extraordinary instrumental talents. Thanks so much, Mr. Lo, no offense was intended. I respect you for your unbelievable musical skills. Dear listener, just below you’ll find Surreal from his new 2025 album, Anomaly III. Give it up for him, Tumblr! He’s young and talented, he’s got lots of time to fuck up! Remember when you were young and talented!? Neither do I! Smash play!

In the brief time I did research for this post I noted that Mr. Lo is from Boston, MA (my old stomping grounds), was educated in California, and his musical projects are currently based out of Rochester, NY. That’s about all the personal stuff I could find because he’s not a big deal yet, but I can tell he likely will be soon. Image source: https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/02/06/boston-guitarist-evan-lo-flawed-mangoes-hopecore-tiktok

[musicdump0010001001]

flawed mangoes - dark

[hopelessvalentines]

“your too full of life to be someone’s maybe.”

“How quickly we forget our values in the rush.”

[should-be-sleeping]

Penny treating every day like her first on Earth:

Happy curious fish Friday!