This song is one that I have played on repeat around this time of year, every year since I was a teenager. I don't know why it becomes something that I obsessively listen to once a year, but I do know that I love it because it is this blend of melody and precision with memorable lyrics (about communications theory no less). There is something so compelling about the synthpop sound and the way that the lyrics feel unfamiliar, almost imperceptible with their layering harmonies at different points in the song.
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this year was filled with a lot of making it up as i went along and reminding myself that i do, in fact, have plenty of time. i was figuring out where, who, or what felt right and what to do and how to do it etc, etc, and this song was just a calming anthem to return to. i also have fond memories of listening to it (maybe a little too much) during the summer, and i really miss those sweaty firefly filled nights. this was one of the first summers i’ve ever missed; i usually despise the heat. so, i feel like that stands for something.
Dec 30, 2024
I remember listening to this a lot during my senior year of college with my big winter jacket & boots on, walking around campus.
It made me feel like I was in a weird mystery coming of age movie. Weirdly nostalgic now. I wish I could listen to this album for the first time again. <3
Jan 7, 2025
Ok I know I’m hella late to this because I feel like everyone already knows this song but I discovered it from a tumblr post of the lyrics and I was so moved by them that I had to listen to it. I’d always been kinda anti-The Zombies because annoying people I went to high school with really like them and after listening to the rest of this album I do feel kinda vindicated in that (soz). BUT this song is so good and I can already tell it will become an all-timer for me. I love it because it’s a love song that also can read as being about other things and it’s so hopeful and full of yearning and uncertainty. Also the piano part at the beginning reminds me a lot of “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim. It’s the perfect mix of great lyricism and just enough 60s psychedelic pop.
Jan 14, 2025
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Whether you need inspo, are curious about the discourse over the last few decades, want to get into a new hobby or whatever else, you can download open source magazine issues from decades past. They have magazines from as early as the early 1900s too! I have been obsessed with old video games lately so I have been looking at the old club nintendo magazines and it has been so fun. Like look at some of the covers these magazines used to have
Aug 7, 2024
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There is something about seeing someone be unconscious about something that they really love. The sincerity of it, the way they forget to be quiet if its in public, the way they gesture with their hands more. Its great 10/10 would recommend being passionate about your interests!
Jul 10, 2024
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This might be a strange solution but it may help: when you see something thats not a garment that you consider beautiful for whatever reason, photograph it and then use your wardrobe to try and capture that energy.
For example, I go on a lot of nature walks and something that happens a lot on my walks is that I'll see a lot of beautiful colours that I often don't see worn together, blends of textures like where the leaves of a tree meet the sky etc and so I try to capture that. Like that's how I realised that I love the colour combination of orange and grey.
To help I may then look through old magazines and cut out images to make scrapbook pages of inspiration, or if I have the influence of a particular era in mind to express the look I may look at stills of films from that decade (that's another way you can use pinterest that's not so algo heavy).
Then you just try stuff on and see how you feel, what you like about your attempts what you don't like etc. Ultimately imo the easiest way to avoid relying on algorithms for fashion inspiration is to take inspiration from things other than clothes and to practice translating the aesthetic principles into garments.
Do you like that one brutalist style building with hedges of wild flowers near the place you work? How do you express it in an outfit. Do you keep looking at the sheen of an apple before you bite into it? What fabrics might have a similar effect?
And then use the clothes that you have to try things and edit/style your looks until you get to things you like wearing.
Nov 2, 2024