RLMDL - Bilingual [dreamwave ... lol that's not a thing]

"Bilingual" is definitely one of the more memorable (i.e. more listened to) songs in the past couple of months. The effected electric guitar and creeping bass notes make for a very nice listen. The video was most definitely filmed in Toronto (RLMDL is based out of here) and my geographical intuition places it somewhere West of the downtown core around Bathurst or Dufferin (ok it's a big range, I'm not Google Maps). This song is from RLMDL's 2013 LP Before Then Was Now.

Tycho - L [electronic, downtempo]

Tycho released his latest album back in March. I was actually really looking forward to this because of this one particular song ("L") I heard as part of a commercial for some PS4 game. While I'm definitely not the biggest Tycho fan ("Coastal Brake" is probably the only other Tycho song that I really like), something about the combination of the strong bassline, tremolo, and playfulness of the melody really attracts me to this song. Oh, and here's a link to the commercial.

"L" from Tycho's 2014 album Awake.

Blackbird Blackbird - It's A War; Brothertiger - Lovers [chillwave]

During the last few months, I started listening to a lot more chillwave stuff. I don't know how that came to be but it started off with Blackbird Blackbird and Brothertiger. I might've overlistened to them or maybe just didn't like them that much because they aren't too frequently played nowadays. Still, I think they're still worth mentioning. While I do like the parts of "It's A War", the parts just get a bit repetitive after 7 minutes. It has a calming music video. I think I heard "Lovers" a year ago or so. I probably wasn't totally sold on the whole 80's synth feel yet but time did its thing and now it's simply the greatest thing ever (hyperbole).

"It's A War" by Blackbird Blackbird from his 2012 album Boracay Planet

"Lovers" by Brothertiger from his 2012 album Golden Years

Revival

I haven't posted on this thing since 2013.

I guess this place does have some purpose for me ... it is nice to look back and see what things have caught my attention and seeing the progression of things. So, let's try again. Of course, the timeline might be a bit disjointed given the reliance on my fragmenting memory. That's ok, I suppose.

Probably, most notably, I began listening to a lot more chillwave. Unfortunately, I don't have any recent poetically relevant songs that deal with revival or resurrection. Oh well.