Apes of the State - Moments A Year From Now

A year from now ... my heart smiles at the possibilities.

I'm gonna be a dad.

"Moments A Year From Now" by Apes of the State from their 2019 album Pipe Dream

mxmtoon - fever dream

Maybe that'll be me someday ... I hope they will be able to know the joy of being free.

"fever dream" by mxmtoon from her 2020 album Dawn

Long Beard - Sweetheart

Yeah I have a type I guess. Zebra can't change its stripes.

"Sweetheart" by Long Beard from her 2019 album Means To Me

No Joy - Everything New

Also another song I'm more than a bit surprised I had never posted here. I was like really excited when this came out. I have to thank Sonic Boom ... found Ghost Blonde in their discount rack (don't tell the band that lol). This was 5 years ago, yikes. Well, they're still at it, just released a new album. Will check out soon ... one day ... hopefully before time subsides.

"Everything New" by No Joy from their 2015 album More Faithful

Florist - M

Lo-fi piano, longing wispy vocals ... for a few minutes I remember that there's an entire world out there ... some of it actually worth having hope for.

"M" by Florist from her 2019 album Emily Alone

Teenage Priest - Innocent

Words that describe me: None of the below.

(I'm a sucker for that ... whatever sound it is that plays consistently on beat 2 and 4 ... it's similar to the sounds in Glory on beat 3.)

"Innocent" by Teenage Priest, a single from 2020

That Is Good - Make It Work

This is good. That is, That Is Good is good. Another Good that is good that is not Matthew Good.

(The piano, the chords, the vocal styling really makes nostalgic for Allegro Cantabile Sound, the outro for the anime series Nodame Cantabile. This is a much different tempo and feel of course. That was a nice time. I miss being moved by simple things.)

"Make It Work" by That Is Good, a single from 2019.

The Steals - Hope

I'm surprised that I never had posted this song back in the hayday of this blog (let's be real, was there ever such a time?). I think it's one of the songs that really pushed me to seek out a shoegaze guitar sound.

"Hope" by The Steals from their 2010 album Static Kingdom

The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends

 Throwback to a time that I only know as a soundscape.

"Here's Where The Story Ends" by The Sundays from their 1990 album Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic

AAAMYYY - Leeloo

 Yeah, time is... quite a precious commodity. Let's go ham, while we still can.

"Leeloo" by AAAMYYY, single in 2020