WILT_2023-12

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 19 Mar 2023 to 25 Mar 2023.

1. AGGRO – goneMUNE
2. PETAL – goneMUNE, Foster Hilding
3. Never Enough – Foster Hilding
4. Gat Beastard – Keep A Weather Eye On
5. no friends – Mora Michelle
6. Frums Alp – Keep A Weather Eye On
7. 213.xx.200.xx:01 – Address
8. 19.xx.119.xx:01 – Address
9. Eraser – Sea Lemon
10. They Run – Soft Pastels
11. Y o Y – Born at Midnight
12. Short Thing, Done Quick – peter the traitor
13. Some Things Never Change – Bathe Alone
14. GIVE ME TIME – goneMUNE
15. She’s a Betty – Husbands
16. Not Just Anyone – River Tiber
17. Forget – COOL HEAT

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2023-12

Notes

I came out to Japan in the middle of the week so I’m typing this while in my hotel room in Asakusa. I’ll be honest, it is quite difficult to tune your mind toward this journal entry while you’re on holiday. But no matter.

We start it with goneMUNE, a Singaporean artist that got on my radar when her ad for her latest remix album, TULPA:REDUX appeared in my Instagrams feed. Curious at the dark alternative aesthetic that was presented, I searched for the music and was not disappointed. There is a very raw earnestness that comes from wanting to express rather than impress. Standouts are definitely PETAL (Fostsr Hilding Remix) that feature Hilding’s sludge-drenched guitars underneath MUNE’s innocently sinister vocals, all while making HEALTH and Deftones proud.

I then started to explore a new label project by |||||||||||||||||||| called 110.100.100.global. It features a ton of exciting electronic music works from the producer and other global artists from their Discord server, but I’ll let you figure out which is which, just for the fun of it.

From there, the music naturally trickled in. There’s a good balance between the songs that can be classified or rooted in rock or folk music, and there are also some very uncommon electric sounds. Some standouts for me include Y o Y by Born At Midnite, Short Thing, Done Quick by pete the traitor and Some Things Never Change by Bathe Alone.

I’ve got another week in Japan so the next week will be interesting to see how I can get any playlist compiling while on holiday.