Showing posts with label bedroom pop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bedroom pop. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Albums of the Decade - 33. James Blake - Overgrown (2013)

 33. JAMES BLAKE - OVERGROWN (2013) 

This was a coming-of-age album for the artist, who collaborated with RZA of Wu Tang, on one of the tracks of the decade -  "Take A Fall For Me" - about unrequited love, that packs the biggest punch, as does "Digital Lion" - another laser shredding track that is out of this macrocosm, an outlier of suspense.

This sophomore album from James Blake - I saw it on tour when he came to Taipei - was a mix of angular trajectories, piercing shreds and harsh realities. To absorb it up at Legacy in Huashan Arts Park feels like a yesterday ago and now I got the new me.

Still, though I got the new me, the old me was still grooving and getting pumped full of electrolytes when I saw this live. Holy ghost. Fucking pup.




Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Albums of the Decade - 74. Wild Nothing - Nocturne

74. WILD NOTHING - NOCTURNE 

Light a candle. 
Burn the wax. 
Play this record 
Bedroom pop
Do it yourself. DIY. 
All those sleepless nights I've ever had - 
This one holds up to them

Right now, I am on precious little 
Sleep also, and I'm staying up 
Fighting and braving elements 
To get a normal sleep routine 
Tonight I made a cream of mushroom and chicken soup
I even threw some shrimp in
I can't even think straight