Lazuli Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 bich not you continuing no choice but to stan i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 21 hours ago, ATRL Username said: Rare to Wake by Shannon Lay A great track I happen to see for the first time on the YECDs. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Vercetti Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Speak your truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Username Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Matsor Projects 80. Rostam: “4Runner” Rostam’s twelve-string tribute to the open road would make anyone swoon, but this love song may hold special significance for queer people. “Don’t wanna be pretty like a girl,” he sings. “I think I’m pretty much your boy.” For anyone who’s ever felt like a foreigner in their own skin, being seen in the right way by the right person—handsome rather than beautiful, say—can feel like a homecoming. In “4Runner,” Rostam and his love make a new home for themselves on the highway, leaving the familiar behind and driving forward into a future that once seemed impossible. –Peyton Thomas Further Reading: Rostam on How Dave Matthews’ Drummer, a Book About Conflict, and Toasted Sesame Oil Inspired His New Album Listen: Rostam, “4Runner” Wharf Cat 79. Water From Your Eyes: ““Quotations”” Water From Your Eyes’ ““Quotations”” manages to seem offhanded and rigorous at once, moving restlessly but with almost neurotic precision. As the Brooklyn art-pop duo stitches disconnected observations—legs stretching on grass, something in the air flying by—the music comes together as an alien collage, with errant elements meticulously arranged: bubbly synths, fractured percussive clicks, a disorienting vocal loop, a sprawling breakbeat. When the track ascends to its abrupt ending, it is as though a portal has opened up, and we’re suddenly sucked back to reality. –Kelly Liu Listen: Water From Your Eyes, ““Quotations”” Rough Trade 78. Dean Blunt: “the rot” Dean Blunt’s music can often be sparse. He renders club rap bangers into acoustic ballads, compressing each recording to its emotional core. Black Metal 2 offers some of the most accessible music of his career, and with “the rot” the artist approaches Britpop. Blunt’s intimate, monotone croon is familiar, but the sweeping strings and lightly twanging guitars are disarmingly luxurious. As the song closes, he cedes ground to Joanne Robertson, whose airy and overdubbed vocals melt into a gentle, orchestral whirlpool. Call it Dean Blunt’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony.” –Nadine Smith Listen: Dean Blunt, “the rot” Mexican Summer 77. Iceage: “Shelter Song” Iceage’s album-opening “Shelter Song” is a wearily triumphant reintroduction to the band: no longer the fresh-faced punks of records past, they slouch onto Seek Shelter like hardened rockers, armed with Screamadelica bombast and Exile on Main St. scuzz. The song builds over a jagged riff; soon, the Lisboa Gospel Collective bolsters vocalist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s gravelly tones. As he sings of getting kicked and knocked down, the band swells in commiseration, offering shelter where they once might have added to the melee. –Daniel Felsenthal Further Reading: Iceage’s Ruthless Evolution Listen: Iceage, “Shelter Song” Hyperdub 76. Foodman: “Parking Area” True to his name, Foodman loves to eat. Some of his favorite places to grab a snack are the michi no eki (service stations) which dot Japan’s highways—often sprawling campuses with spas, cafés, and farmers markets. Foodman pays tribute to these roadside oases on his 2021 album Yasuragi Land, and on “Parking Area,” he sketches a scenic view that might entice a weary traveler to pull over. His palette is more spacious than usual; a breezy, digitally altered guitar drives the melody, leaving more room for his nimble beats to ping-pong around than his often jam-packed tunes typically do. “Parking Area” invites you to take a moment to enjoy life’s simplest pleasures. Treat yourself. You deserve it. –Shy Thompson Listen: Foodman, “Parking Area” Relentless / House Anxiety 75. Bad Boy Chiller Crew: “Don’t You Worry About Me” Besides standing in a wind tunnel and letting the air peel your lips back, there were few more effective ways of stretching your face into a huge, shit-eating grin this year than drinking in UK dance/rap trio Bad Boy Chiller Crew’s speedy fusion of organ house and balls-to-the-wall bass. The boys from Bradford have worked out what they do well (beers, bangers, bikes) and they’re sticking with it. “Don’t You Worry About Me” refines the formula: A whale-sized hook backed up with boisterous bars and a shot of humour to chase it down. Git up. –Will Pritchard Listen: Bad Boy Chiller Crew, “Don’t You Worry About Me” 4AD 74. Helado Negro: “Gemini and Leo” Where Helado Negro’s 2019 breakthrough This Is How You Smile was an intimate self-portrait, on followup Far In, Roberto Carlos Lange adjusts his aperture to capture something bigger: the cosmos. The twinkling funk of lead single “Gemini and Leo,” which was appropriately released on the summer solstice, radiates pure warmth. With each sweep of the chorus Lange’s voice tilts skyward, yet the elegant bassline and assured beat remain earthbound, accompanying the song’s titular star-crossed dancers as they stay locked in a groove and glide through an hour undefined. –Gabriel Szatan Further Reading: Helado Negro Is Dancing Out the Anxiety of Modern Life Listen: Helado Negro, “Gemini and Leo” Saddle Creek 73. Indigo De Souza: “Hold U” As comfortable as Indigo De Souza is with solitude, she knows the company you keep can help further your journey to acceptance. Over the sleek, funk-lite