#napaea

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Metalmark (Cremna heteroea), family Riodinidae, near Iquitos, Peru

Some entomologists now include Cremna in the genus Napaea.

photograph by David Griffiths

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Guys i love Shin Megami Tensei IV and i think its an amazing game with a terrific plot.. but. On god can someone make a rom where the female demons arent moaning everytime they talk to you. Or deadass naked. Yesyes it was made in the 2000s where this was normalised… idc. The amount of times ive been playing it on my 3ds and i go to negotiate with Napaea or someone and her voice is BLASTED throughout my entire house for everyone to hear… please. I cant do this anymore. put some respect on her name i love her she is so cool. #free napaea and all women of smtiv 😿😿😿

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Fairy princess 🧚‍♀️

[eirikrjs]

Napaea was also made into a tiny Pixie equivalent in IVA as well now that I think about it.

You're right, and after being scaled HUGE in SMT4. Her sprite sheet in 4A:

IV:

Basically no one cared any more for Napaea after the change, so Amanozako has been much more successful in that regard!

[cedar-glade]

Napaea dioica

Prairie Glade Mallow

Photographed at Huffman Prairie, Ohio.

Bonus: Ruellia humilis  growing fairly close to the Napaea dioica, blooming fairly late.

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(Spotlight on) NAPAEA - Rough & soothing folk-pop from Austria

Do you know who comes up if you google „famous Austrian musicians“? Among a few others, there’s Joseph Haydn (a composer who died in 1809), Falco (a pop and rock singer who had a few international hits in the 1980s - you may be familiar with these two - and died in 1998) and, of course, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (who died in 1791). You might have noticed that these three people have two things in common:

All of them are male and, more importantly,…

…all of them have been dead for quite some time.

It seems like contemporary Austrian music isn’t particularly well-known internationally. That’s an absolute shame because the Austrian (indie) music scene is full of incredibly talented people who deserve wider recognition. That brings me to the subject of today’s blog post: Today I would like to introduce you to NAPAEA, one of the many amazing artists I was lucky enough to discover while completing an internship with a music magazine located in Graz, Austria.

NAPAEA is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Katharina Milchrahm. Having started to perform her own music at the age of 16 it wasn’t until 2015, when bassist Christian, violinist Katja, harpist Manfred and drummer Tom joined her on stage, that her then-solo project turned into a full-grown band.

In true DIY-fashion, the songs on NAPAEA’s first release, conveniently titled “the first ep”, were recorded in “the weirdest places with none of us having a clue about what was actually going on” and released on the band’s own label, Singing Sailorman Records. Citing both Frank Turner and The Gaslight Anthem as her influences, Katharina masterfully combines her rough-yet-soothing vocals with folksy instrumentals and just a hint of a punk rock attitude. Her songs tell tales of hope, wanderlust and life in the Austrian countryside with Katharina stating that she takes inspiration from observations of the everyday life as well as from her extensive travels.

One of her trips led her to England, which is also where her first music video was filmed: The video for “Art Thou Lost At Sea” tells the story of Katharina’s vain search for something or someone, eventually leading her to the edge of a cliff. (But don’t worry, it’s not as depressing as it may sound - promise!)

By the way: The name “Napaea” is taken from Greek mythology and refers to a type of nymphs living in wooded valleys.

the first ep by NAPAEA

Find NAPAEA on the internet:

Website – Bandcamp – Spotify – YouTube – Twitter – Facebook – Instagram – iTunes – Amazon Music

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Monthly Playlist: May 2017

For whatever reason, my playlist for the month of May is considerably longer than my previous monthly playlists, featuring 41 rather than the usual approximately 30 songs.

As per usual you’ll find a bunch of pop anthems (Halsey, Electric Light Orchestra) and a few all time faves (the Libertines, the Wombats, Mando Diao...). One of my favourite discoveries of the past month: Austrian folk singer-songwriter Napaea. In true Laura fashion my playlist for the month of May is topped of with a few sprinkles of kitschy mainstream pop classics - Tal Bachman and Train, anyone?

You can listen to my May 2017 playlist on Spotify.

What have you been listening to this past month? Feel free to let me know in the comments down below! :)

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