WILT_2023-49

A playlist of songs that intrigued me from Sunday to Saturday. Week of 3 Dec 2023 to 9 Dec 2023.

1. Kindling – Respire
2. ego death – foxtails
3. Tidal Lullaby – Asunojokei
4. Abandoned & Lost in Time – Gillian Carter
5. Caldera – Crowning
6. Out of Existence – Emma Ruth Rundle, Thou
7. Lake Fantasy – Lantlôs
8. After You Comes the Flood – MONO
9. The Particle Noise – Spotlights
10. Congratulations… You’ve Hit Bottom! – Gospel
11. Convoy – Frail Hands

Hyperlink to Spotify playlist: WILT_2023-49

Notes

This week’s playlist came about from me wanting to explore more of the band, Envy’s discography after I watched them play a gig last Wednesday. It had been awhile since I last engaged with Envy’s music and I had forgotten that I enjoyed their energy and brand of emotional hardcore blended with post rock. The band also played an amazing live show, very well coordinated with tonnes for energy.

However, you will find no Envy in this week’s playlist as what caught my attention during bouts of active listening were sounds adjacent to them. From death metal vocal parts, off-time syncopation, deranged blast beats, math rock guitar riffs and atmospheric guitar work, they all come together for an intense and malty playlist to saturate yourself in as you drink yourself numb.

So this week is louder than most, but it is a shot of intensity that has been somewhat missing and it is nice to remind yourself of how brazen life and survival is some times.

By the way, I finished watching the finale of Attack on Titan this week, started playing Baulder’s Gate 3 and there are three more weeks of What I Listened To left in 2023.