Music
Album reviews, playlists, and musical discussions
/ks44mpxf4pj65rwfse0vl63ynxi1)
/a0two18l79yvveswb2svzsk2bcl7)
Songs that trigger my frisson.
Frisson is a physically felt signature of an emotion, a somatic marker. Like nausea and disgust, or a rapid heartbeat and anxiety, this feeling in the body coincides with an emotion in the mind (and thus makes the body-mind distinction much more blurry). The specific somatic marker of frisson is experimentally tied to peak emotional experiences and the most meaningful moments during exposure to different stimuli, such as songs or speeches or art pieces. And amazingly, aesthetic chills seem to be an almost universal marker of peak emotional experiences across a wide range of cultures and continents. This universality is really rare—usually, expressions of emotion are quite different across cultural contexts—and this means that we can potentially use chills as a way to study emotion in the body in diverse peoples and places. We have a remarkable embodied feeling (a somatic marker) which is tied to this abstract emotion (meaningful moments), as if we could reach out and directly touch 'meaning-making'.
Strange & Necessary
Strange & Necessary is a deep dive into the gothic literature, film and folklore. It’s for the too-beautiful, the too-strange, the too-questioning creatures that unsettle the world simply by existing. Here I unravel history, film, and folklore while weaving in the threads of my own book. This is a candlelit diary of orphans, sin-eaters, poisons, crows, and heroines who reveal society’s hypocrisy and remind us that difference is not only strange, but necessary.
Diary
Sep 12, 2025 • Listened
Snipe Hunter
I'm no expert in what "real country" is, but I've grown to respect and enjoy artists such as Sturgill Simpson. One of my favorite albums by Sturgill Simpson is Sound & Fury, which is a sonic departure from Simpson's outlaw country sound to just a pure rock album. Tyler Childers does the same with this album, I've listened to his earlier bluegrass stuff but this is a broad, exciting expansive album for him that explores new sounds but still staying true to his songwriting ability.
Diary
Sep 12, 2025 • Listened
NEVER ENOUGH
This is just a dope-ass vibey album. Turnstile has made hardcore palatable to the mainstream while also embracing experimentation with their sound and indulging in some pop and 80s synth sensibilities. This band's getting big and there's a reason for it.
Diary
Sep 12, 2025 • Listened
I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven
Holy shit, listening to this album is an experience. It swaps genres sporadically and forces you, the listener, to engage with it not caring whether you enjoy it or not. It's all over the place and one of the most creative, boundary pushing albums I've listened to.
Diary
Sep 12, 2025 • Listened
Lonely People With Power
One of my favorite albums of 2025. Just a full-on sonic assault that's oddly cathartic. You can find a drop of meaning in an ocean of noise. Shoegaze meets Black Metal, and some Post-Rock sprinkled in. I first saw them live opening for Coheed and Cambria and was floored by how frenetic their music is.
/78u8mbspxaqkbhi152l2678c2yhw)
Flies in my coffee, Job Interviews, & Morning Thoughts
Good Morning, my fellow humans who have also been up since the crack of dawn! Today is Wednesday. A gloomy, rainy, wet Wednesday. I've been up s...
/pcjl71sb8u21trjinhmuzwaxxtr6)