It has been pointed out to me, that "What are you listening to Escapists", recently celebrated its 1st birthday. Thank you to everyone for posting all the great music. And now June is here. What are you listening to this month? Songs to inspire? Songs to remember? Songs to help forget? Let us know. Genre and Era are wide open.
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The newest Death Grips album has started to grow on me after a rather lukewarm first listen. Still prefer Jenny Death over it, but I have yet to listen to The Money Store
The newest Death Grips album has started to grow on me after a rather lukewarm first listen. Still prefer Jenny Death over it, but I have yet to listen to The Money Store
In the interest of Death Grips, Bottomless Pit is the only album they've made that I've been able to stomach and really enjoy in any capacity. I keep getting told to try The Money Store since it seems to be the most accessible album outside of Bottomless Pit but I dunno. Those first few albums I listened to from them were just so off-putting.
Dear God I hope they release another album soon. Bottomless Pit was great, instantenous fun for me, but you can never have enough 'angry homeless man screams with his two pet white boys'.
In all seriousness, I would love to see them collab some more soon.
I've also been listening more to Part 1 of The Powers That B, and I'm already listening to Black Quarterback several times per day:
Outside of being a disgusting /mu/tant Death Grips fanboy, I've also been listening to some Holy Ghost!, Bjork's Vulnicura, Acid Rap as well as trying to get into Oneohtrix Point Never.
Of these, 'Okay' is my instant hit, I absolutely love it:
From Vulnicura, I probably love Stonemilker and History of Touches the most, although I still need to finish the album (I heard the Anohni feature is really good)
As for Oneohtrix Point never, it's been interesting, but as far as IDM goes, this is probably better than stuff I would classify as 'snob nonsense' like Autechre.
And Acid Rap is just a fun summer mixtape. Cocoa Butter Kisses is probably the best bit from the mixtape, but I also really dig Pusha Man.
Oh yeah, and before I forget, I gave Nonagon Infinity a quick listen when I had the time on holiday. It's fun, and it makes me want to give more time to Australian performers since they seem to have the edge(according to the internet music community) on pop rock and psych rock.
Sleepy Sol said:
Neuromancer said:
The newest Death Grips album has started to grow on me after a rather lukewarm first listen. Still prefer Jenny Death over it, but I have yet to listen to The Money Store
In the interest of Death Grips, Bottomless Pit is the only album they've made that I've been able to stomach and really enjoy in any capacity. I keep getting told to try The Money Store since it seems to be the most accessible album outside of Bottomless Pit but I dunno. Those first few albums I listened to from them were just so off-putting.
Well, that is kind of the point, since their whole image and act is about being as abrasive as possible. If you are trying to get into them, The Money Store is the best entry point most of the time, due to instant bangers like I've Seen Footage, The Fever and (arguably) Hacker. Although this may seem like a strange point to make, for a lot of people, Death Grips doesn't 'click' until multiple listens and until they read the lyrics.
If you are looking for something accessible outside of their first few releases, try Jenny Death. A lot of people like that album due to its familiarity (with the addition of guitars and punk sensibilities) and also because songs like On GP are the most cohesive they've ever been (in contrast, Exmilitary and No Love Deep Web are some of their most abrasive and dark releases).
I like quite a lot of pop songs, I'm really not that fussy when it comes to music. But recently I prefer things that sound more positive. My parents are very into metal so it's all I heard growing up, and I still like it fine, but recently I've kinda gone off the 'growly dude' style of music. I like things that sound happier.
I have been organizing my music collection. As a result, I have been listening to a lot of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Since, I haven't done this for a while. Let me add couple of songs that I liked from earlier this year. The next one is from the movie Anomalisa. It's a really charming version of the classic 80's song.
I discovered this blues guitarist a few months ago. He has recently gone through a serious health crisis. His latest songs reflect the personal struggles that he as dealt with.
I just recently bought a live album from a really catchy band, The Dollyrots. This song never fail in cheering me up.
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