affecting, melancholic, shoegazy, visceral

bdrmm – Pulling Stitches [2⊘23]

With a menacing growl, the storm-grey curtain begins its slow descent. A once flourishing dream, draped over our sun’s bright and mighty entrance allows a mere smattering of rays to embrace glass. Glimmers of hope illuminate the shattered remains of a now haunted, once-spirited war zone. “Why does this feel? Like a dream. A third, second chance. Just doesn’t seem real” This is bdrmm (stylistically), four Hull English lads and … Continue reading bdrmm – Pulling Stitches [2⊘23]

disturbedByVoicesMarch 30, 2024May 4, 20242 Comments

a collage of the three artists that make up band Violens from their video "All Night Low" by disturbedByVoices

driving, eerie, speedy, visceral

Violens – All Night Low [2⊘12]

Of the many idiosyncracies of YouTube, some of the most annoying are those videos that are “age-restricted” or “made-for-kids” and for entirely different reasons. One can understand, even empathize with adult content being restricted, inarguably lauded by some artists as a kudo of sorts. But the made-for-kids restriction is utterly flummoxing as it removes the ability to save the video to any playlist for no … Continue reading Violens – All Night Low [2⊘12]

disturbedByVoicesJuly 24, 2023July 28, 20235 Comments

art by disturbedbyvoices named "furies" portraying three different firey sirens entitled "faeries"

cerebral, cryptic, psychedelic, visceral

Bootblacks – Birds [2⊘13]

With a furious fusion of delightfully dark and explosively effusive gothic jazz, Bootblacks’ “Birds” is truly one of the most beautiful and unique music videos ever produced, even apparently filmed live. It should therefore surprise no one that the sparse though richly-imbued lyrics would be equally unique, cryptically mimicking the video’s dreamy surreality, with hints alone to hone their implied meaning. “I dwell in possibility … Continue reading Bootblacks – Birds [2⊘13]

disturbedByVoicesJuly 4, 2023September 10, 20231 Comment

Kim Dracula image taken from video Make Me Famous tweaked to look more horrific with mouth wide

arresting, arty, vigorous, visceral

Kim Dracula ~ Make Me Famous [2⊘22]

As we all know, there are real vampires. They sleep in coffins during the day, cannot be seen in mirrors, can shapeshift into bats at will, have long sharp canine teeth, and survive by laying waste to human subjects at night by sucking them dry of blood or turning them. There may also be emotional or energy vampires (see ingenious What We Do in the … Continue reading Kim Dracula ~ Make Me Famous [2⊘22]

disturbedByVoicesMay 30, 2023June 1, 20237 Comments

deathbyromy artistic hellish water nymph i don't believe in anything

bittersweet, entropic, ethereal, visceral

DeathbyRomy – I Don’t Believe in Anything [2⊘22]

Entropy: ĕn′trə-pē : a measure of the disorder, chaos, or randomness in a closed system coined from a Greek word for transformation with far-reaching implications and far-ranging applications in chemistry and physics, in cosmology, economics, sociology, weather … Continue reading DeathbyRomy – I Don’t Believe in Anything [2⊘22]