Since 2022, I’ve been stuck in a loop of listening to the same three artist’s entire discographies. The endless choice offered by streaming services have always overwhelmed me, and I wanted to slow down and be more intentional with my music. Getting a classic iPod has helped me form an identity around artists that I love– after all, digital copies belong to ME, and can never be taken away by war-supporting corporations. It’s also made discovering new albums feel more meaningful, encouraging deeper listening rather than passive consumption.

This page will be updated throughout the year, as I come across albums that resonate with me enough to write about. I’ll try to keep each “review” short.

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay…

[Imaginal Disk

…is an album that feels particularly alien. My best description of it is “what hot girl summer would sound like on a distant planet”. I’ve always been wary of how technology and social media has affected our mental health. Photoshopped bikini bodies already do absolute destruction our body images. This album is a sort of thought experiment of how technologies of the distant future– the hypothetical world of simulated realities, genetic modification, memory manipulation– would amplify these insecurities.

I’m a sucker for solid three-track runs. The progression of Vampire in the Corner into Watching T.V. into Tunnel Vision is particularly transcendent.

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling…

[Patterns in Repeat

…is about the cycles of life, written at the precipice of a women’s life There is a beautiful and somber acceptance to

Notes for me:

This is a repository of my top played albums (that isnt King Gizzard, Animal Collective, or Big Thief) each month:

  • January
    • Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling
    • On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System - The Bug Club
    • The New Sound - Geordie Greep
    • Sleep Cycle - Deakin
    • Chelsea Girl - Nico
  • February
    • Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
    • When the Pawn… - Fiona Apple
    • Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper - Panda Bear
    • Iron Maiden (debut album) - Iron Maiden
    • SORCS 80 - The Oh Sees
  • March
    • Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay
    • Cunningham Bird - Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham
    • Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
    • Sinister Grift - Panda Bear
    • Marry Me - St. Vincent