Erica-Harmony Judith G.

She/her. I make banger 0 note posts. I'm 5 years old. Yes, actually. Check out my other blog, @ericasmediablog!!

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i feel these needed to be compiled. feel free to add more genre related posts in the notes if you want

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Song #5: "impish thing" by "smiling broadly"

This song has been on my mind for a while now. In all honesty, I don’t know much about the girl behind this project. I stumbled across this artist after listening to a whole bunch of ippo.tsk, and I haven’t even checked out anything beyond this one EP. If anyone knows more about the history of this project or the person behind it, please let me know in the notes. Anyways, let’s get right into it.

Musical Analysis: Ohhhhh my gosh. It’s so bouncy. The pacing is so well done, I love the constant motion of the guitar. Speaking of the guitar, the tone is really unique. Crunchy. Lo-fi, but crisp. The chiptune solo just feels so, so good. Brings me back. This song does a really good job of capturing the joy of cathartic emo music.

Lyrical Analysis: The lyrics fit the song very well and add another layer to the emotion. It’s a cheerful song if you don’t listen to the lyrics. If you do listen, it’s an incredibly emotional song about an intense and sometimes painful relationship. Here’s an excerpt I wrote once and sent to a friend about what I think this song explores.

“I think it’s about two girls in an intense BDSM relationship, one in which they cause so much pain to each other and gain catharsis from it. It’s about this girl whose life is going down a destructive spiral. But at the same time, they’re so happy to be with someone. Life is flashing before her eyes, she’s going to go out with a bang, doing intense emotional destructive acts with the one she loves. She’s so in love with the idea of stepping off into oblivion with another woman. She knows this isn’t sustainable but she’s going to enjoy it while she can.”

As a final note, music is an art form. And like any other form of art, it is subjective. If anyone disagrees with me in the notes I’d be happy to hear! I won’t try to debate anyone, I’d just love discussion!

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Song #4: "Visions" by "Sea in the Sky"

Ahhh, yes. Sea in the Sky. The band that got me into post-hardcore. This band has a pretty interesting story, they started as an instrumental band in 2013, writing very djenty yet chill prog instrumental pieces. Their 2014 album, "Serenity", had lyrics written by the bassist, but because they didn't have a vocalist yet, they simply published the album as an instrumental. Later, a vocalist named Sam Kohl (who also has an soft indie solo project that's p good) joined the band and they re-recorded the Serenity album with the lyrics written by the bassist! To my knowledge, Johan writes all the lyrics and Sam just sings them.

Musical Analysis: A perfect meld of djent and swancore. Really impressive. My one criticism is that there's so much stuff happening at once that it's hard to keep track of it all. The guitar shredding during the chorus is disorienting, but each piece of the song by itself is truly beautiful. And it mostly comes together well. It's a bit messy at times but is genuinely a wonderful and ethereal piece of djent/swancore.

Lyrical Analysis: However you slice it, this is clearly a song about atheism and feeling a disconnect from G-d. Every single line in this song hits me so fucking hard, so there's not really any specific lines I can point to. Anyways, the voice here seems to genuinely believe in G-d, but resents him and feels that G-d has not treated the people of earth kindly and therefore shouldn't have our attention. The voice makes a point that everything humans have was done without the hand of G-d, and that we don't need him.

There was a time in my life when this song was sort of an anthem for me. I'm not atheist anymore but the djent still fucking hits me.

As a final note, music is an art form. And like any other form of art, it is subjective. If anyone disagrees with me in the notes I’d be happy to hear! I won’t try to debate anyone, I’d just love discussion!

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The ask thing 26 and 27

26 - A song that makes me want to fall in love: "Hands Down" by "Dashboard Confessional" and also "impish thing" by "smiling broadly". The first is pretty straightforward, the second is a more. Cathartic? song i guess? It just reminds me of what it's like to be in a destructive yet beautiful relationship. Idk

27 - A song that breaks your heart: Oh, my. There are so many that come to mind. One that sticks out to me right now is "weird!!not ok(small)" by "exciting!!excellent!!". The themes of alienation and the way NTs treat autistic ppl really gets to me. Well, that and the fact that chiptune sounds make me feel like I'm a kid again and so it hits harder when it's emo. Another is "Hero Worship" by "Autumn Rhythm". The somber sound, the lyrics, the ambiance, it's all so good. Def check it out.

A few others that also break my heart but you may not like:

"muffled beneath the sound of the ocean" by "Your Arms Are My Cocoon"

"CXD9566" by "Cicadahead"

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MUSIC ASKS these are actually pretty fucking hard but why not.

1:A song you like with a color in the title

2:A song you like with a number in the title

3:A song that reminds you of summertime

4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD

6:A song that makes you want to dance

7:A song to drive to

8:A song about drugs or alcohol

9:A song that makes you happy

10:A song that makes you sad

11:A song that you never get tired of

12:A song from your preteen years

13:One of your favorite 80’s songs

14:A song that you would love played at your wedding

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

16:One of your favorite classical songs

17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

18:A song from the year that you were born

19:A song that makes you think about life

20:A song that has many meanings to you

21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

22:A song that moves you forward

23:A song that you think everybody should listen to

24:A song by a band you wish were still together

25:A song by an artist no longer living

26:A song that makes you want to fall in love

27:A song that breaks your heart

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love

29:A song that you remember from your childhood

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

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Song #3: "rose-tinted bitter grudge" by "ippo.tsk"

"ippo.tsk" is an Indonesian vocaloid producer that my good friend @glhmediamaster told me about. Their whole album "seeyalater stratocaster" is really a work of art, it's a wonderful concept album that's mostly about the temporary nature of humankind, the corrupt megacorporations of the world, and the way everything will eventually fall down and return to dust. This specific song is a little different though.

