siiky
2023/08/27
2023/08/27
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Listening to my music collection on shuffle, "Paradigm" by Their Dogs Were Astronauts came up. I already know most of my collection, TDWA especially (<2017). Found them shortly after Animals as Leaders, many years ago, and have listened to them many times.
I knew immediatly what was going on once it started playing -- and not because I've listened so many times, it just happens; I can recognize most songs from the intro after two or three listenings. "Af this one, boring" -- 1-2 1-2 1-1-2 1-1-2 11-2 1-2 1-1-2 1-2 1231-2 ... It's been a long time I've listened to something new that's exciting! So much so I mentioned it in my tinylog 3 months ago. Still, there are songs, albums, bands that for whatever reason don't seem to grow old in me.
I expect the beginning of the list will be more widely known than the rest so I won't comment on those.
tricot, a math rock band from Japan. Originally a girls trio from Kyoto, now a girls trio from Kyoto + drummer guy. Not as wild, and definitely not as "obscure", as the next band, but I just really like them. Wish I could buy all their albums! They're cool live too, very easy going.
I've tried learning "Melon Soda" on the bass -- the intro is pretty cool -- but I'm still not at that level (haven't practiced in ages tbh).
八十八ヶ所巡礼 -- smth like "pilgrimage of 88 places", not translatable I think -- what can I say, an alt/math rock thing, I wish I could buy all their albums too! First heard of them from a Japanese girl I met through my Japanese classes. The song choice is a bit arbitrary, they have different styles across albums that it's hard to choose something "representative".
The guitarist sounds like a monster. The drummer is an absolute beast, sick single bass pedal. And the bassist/vocalist is a god -- does he really only have 5 fingers?!
I think the drummer shows up shirtless in every video and live concert I've watched -- if you're into that. Bassist/Vocalist plays live in flip-flops and a dress -- oh no, now I'm confused -- über high-energy non-stop jumping around, must have 3 or 4 brains.
Impossible to choose any one song from "メシ食うな！" by INU, a "classic" punk album. Gotta listen to the whole thing from start to finish. I like that it's so happy-sounding but still sounds like a "true" punk album.
"虫" by Stalin is an awesome hardcode punk album. "泥棒" (Dorobou) is by far one of my favorite songs ever, likely my favorite by them, such a high-energy song, perfect to vent out. I sometimes wish I could sing it live but... you know, you need a band for that. I wish I could play it too, but I don't have the wrists :'(
"Casiopea" is probably the album I listened to most often since first discovering it 4+ years ago, it's tight AF.