groove of “Hold U,” the Asheville musician proclaims her adoration for the community she’s built into her own personal safety net: “I want the best things for you,” she coos, like a wedding vow exchange you can’t help but shed a tear to. “Hold U” is a cathartic reminder that the people you surround yourself with are often the clearest reflection of your own psyche, and if you find the type of friends that she describes, loving yourself feels less like a task. –Abby Jones Further Reading: Indigo De Souza’s Ultimate Indie Rock Glow Up Listen: Indigo De Souza, “Hold U” Bruiser Brigade 72. Bruiser Wolf: “Dope Game $tupid” Bruiser Wolf can sound like a stand-up comedian, an Adult Swim character, and the silkiest mack alive all at the same time. On “Dope Game $tupid,” over a beat as shaky as a Jenga tower, he races through daft sex brags before getting stuck on a single point: Dealing is dumb, but it’s damn hard to quit. “The dope game stupid, but the boy still do it,” he repeats on the hook. In Wolf’s hands, the struggle sounds almost hallucinogenic, with images of coke cooking in potholes and a potential snitch keeping as silent as an imaginary friend. He’s weird and darkly funny—but stupid? Like a fox. –Dean Van Nguyen Listen: Bruiser Wolf, “Dope Game $tupid” Matador 71. Lucy Dacus: “VBS” Lucy Dacus strolls glumly in the chasm between preteen faith and life’s holy shitshow on “VBS” (short for Vacation Bible School). She offers a few of the expected observations—blubbering worshipers, the cool pastor—but soon homes in on one other student: a poem-scrawling, nutmeg-abusing metalhead from a troubled family. “You were gonna win me over from the start,” she smiles, but her younger self is trying to win him. Pinning effortless internal rhyme to the solemn strum of campfire praise, Dacus sketches her one-time boyfriend—and her attempts at saving his soul—with incisive resignation. “All it did, in the end,” she sighs, “was make the dark feel darker than before” –Brad Shoup Further Reading: Lucy Dacus Breaks Down Every Song on Her Nostalgic Third Album, Home Video Listen: Lucy Dacus, “VBS” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taemin Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Rostam and Indigo FADS but yes Lucy yes list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Super shocking but great picks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan Chaos Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 The absolute CHAOS of this thread Gemini and Leo is flawless and probably will be ATRL underrated (but not underrated by other publications!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 haven't heard any of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Username Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, Ewan Chaos said: Gemini and Leo is flawless and probably will be ATRL underrated (but not underrated by other publications!) I hope so! I've been meaning to check out some publications' lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapelHooker Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Look is such a bop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttoki Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Yes Indigo! Yes talent! I've listened to the Lucy Dacus album once but never really got the hype over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttoki Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 13 hours ago, diogozsz said: Rostam and Indigo FADS but yes Lucy yes list! Lucy is the real fad tyvm x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazuli Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 p4k pushed indigo hard this year so its a SHAME hold u is only at 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I love 4Runner. Great to see it here. Gemini and Leo and VBS are some other tracks I know and like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Username Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Here is today's updates besties! I tried to step it up in the formatting, I hope it shows <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hug Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Wow, the presentation is on POINT. You also have such an eclectic taste in music, I'm impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Incredible graphics, omg at you getting a StateFarm partnership, they know everyone is checking your list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckystrike Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 yas montero yas gay anthem, yas wild side yas thot anthem thats all I know from this page dddd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Sanguine said: Incredible graphics, omg at you getting a StateFarm partnership, they know everyone is checking your list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alldeezy Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Lil nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K$Ellie Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 wow love the graphics and eloquent write ups Wild Side and Fellowship did that huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttoki Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Normani having the last laugh, we love to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland 4ever Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I haven't heard anything new from Jayda since Significant Changes. Let me check that one out. I've heard Mystery. Not my cup of tea but it's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JGibson Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Happier Than Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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