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Feb. 25th, 2023 06:46 pm
trying to derail my one-track mind
After the two-week illness marathon, I got a bonus sick day from norovirus! That was fun!
I'm committing to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
bethefirst, though I'm not sure what I'll write yet. Maybe Allison Ponthier's new music video "Character Development" since it is a queer dream with multiple universes to choose from. (To sell it a little, AP plays an alternate version of herself who writes romance novels. She tries for her latest hit, borrowing from traditional m/f romance tropes while bemoaning her history with men. Then queer magic happens!) If Chappell Roan's video for "Casual" drops soon, that may also be a candidate - queer mermaid alert!
No big watches or reads, but two more album listens as they're simpler to do while working.
Julia Jacklin - Crushing. This is the album before her latest, Pre Pleasure. I keep coming back to Pre Pleasure as a meditation on intimacy and emotional connection and Crushing doesn't quite get to that peak, but it is an excellent album. I think she's really stunning.
Searows - Guard Dog. I'd heard a song or two prior to a broad recommendation in the Phoebe Bridgers subreddit, but took that as an excuse to do an album dive. Yes - his voice is almost a dead ringer for hers, which is wild. Unfortunately, that does set up a comparison. His album stays more or less on a limited range of emotional notes. It isn't bad, not by any means, but doesn't stretch very far. I love quite a bit of it.
I haven't listened to Gracie Abrams' "debut" album (not sure how This is What it Feels Like isn't an EP, but whatever) Good Riddance because I'm sure it will put me through the ringer.
I'm committing to
bethefirst, though I'm not sure what I'll write yet. Maybe Allison Ponthier's new music video "Character Development" since it is a queer dream with multiple universes to choose from. (To sell it a little, AP plays an alternate version of herself who writes romance novels. She tries for her latest hit, borrowing from traditional m/f romance tropes while bemoaning her history with men. Then queer magic happens!) If Chappell Roan's video for "Casual" drops soon, that may also be a candidate - queer mermaid alert!No big watches or reads, but two more album listens as they're simpler to do while working.
Julia Jacklin - Crushing. This is the album before her latest, Pre Pleasure. I keep coming back to Pre Pleasure as a meditation on intimacy and emotional connection and Crushing doesn't quite get to that peak, but it is an excellent album. I think she's really stunning.
Searows - Guard Dog. I'd heard a song or two prior to a broad recommendation in the Phoebe Bridgers subreddit, but took that as an excuse to do an album dive. Yes - his voice is almost a dead ringer for hers, which is wild. Unfortunately, that does set up a comparison. His album stays more or less on a limited range of emotional notes. It isn't bad, not by any means, but doesn't stretch very far. I love quite a bit of it.
I haven't listened to Gracie Abrams' "debut" album (not sure how This is What it Feels Like isn't an EP, but whatever) Good Riddance because I'm sure it will put me through the ringer.