Reviewing your parents' music collection
Sounds don't always merge. Think of the cacophony you experience when walking down the street, passing a musician playing songs to earn some change, their music battling the music playing on your headphones, not merging but overlapping in unpleasant sonic waves. An unintelligible bundle of noise. Rats of Rafts / De Kift may sometimes sound… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Like Oil and Water – “Rats on Rafts / De Kift” by Rats on Rafts & De Kift
Is there someone we can call? / maybe you shouldn't drink alone. An arrogant musician, a solitary bar piano and a persona clad in self-confidence, a self-confidence that is slowly slipping away under the burden of sarcasm and loneliness. Welcome to Joshua Tillman, aka Father John Misty, and God's Favorite Customer. How do you make… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Welcome to the Poem Zone – “God’s Favorite Customer” by Father John Misty
Capture a city in sound, its concrete facades trapped in every bar, the loneliness of a cold winter morning resonating in every beat. Und aus den Wolken tropft die Zeit by German indie rock band Isolation Berlin does just that, painting the metropolitan skyline in all shades of grey, singing of love, loss and the… Continue reading Remembering 2019: A Rhapsody in Grey – “Und aus den Wolken tropft die Zeit” by Isolation Berlin
In 2018, Son Lux released their fifth album Brighter Wounds, an exploration of the electronic and an examination of love, pain and the things worth holding on for. It's an album that in 2019 blew my mind. To me, Son Lux's music is extremely visual, the layers and layers of synthesisers spark images and the… Continue reading Remembering 2019: Like a Symphony – “Brighter Wounds” by Son Lux
There is a specific sense of anticipation that comes with a band's debut album. What is it going to sound like? What is it going to sound like? Who are they going to be? Well, if you're asking about Dutch alternative/indie band Figgie from Utrecht, I'd say: "Utterly brilliant." Genoeg Houvast (Enough Hold On) was… Continue reading Remembering 2019: A Dutch Debut – “Genoeg Houvast” by Figgie
The Dad Anthology 