#neonislife

[whatmustardmade]

Another couple of pics... Should have put them in with my earlier post 😂🌈😎 #whatmustardmade #crochetersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram #indiedyersofinstagram #handdyedyarn #imadethis #wemakeyarn #makersgonnamake #handmade #craftersofinstagram #smallbusiness #smallbiz #independentseller #kidsilkmohair #neonmohair #neon #alltheneon #neonislife #yarnologist (at Ryton, Tyne and Wear) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TF1GfBaRw/?igshid=1rl1k019a6kdr

[queenofblending]

👏🏽Round of applause, standing ovation and encore for this damn @aliexpress wig..that I miraculously figured out how to put on and even threw a hair tie in😅 this may sound conceited but I have never been so pleased with what I saw in the mirror with this look. like it coulda been on anyone though and I’d still be obsessed, but unfortunately I only have my old face to do this kinda stuff to, so it is what it is. I dyed my hair blue again because it didn’t look like this and I found it so disrespectful. But it’s ok, In my head I look like this on the inside 24/7 , a neon Oompa Loompa 🍫🍭 #neonmakeup #neonislife #sugarpill #suvabeauty #litcosmetics #forever21 #urbandecay #queenofblending (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UxKhen6VT/?igshid=1jilxjn9e6153

[whatmustardmade]

Today is Martha dyeing day! 🌈🌈 If anyone would like to sneak an order in, you've got a few hours as I'll keep it open till I'm back in the house later 😘 Available in 4ply, DK and Aran weight BFL at www.traceymustard.com ❤️ #whatmustardmade #crochetersofinstagram #knittersofinstagram #indiedyersofinstagram #handdyedyarn #imadethis #wemakeyarn #makersgonnamake #handmade #craftersofinstagram #smallbusiness #smallbiz #independentseller #neonislife (at Ryton, Tyne and Wear) https://www.instagram.com/p/B83MjfNhrB1/?igshid=xixhgots4nsw

[queenofblending]

Auntie stepped out & found her light at the @urbandecaycosmetics event! 🔫⚡️🔮 Second time in my life I wore a tight dress like this in public with zero cares. My mother of 2 deflated gut flap was on blast but this dress was on sale for $11.99 so I had to splurge & wear it for obvious reasons. 🤩 I just realized the entire outfit is from @forever21 , not sponsored, I just buy cheap finds over time as a hobby! wig is from @aliexpress , makeup details next post! ⚡️🔮⚡️🔮⚡️🔮⚡️ #forever21 #neon #neonIsNotAtrend #neonIsLife #ootdfashion #ootn #modestfashion #casualstyle (at City Market Social House) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MmfI_Ac8n/?igshid=h5q6gzo8kdp8

[whatmustardmade]

The postie came and I am in NEON HEAVEN. Cards from @mysteriousburobbu 🌈😎🥳 We'll be coming for a proper real print soon... 😍😍 #neonislife (at Ryton, Tyne and Wear) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCLSjpbB8N_/?igshid=1sq49zlttk5al

[whatmustardmade]

Can we take a moment to discuss and/or appreciate this green...? 💚💚💚💚 Green isn't a colour I'd normally really think about - I don't spend much time considering making anything in it, I don't have many clothes in green, and save for the green I see all around me in plants and trees and grass which I obviously adore, I'm not that fussed about green (apart from the green which is created on the Candy yarn rainbow, I absolutely love that green 🙊). I now have no idea why, because this sour apple neon green I mixed today is my NEW FAVOURITE THING EVER. Coming soon as part of a larger collection... 🥰🌈🍏 (I might have to dye a semi solid in this, too 🥳) #whatmustardmade #wemakeyarn #neonislife (at Ryton, Tyne and Wear) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8n29ggtp8/?igshid=1imfer2sv3bzx

[whatmustardmade]

So, so, soooo...! Who fancies a rainbow yarn party? 🤔🌈🎉 I've decided to release Martha (full rainbow) and Candy (silver neon) on dyed to order listings again, it's been a hot minute since I last dyed them. I've also created the option for minis this time 👌 I'll be doing them the last weekend in May, so you'll have to wait a little bit for them, but it's totes worth it 🤗❤️🌈 #whatmustardmade #neonislife (at Ryton, Tyne and Wear) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAMJkPB98k/?igshid=gvjkab7x9rmf

[genericrecordreviews]

Neon, Neon (Square One Again, 2019)

There are several reasons why I hate myself, and we’re not gonna go into them. But one of them is being a low-energy person. I’ve always been more of a talker than a doer, I don’t go with my gut, I always think about the consequences of my actions, I mostly can’t have reckless fun. There are advantages to this kind of personality, but to be honest, reckless, angry, instinctive people are the ones that make the best punk music.

Take Neon, for example: they sound so alive, they make almost every other punk band look like hacks playing 12-bar blues standards every Thursday for the local drunks. They play fast and loose, following their urgency and anger rather than whatever rules about songwriting.

A nugget of live energy, this album screeches and stomps around your house like a Tasmanian devil who also has a pretty clear view of the politics that affect our lives during this time. Grace’s vocals sound completely spontaneous and free, but when you go and read the lyrics on their beautifully risographed sheet you realize she’s managed to wrangle radical ideas into poetry. “HHHTTT”, which stands for “Had He Had Time To Think”, is an angry, smart, feminist rant in almost haiku form. In “Temperance” she sums up everything I was trying and failing to say about energy two paragraphs ago—“We live in violent logics / We live in civil imaginaries”. It’s exhilarating.

Vocals and guitar, with their unhinged quality, are what jumps at you from the moment the needle touches the groove. But as you listen to it, you can’t help but notice the perfectly sloppy and fast rhythm section pummeling these songs into your head, linking Neon back to classic early hardcore and anarchopunk, while the guitar goes all No New York/Paul Leary on you. This album is one of the purest forms of contemporary punk, and the fact that I love it makes me hate myself a little bit less.

Click here to listen to Neon on Bandcamp.

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