A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 27 Feb 2022 to 5 Mar 2022.

WILT_2022-09

1. DEAD FLOWERS – HEALTH, Poppy
2. FAST LAND – Moderat
3. Invaluable Waste from the Outlying Districts, Pt. 2 – Moderat
4. East London Street (No Drums Version) – Hidden Orchestra
5. Too Much / Too Little – Talking Therapy Ensemble, Emma-Jean Thackray
6. telepatía – Scary Pockets, Vidya Vox
7. Short Change Hero – The Heavy
8. What Makes A Good Man? – The Heavy
9. Downer Surrounded by Uppers – Mrs. Piss
10. Pump Organ Song – Emma Ruth Rundle
11. Magickal Cost – Emma Ruth Rundle, Thou
12. Let Us Rest Our Dead Anon – Big Brave
13. Greener Pools – John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas, Greg Coates

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2022-09

Notes

I started this week’s playlist on a vibe. I remember seeking out music by HEALTH, and was happy to find out that they had a bunch of new material, in this instance, COLD BLOOD, an EP of collaborations with three other music acts. I am finding the new material less aggressive than their earlier work, but they are exploring more atmospheres and soundscapes. When it hits, it really hits home.

FAST LAND came as a recommendation from my friend, Rudi, and I was telling him that I had never expected Moderat to create something so downtempo. He highlighted that it’s similar to Massive Attack’s Teardrop beat, and now I cannot get it out of my head.

Invaluable Waste from the Outlying Districts, Pt. 2 is also another atmospheric highlight by Moderat. There is a compounding sense of desolation that I never expected to be captured.

A few other oddities here and there. I picked up Short Change Hero from a Tik Tok video trend of recordings of VR gamers super-imposed on the arenas they were gaming in. It was a rhythm-based game and this was one of the songs. The game was called Pistol Whip.

I started seeking out music by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, because I needed something to power through work with, and after one or two albums, Mrs. Piss and a new Emma Ruth Rundle song were recommended to me. I added Downer Surrounded by Uppers because I loved the visual idea of it, plus it is a banging guitar riff. Pump Organ Song is a haunting duet between Rundle, and an pump organ, and I am all for this new development.

From there, the music took a bit of a darker turn, back to a mish-mash of black and transcendental metal. At times, it feels like a counterpoint to the more compressed arrangements of HEALTH.

We close off on some more experimental rock that I forgot that I still really enjoy.