Lovely Bloodflow

Baths is a great artist out of the Chatsworth, California. I've honestly never been a fan of this genre of music for lack of an artist to hook me and reel me in to the electronic/down tempo/glitchy stylings he and his peers put out, but something about Will Wiesenfeld's vulnerable yet ernest sound drew me in. Take this ill music video and song, entitled 'Lovely Bloodflow,' a track off his 2010 full length Cerulean. When I hear Wiesenfeld botch the entrance of his vocals, and continue the track, pretentiousness flies out the window, and is replaced with a relatable sense of humanity. This music video is a great representation of his music because you'll sit there thinking "I don't know what the fuck is going on, but it is so dope." Which is pretty much all I thought upon hearing Cerulean - a mindfuck wrapped in a leather jacket. A sound so dope you can smoke it. Czech it.

Actually, fuck it I'll make it a twofer and throw up every I know's favorite track by Baths, Aminals

A Winner's Attitude/Guide Towards Life

If I had a feather for every time I asked why, I'd be higher in the sky than Icarus and Daedalus combined.

If I had a scale for every time I wondered how, I'd be deeper than the crepuscular alien-like fish that no one really knows what they are, or what their motivations are in life!

If I had a rock for every time I doubted myself, I'd build a mountain of K2 proportions two times over, with a quarry of materials to spare.

If I had a drop of water for every time I sat and did nothing about it - I'd be sitting in the middle of an ocean that dwarfs the Pacific, glass half empty of self worth, half full of self loathing.

Tiny Vessels

"I spent two weeks in Silver lake, the California sun cascading down my face. There was a girl with light brown streaks - and she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me. Yeah, she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me."

Transatlanticism is the sole Death Cab For Cutie record I can honestly say I really dig, and not care about how cheesy it is, or how many tween girls scribble the earnest story telling of Ben Gibbard into the tattered flaps of their diary-cum-school books. This song really hits me hard, trying to imagine meaningless sex and days drawn out with someone you're too afraid to tell the truth to.

We Owe This To Our Ears

Not too shabby! "Dark is the way, Light is a Place" will be the next studio offering from perennial pop punk outfit Anberlin, and will bring the tally to five LP's in their 3 year existence.

Villagers

If I had a ship I would name it the S.S. Pizazz.

Another Conor, this time from Ireland, but almost as emotionally pained and huggable as that Oberst fellow.

Summer

Beach Fossils // Window View from Wooden Lens on Vimeo.

Summer is here! I can tell because just walking outside makes sweat gather in the back of my t-shirt and the sun beaming down in the middle of the day feels goooood, man.

I may be stuck doing summer school, but you all should be out there catching every ray of sun! Do it! For me!

(Not) For the last time

I will be back! I'm hoping a new layout will mean a new work ethic with regards to this blog.



Probably not