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"ᑌᑭ ᑌᑎTIᒪ YOᑌ ᖴᒪOᗩTEᗪ ᗪOᗯᑎ Oᑎ ᗩ ᑕᒪOᑌᗪ
I ᗪIᗪᑎ’T KᑎOᗯ, I ᗪIᗪᑎ’T KᑎOᗯ
Iᑎ YOᑌᖇ ᑭᑌᖇE ᑭEᖇᖴEᑕTIOᑎ, I’ᒪᒪ ᑎEᐯEᖇ ᗪOᑌᗷT"
an exquisite debut clouded in chronically online electronic ecstasy
no i'm not exaggerating. this shit's like mainlining glitter injections into the folds of my brain. like going to a roller disco club on saturn's rings
the instrumentals. good GAWD the vocal layering. THE TRANSITIONS I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE TRANSITIONS IN THEIR ALBUMS
such a stunning piece of work, i'm still annoyed how little i hear people talk about it. prophecy alone could have taken tiktok by storm
(also, i always think that, if poppy had stuck with purely electronic music, it would probably sound something like this. random, but uknowotimeanroight)
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A literally perfect album
Jan 26, 2024
this is probably one of my fav pop albums of the year and specifically the deluxe version. Also almost all of the bonus tracks and as good if not better than someone of the stuff on the standard version.
I think the lyricism is incredible and paints such specific imagery of past relationships Sabrina has had. Even lines that can come off as slightly rudimentary like “You used a fork once. It turns out forks are fuckin' everywhere” I think it actually adds a charm to the album and shows that it doesn’t take itself too seriously and like she has nothing to prove and when you’re the person who wrote “because i liked a boy” you definitely don’t need to prove anything to anyone.
AND THE INSTRUMENTALS!!! I think the slightly house inspired bass and drum lines like on ‘Read your Mind’ work incredibly well as a contrast to the ballads on this album. Speaking of, I think ballads especially on a pop album and leave the album feeling a bit dry and can make the topics discussed feel repetitive especially with an emphasis on relationship based ballads but with her interesting instruments and specificity in describing the situations within these songs differentiates them a lot and doesn’t feel stale after a couple of listens.
May 15, 2025
i know it’s a recent release but i feel like it got such small commotion in waves online and barely any discussion around it besides a few friends or artists here and there… love love this album and have been playing it nonstop during my day-to-day!
Dec 11, 2024
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"ꀤ ꌃꍟ꒒ꀤꍟꃴꍟ ꀤꈤ ꍏ ꀎꈤꀤꃴꍟꋪꌗꍟ ꓄ꃅꍏ꓄ ꀸꂦꍟꌗꈤ'꓄ ꉓꍏꋪꍟ ꍏꈤꀸ ꉣꍟꂦꉣ꒒ꍟ ꅏꃅꂦ ꀸꂦ"
mae borowski returns to her hometown of possum springs, and with her return comes some long-time-coming reunions and unsolved mysteries
this game broke me
played it the week it came out back in 2017, and in hit me in that way some media does where it comes at a point in your life where it feels all too specific to your circumstances and it opens wounds you didn't even know went that deep. this shit felt like the therapy session you needed but reeeeally didn't want to go to. healing and hurtful, all at once
also just happens to be extremely funny. it's a very specific kind of humor, where even in the rare moments it doesn't land, it still lands because the circumstances around it make it all the funnier. something as simple as a too-long pause in the dialogue will have me in stitches
deserves all the love in the world, and it will forever have my whole heart. WITCHDAGGAH
Apr 19, 2024
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or junk journaling, if you'd like to not perpetuate myths about crows liking to collect trinkets. i just think it sounds cuter
weirdly, as someone who's a writer, i've never really been good at or liked journaling. every planner i've ever owned has remained empty. if i try to write something any time other than when the fancy strikes me, it just feels inauthentic, like i'm trying too hard. this has been the first time journaling actually felt like it had a purpose for me, and actually felt weirdly therapeutic
basically, it's just anything i can recycle, i make into a page. i like a common theme, so places i've visited, media i like, similar aesthetics, emotions i'm feeling. and then we get the qr code page & i'm reminded that this is probably the quintessential depiction of what scoring 121 on the RAADS-R looks like
eh, i'm having fun🤷♀️
Apr 16, 2024
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"Why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird?
When it sings so sweet
The screaming, heaving fuckery of the world?"
the crooner's sophomore outing, finding beauty and hope amidst the end of the world
loved unreal unearth, loved the debut. but if you ask me, this is his strongest album. there's something about the imagery invoked in this album that is so specific, but feels so unique to him. that underwater cover art kinda encompasses that; normally when we think of wastelands, its just dry nothingness for miles. but this feels very "noah's ark flood" end of the world. the calm before the storm, the storm, and the aftermath
the VOCALS on this thing go apeshit btw
this also just has some of my favorite songs of his. MOVEMENT is criminally slept on. shrike is so bittersweet and beautiful. dinner & diatribes and almost (sweet music) are absolute jams. talk...? TALK?!! jesus christ. i can't listen to the title track without weeping. there's such a melancholy that almost makes me sick but it's like...the hug you'd want from a loved one as the world caves in
good time😃! emotional damage😃! have fun😃!
May 6, 2024