Late to this but holy cow. I couldnât be more enamoured with the tones and textures of this EP. Each track is a banger and inventive in its own way. Boldly charts a course for pop music.
Highlights: âHell of a Rideâ, âPoison-Soakedâ, âHad Ya Calledâ
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Here are three! Wildly different vibes here, sorry for the whiplash
Hospital Bracelet is Midwest emo, kinda angry, less romantic yearning. More like yearning for better things.
wished bone is ethereal. I had super intense fever dreams to this album one time. pollinate me and spring time lover still have the power to stop me dead in my tracks.
Medium Build just gets it. I listened to this album for the first time on a road trip to see the eclipse this last year and my partner was asleep in my lap. It made me tear up. Love love love
Feb 25, 2025
iâve recâd this ep before but itâs so good. if you like the lo-fi haze of dream pop, the jangle of Cleaners from Venus, and the vocal harmonies of Steely Dan give this a listen
Jun 13, 2024
By 2010, indie music was looking like it was turning away from a series of regrettable choices; dead bands walking, basically. Then Halcyon Digest came along and reclaimed the joyous nostalgic highlights of the decade that had gone before in a captivating sonic capsule of subdued celebration.
This album still reaches out to me from the slumber of an era in tentative transition - a beacon from a pea soup fog. The youthfulness of old was suddenly paired with the magnetism of experimentation and the result was a scintillating salute that tore the banality surrounding it to shreds. It also contains some of frontman Bradford Coxâs best compositions: the molasses memory stick âEarthquake,â the deceptively jaunty âRevival,â the almost-Vampire Weekend old/timeyness of âHelicopter,â Coxâs tribute to the late Jay Reatard âHe Would Have Laughedâ and the bandâs best song and bid for pop greatness, âDesire Lines.â Cox described the LPâs title as âa reference to a collection of fond memories and even invented ones, like my friendship with Ricky Wilson or the fact that I live in an abandoned victorian autoharp factory. The way that we write and rewrite and edit our memories to be a digest version of what we want to remember, and how that's kind of sad." The past is still with us, just in re-remembered and sometimes wholly invented form. A masterpiece that I wish more people immediately tagged as such. 10/10, no notes.
Dec 11, 2024
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Sep 19, 2024
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Iâm still watching them even tho October is over wtf??? I just canât get enough. Recent greats include:
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
- Found footage⌠the climax is so good. Great for fans of ghost/demon stuff.
Pulse (2001)
- One of my favourite horror movies ever. Worms its way into your being. Some truly terrifying, iconic scenes and imagery, not to mention quite prescient in its message re: online connectivity and society. Really canât sing its praises enough!
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
- A classic!!! Still hits. Quintessential haunted house domestic strife ghost story. Toshio đ˘đââŹ
Audition (1999)
- Probably my least favourite of this batch. Not for the squeamish. Still worth a watch if only for its feminist social commentary.
GonJiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
- OK this one is admittedly kinda hokey but itâs based off a REAL location and the jump scares are amazing!! Some truly spine-tingling moments. Not recommended just before bed lol đŹ (Also found footage)
Nov 22, 2024
I took a trip this past weekend to Pittsburgh for Games Done Quick. Was blown away by how beautiful it was. The view from Mt. Washington was amazing! Not to mention the gothic skyscrapers. Shocking that deindustrialization has left its population only half of what it was in 1950.
Highlights: J & Jâs Family Restaurant, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Cathedral of Learning
Jan 15, 2025