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My favorite Albums

(In no particular order)

3OH!3 Night Sports

When this album came out, I was 15 and I LOVED it.

I listened to them when I was younger and was estatic to know they were still KILLING IT with their music.

This was the first video I saw for this album.

My top 3 songs are:

"Inside Boy"

"7-11"

"Hear me Now"

I saw them once at Warped Tour in 2018. They put on a good show! They didn't do enough from this album though!

Marianas Trench Astoria

And, just a year before, I found Marianas Trench for the first time.

THANK GOD I DID!

This was the first video I ever saw of their's, and it pulled me in.

My top 3 songs are:

"Burning Up"

"Dearly Departed"

"This Means War"

I have yet to see them. One day.

Honorable Mention

Ever After

This album is a close second.

Gorillaz Plastic Beach + Humanz

I couldn't choose just one!

I was 16 or 17 when I first watched a Gorillaz music video. Yea, I was late.

After I found them, my whole world changed.

I started taking a lot more pride in my art. The Gorillaz Amino was where I felt the best. The featured page might have seen my sketches up there once or twice<3.

Then I started cosplaying. 2D was my first cosplay EVER.

I went to a theater makeup course at CSN, L makeup (briefly), took some makeup effects classes, and was able to do makeup effects for a horror movie. I got to do makeup for Full Moon Features at some point too.

I even met some of my closest friends.

All thanks to Gorillaz.

I don't do makeup now. No, now I am finally doing what I always thought I was not good enough to do. Music.

They are still an inspiration for me. There'll be a tribute tattoo on me soon, for sure.

My top 3 songs on PLASTIC BEACH are:

"Superfast Jellyfish"

"To Binge"

"On Melancholy Hill"

Humanz was the album that dropped when I came on the scene.

I was blown away. The 360 videos, app, and website had me BUSY. I just really enjoyed the concept, the lyrics, everthing really.

My top 3 songs on HUMANZ are:

"Let Me Out"

"She's My Collar"

"Ascension"

They came to Life is Beautiful but I couldn't afford it. I know it's gonna be a blast when I do eventually get to see them.

Tyler Glenn Excommunication

A whole album about his experiences leaving the Mormon faith and being a gay man.

It is BRILLIANT.

Every song is fantastic!

He is also the singer of Neon Trees!

My top 3 songs are:

"Shameless"

"Waiting Around"

"Devil"

I was able to see him at my first First Friday event here in Vegas. Not only that, I met him! It was an honor.

Elvis

Okay, I am going to split this up into 3 categories.

(Clearly we know who the favorite is)

While He Was Still Alive : Moody Blue

Coincidentally, it was the last album he ever did.

He passed away 4 weeks after it was released.

It is really hard for me to pick a single album. Mostly because they are all so good. I think this one Is a staple because it was the last one he was physically a part of. (The rest of them are compilations, live shows, and studio takes)

My top 3 songs are:

"Way Down"

"Unchained Melody"

"Little Darlin"

Compilation: Walk a Mile In my Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters

My all time favorite Elvis era.

I love all of them, but this one takes the cake.

There is no way I can do a top 3. I'm giving you a top 10.

"Snowbird"

"My Boy"

"If You Talk In Your Sleep"

"Hurt"

"Patch It Up"

"Tiger Man(Jam)"

"A Big Hunk O' Love"

"Polk Salad Annie - Live"

"Just a Little Bit"

"Funny How Time Slips Away"

Movie Soundtrack: Roustabout

I listen to this one A LOT.

My top 3 songs are:

"Hard Knocks"

"Poison Ivy League"

"One Track Heart"

Elvis was quite literally the one to get me off my butt to make my music.

Before I got covid, I had a whole different singing voice. After, I couldn't even sing like I used to. I had convinced myself that I was never going to sing again because I thought I sounded bad.

Then, Elvis found me and I couldn't stop singing his songs. Only then did I realize that I hadn't lost my voice, I just had to work with it.

Since then, I have been going trough that journey, putting out music, and working on getting out of my head.

I also met some people who literally made me realize that I needed to put more energy into myself. So really, it has been a wild ride, but one I am not going to get off of any time soon, no matter what happens.

Honorable Mentions

South Of Sanity South of Sanity

(My dad's band when I was a kid.)

JULIA Honey, I Love Me Too Much

(Yes, my own.)

Style Cramps Blue Beam

Pretty epic song

Listening Recs #1 - Ashenspire Speak Not of the Laudanum Quandary

An honestly stellar release from the group behind one of my favorite albums of all time (Hostile Architecture) and a step ahead of a lot of the avant-garde BM that has been released in the past few years. The vocals are probably the most interesting part for me at least as the vocalist takes a more punk based approach to vox rather than the screeched/howled/screamed/growled vocals that are pretty status quo in black metal. Overall I would rate this album an 8/10 as there are some places to improve (Track 5 and 1 are a little too iffy for me) but other than that an absolutely stunning release from some awesome people.

Jungle by Tash Saltana is the perfect song recco for anyone looking for a true ethereal experience in modern music. Saltana utilises elements from the 60s/70s psychedelic movement, such as heavy reverb and a distorted style of singing in this song, whilst keeping to her indie-reggae roots she has planted herself. One of my favourite songs to date, after hearing it maybe 5 years ago (?), it still holds up and gives me that wicked chilling sensation.

Jungle

(with awesome Solo at the end)

TASH SULTANA

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Song Recs #1

SOFT SERVE - Laila!

honestly this whole EP is good but i bang w this song the most!! even if she's literally speaking nonsense the whole time lmao

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE VKEI, I SUGGEST THE BAND KEBYO!

THIS IS ONE OF THEIR SONGS AND HONESTLY THEY'RE REALLY UNDERRATED SO GO AND CHECK THEM OUT!!!! :3

I KNOW IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN YET AND IT'S IN LIKE THREE MONTHS, BUT SCREW THAT I JSUT FOUND THAT THE BOYS MADE A SONG CALLED "SICK" BY GETTING IT RECOMMENDED UNDER ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS AND HOLY SHIT IT GOES SO HARD AND IT'S HALLOWEEN THEMED IT'S SO FUCKING COOL I LOVE HALLOWEEN

it's REALLY good in visuals as well i really recommend this video for the visuals

28.02.2022 ; monday

it was a pretty nice day and a tiny bit productive as well haha. also i wanted to show off my march'22 habit tracker because it turned out so cute in my opinion (plus it's my birth month so there's that too hehe) :>

studied a little :p

did my daily doodle

copied some french notes (didn't start a new lesson tho)

did 28 reasoning questions !

🎶 no you girls by franz ferdinand

my spotify receipt for the month of february'22 !!

feel free to add yours to this i'd love to see them ! <33

22.02.2022 ; tuesday

today was kinda productive even though my cramps are k¡ll¡ng me haha. im supposed to be having my semester finals this week but i still haven't received any confirmation so thats bothering me too :')

finished a unit in french

practiced the violin (albeit horribly)

did sixty reasoning questions !

also did my daily doodle (im super proud of how it turned out too)

finished making my habit tracker for march'22 (it turned out so cute)

🎶 fast times by sabrina carpenter

Linkin Park, Castle of Glass

zayn : all songs

the ultimate spotify zayn playlist <33

Hozier, Take Me to Church