A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 8 Aug 2021 to 14 Aug 2021.
WILT_2021-32
- Junk 75 – Dope Body
- Super Zodiac – The Comet Is Coming
- Tarova – Snarky Puppy
- Lauren – Men I Trust
- Owl – Ryat
- Night Bunny – Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, Greg Leisz
- limited daps – Kenny Segal
- VBS – Lucy Dacus
- The Other Lover (Little Dragon Vocal Celebration Mix) – Little Dragon, Moses Sumney
- Yebo Teacher (Extended Version) – Moonchild Sanelly
- Outlook Remains Untouched – ||||||||||||||||||||
- All Of The Time – Jungle
- Fire – Jungle
- Just Fly, Don’t Worry – Jungle
- Heavy/Like a Witch – All Them Witches
- Cosmic Exile – Antarticus
- Some Feeling – Mild Orange
- Birth of Creation – The Comet Is Coming
- Tourniquet (P O R T A L S) – TesserecT
- Parabola – Tool
- Natural – Shelly
- Way to be Loved – TOPS
- Soft Drink – Cherry Glazerr
- This Journey VIP – Blackdown
- Dark Gethsemane – Burial
- Arklight (Blackdown Remix) – Heatmap, Blackdown
Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2021-32
Notes
Hopelessly we entwine. That is the vibe I checked as I listened to Night Bunny.
I deliberately sought out a more aggressive tone at the start of this week’s playlist because I felt that I had not been listening to much rock music of late. I dabbled with the different daily mixes that Spotify curates for me, and landed on one that started with music by Dope Body, a noise-hardcore band. The aggression in the instrumentation does scratch a certain itch within me, though I do not know how long that comfort lasted.
It did however prime me to listen to music that had percussion in it, rather than the drone-ish or orchestral music I had been listening to in recent weeks.
The discovery of the band, Men I Trust, is a highlight for me. The basslines are unmistakably played on flatwound strings, which always get me in a body-bopping sort of mood. The pop vibes exuded by the music also remind me of the east-coast rock sound reminiscent of The Eagles.
Poetry was so bad
It took a lot to not laugh
VBS – Lucy Dacus
The simplicity and insightfulness of this line in VBS are some of most savage lyrics I have had the pleasure of listening to in a song. The crunching guitar parts in one of the later breakdowns also receive a nostalgic nod from me that remind of the first time I heard Creep.
Nostalgia as a general emotion features in a small number of this playlist’s notes. It definitely has something to do with listening to guitar-based again music after an extended absence.
Jungle has a new album, Love In Stereo, and it is massive. I have included some selections with standout bass arrangements.
Shoutouts to brilliant arrangement, production, and vocal takes on the tracks by Little Dragon, Moonchild Sanelly, and ||||||||||||||||||||.
I somehow also settled into the mood for some stoner/desert rock. Enjoy what I think are tracks that feature enjoyable guitar riffs. Special mention to Parabola by Tool, which was pulled out at random when I had developed a craving for the polyrhythm-defying nature of their guitar riffs but ended up getting reminded of how addictive their guitars tones and bass tones are. I remember deciding to include this track because it is rather run-of-the-mill by Tool standards, a bit of a mid-album signpost, which was why I thought this would exceptionally highlight how captivating their guitar tones are.
The playlist went into overtime on Saturday evening with some standout indie-pop melodies courtesy of TOPS and Cherry Glazerr, as well killer beats from May 2021 EP by Blackdown and Burial, Shock Power of Love EP, whose arrangements remind me of a hybrid between trance, IDM, and that classic Burial sound.
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