arty, cerebral, influential, melancholic, raw

Joy Division ~ She’s Lost Control [1979]

As it seems, those bands capable of creating masterpieces often appear soul-possessed of and by their own music. In their live performances, we not only bask in their presence, but we share in the raw realization of their creative visions. Less often, the feeling is captured in audio or video recording, and even then not everyone sees (or misses) that beauty, or understands how deeply fulfilling the experience of direct resonance … Continue reading Joy Division ~ She’s Lost Control [1979]

disturbedByVoicesSeptember 8, 2022July 10, 20236 Comments

affecting, bittersweet, melancholic, shoegazy

Slowdive ~ Sugar For The Pill [2⊘17]

“It felt like we were in a movie that had a totally implausible ending…”
Look closely and you should notice the picture icon above is a cockeyed “blue” smiley-face pill with eyes, nose, and mouth a darkly golden hewn. Says lead singer/songwriter Halstead, “As a child, I was given medicine on a sugar cube, cough medicine, or whatever it was, it would … Continue reading Slowdive ~ Sugar For The Pill [2⊘17]

disturbedByVoicesSeptember 5, 2022May 28, 20233 Comments

affecting, arty, bittersweet, melancholic

mehro ~ chance with you [2⊘21]

mehro’s lament (sound of trauma) relives a memory rethought, redoubled, that might have changed everything. “When I wrote ‘chance with you’, it was an acknowledgment that I let something slip through my fingers”, native Angelean mehro says of the track. “I let fear overpower my desires, and I won’t let that happen again.” “Turn my eyes, I see you stare … Continue reading mehro ~ chance with you [2⊘21]

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arty, cerebral, gothic, melancholic

Bragolin ~ To Hide To Shine To Cross [2⊘18]

The Crying Boy is a mass-produced print of a painting by Italian artist Giovanni Bragolin (1911–1981) pen-name of the painter popularly known as Bragolin. His paintings feature a variety of tearful children looking morosely straight ahead, sometimes called “Gypsy boys”, although nothing specifically links them to the Romani people. In 1986, British tabloid … Continue reading Bragolin ~ To Hide To Shine To Cross [2⊘18]

disturbedByVoicesAugust 8, 2022May 28, 20231 Comment

Artistic rendering of RUFUS DU SOL's lead singer Tyrone Lindqvist taken from their video for "On My Knees".

bassy, catchy, melancholic, synthy

RÜFÜS DU SOL – On My Knees [2⊘21]

Brilliant, bold, and bassy, this is the kind of track that reverberates with such intensity as to provoke a cardiac arrest of emergency-room dancefloor-jigginess. Unsurprisingly, its creation was also a process of joy, “For this song we had a lot of fun writing something that was darker, driving and a little more edgy. It’s definitely one of the most … Continue reading RÜFÜS DU SOL – On My Knees [2⊘21]