Musical Analysis: Very shoegazey, but in an upbeat Asian post-hardcore kind of way. The harmonies during the chorus are very strange, I love it. It's so odd and I haven't heard much like it. I wish the screams were a little better, but hey, it's vocaloid. I've been looking for a human cover of this with better screams but to no avail. All this being said I genuinely adore this song, it's on my playlist of favs for a reason. My favorite thing about this song sonically is the way it's kinda like... upbeat shoegaze, like "my dead girlfriend" or "MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS".

Lyrical Analysis: To me, this seems to be a song about someone’s bitterness towards an old friend-turned-foe. The chorus is my favorite part. “I wanted to say that I wanted you to stay as far away from me as you know how / But now you’re no more and I still yearn to bear my fangs at you again as I knew how”. This is a familiar feeling to me: I enjoyed fighting with you, I loved getting to explode at you, we split ways but I miss getting an excuse to be mean to someone. It’s a very bitter song, I’m really surprised there isn’t more screaming in it.

I swear there’s a second recording of this somewhere with different tuning, but I am unable to locate it. Please send me a link if you know what I’m talking about.

As a final note, music is an art form. And like any other form of art, it is subjective. If anyone disagrees with me in the notes I’d be happy to hear! I won’t try to debate anyone, I’d just love discussion!

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Song #2: "Beholder" by "Sincerely" and "Sea Salt"

Sincerely is an instrumental bedroom math rock artist that I discovered a few years ago, when I was first getting into what the kids call "swancore". This is the first song of theirs I listened to, and I haven't really checked out the rest of their stuff bc I don't like instrumentals.

The album cover is really beautiful, it's a very immaculate sketch of a D&D beholder, and a detail I like is the heart-shaped iris in the center eye, which I'll talk more about later. The version of this single featuring sea salt has four colored beams. Another detail I only just noticed after looking at a higher definition image is the tiny human facing down this behemoth.

Musical Analysis: I want to preface with something. I know very little music theory, despite loving prog and math rock, I'm really too stupid to comment on the really cool stuff they do with polyrhythms and shit. That being said, I love the almost shoegazey feel. The guitar tone is very clean and metallic, it's everything i like about bedroom guitarist stuff.

Lyrical Analysis: At its core, Beholder is a song about depression and trying to wait for feeling to pass, not doing anything about it, and hoping things get better without actively doing anything to fix it. My favorite line is "I never thought that life would feel this dull, maybe in the end I will feel better if I wait." Below are a few lines I'm not certain about what they could mean, so if anyone has ideas feel free to tag me in the notes!

"You never wanted to let go of the things that helped us grow, hoping for the right way, hoping that I'll find something right for me"

"And for now I'll leave it for another day, call my friends and see what they all have to say, but for now I'll have to find another way out, asking if i really want to stay"

As a final note, music is an art form. And like any other form of art, it is subjective. If anyone disagrees with me in the notes I’d be happy to hear! I won’t try to debate anyone, I’d just love discussion!

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Song #1: "23" by "Swim, Gustavo!"

“Swim, Gustavo!” is kind of an enigma to me. Their socials say they were a band from 2016-2023, but I can’t find anything about why they broke up, or if they released anything besides their 2019 album, “El Mar, Mi Amor”.

Regardless, this group is a very underrated underground prog-post-hardcore / emo band. Their sound is somewhere between “Tiny Moving Parts” and “Chon”, with additional scream vocals and underwater vibes.

Musical Analysis: The mixing on this album is ass. The screams and drums are incredibly faded. It’s a little disorienting, listening to this after some hardcore. I think they were going for an underwater feel, which they did very well. When I’m having psychosis moments and I listen to this I get lycanthropy feelings. Fish therian moment. In fact, that’s what drew me to this album: the underwater vibes are wonderful. Another thing I really like is the way the screams overlap with the clean singing, telling another part of the story.

Lyrical Analysis: To me, this is a song about obsession, psychosis, and masking. I’m definitely projecting a lot, but hear me out here. Let’s go through this one concept at a time.

Psychosis: The line “Your numbers and placement, they’re wasted on humanity, I am not obsessed, everything is” hits me in a strange way. During episodes I see numbers in everything. I have delusions that there are other forces in play and I see the supernatural. To me, “I’m not obsessed, everything is” refers to the feeling of “It’s not me, there really is a secret here. I’m not insane, the world is just a cosmic plan that’s all coming together.” And the “wasted on humanity” part is like, “Nobody else can see this huge secret”. 

Obsession: A lot of this song reminds me of my manic episodes. This is definitely just me projecting, but like I said above, there’s a very strong connection i have to this song, it’s one of my favorites. “I remember everything, exactly what it’s supposed to mean to me I’m never really sure”

Escapism: “Please hold me under and don’t let me breathe, promise me that you’ll be the last thing I see” paints a picture of someone trying to escape their own thoughts by filling their mind with thoughts about another person. (see also “let’s all have one final laugh”)

Masking: This is probably the most obvious one, and probably also the intended meaning of the song. Pretty much every line connects back to this in some way.

As a final note, music is an art form. And like any other form of art, it is subjective. If anyone disagrees with me in the notes I’d be happy to hear! I won’t try to debate anyone, I’d just love discussion!