Twist

So yeah, Come Around Sundown sucked. So much that it made me not amped to write things. However, I've subscribed to a bunch of vlogs and it really makes me want to express myself on the internet. I'm thinking about starting a vlog but to be honest I can't be bothered to do the editing.

Anyway, the problem with Come Around Sundown wasn't that it was particularly bad, I just couldn't think of much to say about it and thats worse. Thematically I just felt like I wasn't a part of it and musically it was completely unremarkable. Its depressingly safe.

Finch broke up again. I'd be a little more emotional had I found out on the day it happened but it was a while ago now. Say Hello To Sunshine is an album I always think about when people talk about favorites. I loved it so much I burnt something like five copies so that I could keep one in each CD player I owned and a couple extra to give to friends at random. Their output post-sunshine was so promising. A full-length would have turned me into a whole new level of fan. Its so lame they couldn't hold it together to release one more. They put out two songs they we're going to put on a new album when they split. They are very good. I can't believe they don't get along musically anymore. At least it doesn't sound that way. I like the album art because it acknowledges the struggle they've gone through and its also like consolation and closure for the fans.

Listen to it here



I downloaded Thom York's album The Erasure on a whim because I heard Analyse during the credits for The Prestige. At first I thought it was a Radiohead song and I loved it so I looked it up. I was surprised to discover  that Thom York's solo material shares the chilling combination of sophisticated electric percussion and moving piano chords that makes recent Radiohead albums so delightful. I enjoyed The Prestige, although I realized halfway through that I had seen it before. Knowing the twist kind of killed it for me. At least It lead me to some good music.

Melting Softly Into Time

So I came across this blog where this person has uploaded links to all this sound art and his brief descriptions got me kind of interested so I picked one and downloaded it. I've listened to noise music before, namely Omar Rodriguez Lopez as an extension of my love for his jazzy solo work. I felt compelled to listen to something from a more objective origin that would satisfy my fascination with the art of crafting abstract soundscapes.

Melting Softly Into Time by Macronympha is what landed in my downloads folder because the vinyl sleeve caught my eye and I genuinely wondered what an assembly of household appliances would sound like. The cacophony that ensued surprised me with its sonic depth. Piercing screeches we're interrupted by an ominous rumble. I started to imagine what strange machines could emit such alien sounds. Thats good because I like it when a piece of art inspires my imagination weather its a painting, a book or music. Towards the end of the second track there is a sharp drop in volume as a new device is introduced. It gently whirls away and begins to accelerate towards a climax but is pre-emptively interrupted by another booming explosion of noise. Its playful. For a moment I felt as though I understood the artists intentions, perhaps a childlike exploration of grown up toys?

Somehow I found myself enjoying this abusive experience. Next time I think I will share my thoughts on the new Kings of Leon album because that is totally different to Melting Into Time by Macronympha, but also interesting and important.