Just took delivery of the latest addition to my LP collection: The self-titled final album from British dreampop duo Cranes, finally released on vinyl Now only two albums remain unreleased in the format and the band told me that they will be available next year. While I do love this album, I do think the other two ("Future Songs" and Particles & Waves") are stronger. Will be good to have the collection complete and I do hope that this renewed activity means they will release new music again. I love this band immensely.
It may be "too alternative" for some and Alison Shaw's vocals are beautiful but a little bit unusual.
@StitchJones I forgot to mention, I checked out Sean Townsend and what he's done with the piano is quite brilliant - as is the genius title of "Chillswitch Engage". Thanks for making me aware of him
@GirlVersusGame Indeed! Fascinating, especially as the similarities aren't really obvious unless you see the images in close proximity like that. Then it becomes clear that the geometry and layout is almost identical.
@StitchJones I forgot to mention, I checked out Sean Townsend and what he's done with the piano is quite brilliant - as is the genius title of "Chillswitch Engage". Thanks for making me aware of him
no problem. my pleasure. always glad to give the gift of music
@GirlVersusGame@Ravix Apologies, my wife and I very spontaneously got away for the weekend, which was wonderful.
I’ve missed quite a bit here and don’t want to drag things back but I agree, having compassion for yourself is a difficult but healthy introspection. Spirituality is certainly a very personal thing and, with how much real damage religious institutions have caused throughout history, I don’t blame anyone for holding negative views and opinions about them.
I’ll just add, for love to remain truly selfless, I figure that you need the feedback loop of attributing it to something outside of yourself.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@Metonymy I’ll just add, for love to remain truly selfless, I figure that you need the feedback loop of attributing it to something outside of yourself.
I understand that concept and action very well and couldn't agree more.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@FuriousMachine here's another Metal to Piano conversion channel you may enjoy. A bit of a different flavor since this girl plays live. But she is absolutely fantastic. She covers a lot of different genres, so you have to dig in her channel for the metal ones. But there's plenty like this vid i left here.
@StitchJones It's been used in movies, games, football and half the time it was never credited. So people were hearing it and not knowing what it even was. They had the same producer who worked on everything from Alkaline Trio to Slayer, Dope, Weezer, Static-X, Coal Chamber, Danzig and many more, he also did some of the mixing. The band were set to be big then went out of sight for almost ten years.
This was another good one of theirs. All the comments mention a wrestling game so they must have gotten credited there.
@Ravix@GirlVersusGame@FuriousMachine and just like that! Something goes off in my head, like a light switch of sorts. As fast as bipolar, but in a positive sense. I have this craving to feed the side of me that loves synthwave music like this, or similar tunes that are far from metal as it gets. My ears, my mind and my soul are bound by nothing when it comes to music. Its liberating.
"Guilty pleasures" one would say? I say F you! "never feel guilty pleasures!" Cause who the F are you? If anything ,they are guilty. Guilty of being closed minded and binding themselves to how society thinks things should be labeled or categorized. Are they their own person? They can't be if they choose to be bound by something as simple as the act of listening to music.
I would love the diehard Slayer fan to be before me. Mocking me for playing air drums to "the crooked cross" one minute and then spending the next week listening to this! Go ahead, mock me. It just confirms that my spirit is free and you are bound by societies unwritten rules on structures, image and persona. You are the weak ones and we are strong and free. We are all human in the end, made up of the same compounds that form our flesh and blood. No matter our tastes, color, religious beliefs, age, orientation. All Indians, no chiefs! Unfortunately, most Indians choose to be bound by something in this world. Therefore, we do not all unite as one. Their loss....
I'm having a "get on top of a mountain and scream to the world how amazing all music is" moment and I tagged you guys because i know you can relate. I'm sure there are others here too, but I am new here. A shout out to those who I left out because I am green, not on purpose.
@StitchJones I would love the diehard Slayer fan to be before me. Mocking me for playing air drums to "the crooked cross" one minute and then spending the next week listening to this!
I know one or two of the ones you posted, you won't know mine. I haven't listened to any English music today. That last one is kind of Metal, but also not in English.
If you clicked any of those I did give a warning first, though maybe you like the first one it's kind of synth'y, even if you don't understand the words. I don't have guilty pleasures per-say, if it sounds good to my ears I just go for it, from a lot of classical (mostly all I listened to today) to jazz, then onto pop or rock, sometimes a little rap but rarely in English because I'm not sure what they are saying, a little techno, pretty much anything. I feel like I've head that first one you've posted, I'm not sure where.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame all of those have their own kind of charm. The first one has a pretty upbeat synth vibe, not bad. The 2nd sone has some great techno vibes, I like it. The 3rd one didn't speak to me, but its not because I think its bad, its more of current sttate of mind. The metal one last but not least is good. So many different feels in there and you can tell multi influences. The intro is very chuggy and nu-metal, the bridge is like a techno/metal hybrid (I guess thats what they mean by industrial symphonic metal in the title) some prog metal feels in there and the outtro is very techno-metal hybrid again. And the singer is kind of hot too lol just sayin'. she looks just like this girl that used to work in the office at my apt complex and she has kind of a lana del rey look to her, mixed with alittle talia shire when she was younger. You know the actress that played rocky's wife, Adrian.
As far as languages spoken by the singer. That means nothing to me to enjoy listening and to respect the artist. Russian, English, Ukrainian, Spanish.....doesn't matter. Music has one universal language to me no matter what nationality the lyrics are spoken in
@StitchJones The first one is one of my favorite French songs, modern at least. That third one was my Britney Spears, then I actually heard Britney Spears and had one of those Inception moments, that happened a lot with Pop. I think with Rap it's the use of double meanings and slang, I know they are telling a story I just don't know what it is. Except maybe for some Eminem and and the Fudge the Police song by NWA, that lyric about having the authority to kill a minority was what made me actually look into that and sure enough there it was. So Rap definitely tells a story, I'm struggling to think of any others I've heard. The one with the Two Phones, that was good. Here's something random, my favorite non-Rammstein Metal Band. I'd be surprised if you've heard them before.
And one of my favorite Swiss Metal bands. Violins, Guitars, Harp, they've also had Bagpipes, Flutes, Fiddles, I like a lot of Metal bands that aren't afraid to do something different. Also Chrigel Glanzmann can really growl.
And one of my favorite Finnish Metal bands. I saw them for about two weeks each night live and not once did I understand that song but it stood out so well. They are a really unique band live, Accordions, Fiddles, Guitars and it all just works together. Also beer, they drink a lot of beer on stage for their Vodka song.
@StitchJones YESSSSSSS! FOLLOW THE PIED PIPER OF NOT GIVING A SH** WHAT PEOPLE THINK INTO A MUSICAL AND SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION 😁😁😁 I can get behind that!
Weirdly, i'm not in the mood for any music tonight but I just clicked on the first track you posted and now I want to watch Drive. I don't know a lot about the style of music in terms of known artists and tracks as i'm usually zoned out when this kind of stuff is on, but I do know I like it!
Man, the track you posted it really reminds me of...
This music is actually quite dangerous as it makes me want to sip a large glass of hard liquor and just vibe and cuddle in a big pile of people 🥲
That French one is cool @GirlVersusGame and what is that? FinnishGogolBordelloMetal?
I think anything that combines legitimate folk elements in punk/rock/metal/hip-hop is really appealing.
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