Unless you’re my (adorable!) niece who just turned two yesterday, you’ve probably endured the entire 72-hour brunt of this past weekend with the full, excruciating awareness that UK grime god Mr. Mitch’s new album Devout came out this past Friday (April 21) on Planet Mu and that you haven’t yet had the time to consider snatching-up your copy of the filial-piety-themed opus.
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Tara Jane O’Neil Tara Jane O’Neil
Styles: embers, maps, teacups, veins
Others: Julie Doiron, Mary Lou Lord, Ida
I was walking up a mountain the first time I heard Tara Jane O’Neil’s new self-titled collection of songs. It felt odd to hike with headphones on, but my mood that afternoon made music seem necessary. For the whole weekend, my mind had been, in Pat Beane’s words, “buzzing with noise and nothing-anxiety.” I thought some songs might help, and I started to climb, letting the album’s tempo set my speed up the trail. We took a contemplative pace.
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Styles: dream disco, neuropop
Others: debaser hero, Saturn’s moon Encephalus
You came here before with your ex. But this is your first time alone.
You have a seat, noting with keen sense the memory foam on the laid-back massage chair.
You never knew it could feel this good. I told you it wouldn’t be easy.
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For Jill, who would have hated this shit.
So I was taking a walk the other day…
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