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December talking time returns!
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teaotter for December days: A song or artist that you're listening to a lot, and what you like about it/them.
Have I talked about my love for Dessa before? ...Probably, but I'm gonna go again. The thing that really tends to grab me on her stuff is the lyrics -- there is so much gorgeous imagery and fantastic wordplay going on in the lyrics. I've been doing Chime while I work a fair bit, and there's so many amazing lines in there. (I've also always been really fond of I'm in a mood, new shoes, and a bulletproof dress and you slept in my bed, and if I kept quiet I could hear all the voices in your head.)
That's not to say the music isn't amazing. And the vocals. I'm not... great at reviewing music, I feel like I don't have the vocabulary, but she just hits so many emotional notes so well. It's so pretty when it's right, and so powerful when it's right, and I love everything I've heard from her.
( Favorite songs and some favorite live videos. )
The other thing I've been listening to a lot is Paul Shapera's New Albion albums, particularly Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret. I'll do this one shorter, but if you're interesting in a sprawling verse with compelling characters, necromancy, unrequited love, narration, war, spies, and mysterious messages from the ether told through musical albums on Bandcamp, consider giving the first one a shot: Dolls of New Albion, A Steampunk Opera.
(Be aware that the musicals tend to hit some triggery issues; for Dolls in particular, if you have suicide issues, you may want to skip, or at least ask for details first, which I'm happy to give.)
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I know at least a few people are doing the January talking meme instead of December this year. I... am still not doing day-by-day assignments, not least because I'm gonna be away from home for a good chunk of the beginning of January. However, I've still got questions left to go, so I'll be posting in January, and I'm happy to take more -- if you want to throw me questions/topics here or on the original post, feel free!
teaotter for December days: A song or artist that you're listening to a lot, and what you like about it/them.Have I talked about my love for Dessa before? ...Probably, but I'm gonna go again. The thing that really tends to grab me on her stuff is the lyrics -- there is so much gorgeous imagery and fantastic wordplay going on in the lyrics. I've been doing Chime while I work a fair bit, and there's so many amazing lines in there. (I've also always been really fond of I'm in a mood, new shoes, and a bulletproof dress and you slept in my bed, and if I kept quiet I could hear all the voices in your head.)
That's not to say the music isn't amazing. And the vocals. I'm not... great at reviewing music, I feel like I don't have the vocabulary, but she just hits so many emotional notes so well. It's so pretty when it's right, and so powerful when it's right, and I love everything I've heard from her.
( Favorite songs and some favorite live videos. )
The other thing I've been listening to a lot is Paul Shapera's New Albion albums, particularly Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret. I'll do this one shorter, but if you're interesting in a sprawling verse with compelling characters, necromancy, unrequited love, narration, war, spies, and mysterious messages from the ether told through musical albums on Bandcamp, consider giving the first one a shot: Dolls of New Albion, A Steampunk Opera.
(Be aware that the musicals tend to hit some triggery issues; for Dolls in particular, if you have suicide issues, you may want to skip, or at least ask for details first, which I'm happy to give.)
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I know at least a few people are doing the January talking meme instead of December this year. I... am still not doing day-by-day assignments, not least because I'm gonna be away from home for a good chunk of the beginning of January. However, I've still got questions left to go, so I'll be posting in January, and I'm happy to take more -- if you want to throw me questions/topics here or on the original post, feel free!