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im jude, he/him, twenty-one.

This blog is archived kinda loosely- its mostly just a place to upload what i’m listening to everyday and hopefully expose a few of you to different sounds. My main interest is in twee pop, specifically the late 90’s-early 00’s period, but i’m fairly open to a lot of sounds adjacent to pop, indie, lo-fi and general cuteness. I secondarily hold a lot of love for the ironic twinge of 90’s powerpop and the commercial sweetness of bubblegum. My main wish is that more people would be open to the wide variety of sounds that comes out of pop subcultures! I currently gather most of my music from public sources like youtube, bandcamp, soundcloud, etc, so nothing i post here should be too difficult to find if you’d like to download it for yourself, but just lmk if you want to know where to find something ^_^

main: @pansyfemme

bandcamp

last.fm

rym

^ i only started using a few of these this year so they’re not as full as i’d like but i’ll figure it out eek 😵‍💫 trying to take my music habits more seriously

Search terms/tags for different moods:

Ubercute: Anything in my personal fast/loud/cute playlist.

Sweet: Gentler, cute and honest.

Sickeningly Sweet: Primary feature is being crazy cute

Lo-Fi: Most stuff I post here is lo-fi, this is just the stuff that's extra grainy sounding

Jangly: Poppy in a more upbeat and less cute way, none of this is really jangle pop, i just needed a term lol

Chill: Chill. Lots of feel good indie

Playful: Quirky, funny stuff. Lots of off key singing.

Punky: Not punky, but has clear influences from punk, mostly in vocals and speed.

Indietronica: Electronic stuff!

Nostalgic: Like stuff made in the 90s thats supposed to sound like it was made in the 60s. good vibes

or you can browse by genre, band, era or year.

the main genres are:

Twee Pop

Picopop

Cuddlecore

Power Pop

pansyfemme

dear nora and mirah covering “dancing in the dark” at providence popfest

pansyfemme

We celebrate the wars we won

The blood of history's ancient sons

We followed Judah Maccabee

We fought against iniquity

We saved ourselves with help from one

Who loves his children, everyone

Everyone, everyone

So now Jerusalem, you know that it's not right

After all you've been through, you should know better than

To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from

The lessons we should learn from all

The fighting in the days of old

When providence was still divine

The sanctuary purified

Let lightning circle all you hold

And don't uproot the olive grove

So now Jerusalem, you know that it's not right

After all you've been through, you should know better than

To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from

So now Jerusalem, you know that it's not right

After all you've been through, you should know better than

To become the wicked ones almighty god once saved you from

#2010s #2012 #the selectionz #love this one #SoundCloud

thoughts on belle and sebastian ? you should also totally check out pale sunday ! and what apples in stereo album do you think would be good for a starter ? hope you don't mind me spamming your inbox lol ;)

Hi!

Belle and sebastian were one of two twee bands i was introduced to and heavily listened to as a child. (the other was cub) My parents love the album “if you’re feeling sinister” so i know it really well. I was actually just debating catching their show in boston but i don’t think i can make it after all :(. But yes i like them, i only know like 3 albums (if you’re feeling sinister, tigermilk, dear catastrophe waitress) though so im not an expert

I have heard of pale sunday but haven’t listened to them yet!

And i would absoutely say the apples in stereo to start off with is Tone Soul Evolution. I’m biased because it’s my favorite album by them, but it was also the album I was introduced to them by, my dad played it in the car and it got me hooked. I think its pretty repersentative of their sound. “Silver Chain” is a favorite of mine, it’s written by the drummer, Hilarie Sidney, who’s other projects, secret square and her current band, the high water marks are both great.

do not worry about spamming my inbox, i don’t get many asks here so it’s always nice.

nice to see another trans person who enjoys twee pop :3 i think you'd love milky wimpshake if you haven't run into them already ☆⌒(ゝ。∂) also if you don't mind could you upload bedroom eyes by the free loan investments !!

Hi!! Yes yes its always awesome to find other twee fans :)

I have run into milky wimpshake, i listened to them a fair bit in my senior year of highschool but its been a while!

and yep i will make a note of doing that as soon as I’m home, I love that song!!