#HEARTSLEEVES

[momtherjeff]

TRANSMISSION 1 HAS ARRIVED

What's this? It seems the signal has been hijacked! Holding my ear close, all I can hear is... blood, blood, blood! It's some kind of health PSA! Y'know, there are lots of scary things out there that can get you, people, so I'd advise you stay inside, keep warm, and watch out for the warning signs!

For this next track, I'll be putting on something a little slow and warm. Happy Holidays, Folks!

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[disneyfanatic1993]

Heartsleeves DTIYS

It's been a long time since I participated in a DTIYS Challenge! 😍 This is my favorite artist, @ariajoyart 's, mermaid OC Lazuli. I drew her in the TTS style, of course! 😁 I absolutely love her beautiful design! 💙

If you haven't already, please give @ariajoyart a follow and check out her amazing Webtoons series! 🥰🥰🥰

[moralwounds]

Josette Maskin from MUNA by Vi McDonald for heartsleeve magazine

[grouper]

I heard you like magic / I've got a wand and a rabbit

hey. leans in real close. Wizard yuri

[heartsleevemag]

mk.gee brings an "emotional link" to durham's motorco music hall

Photo by Nicole Busch

Written by Liesl Miranda

As the lights dimmed in Durham’s Motorco Music Hall on a mid-May Friday night, the final line from Kate Bush’s “Pull Out the Pin” echoed its impassioned scream through the venue’s speakers - “I love life! I love life! I love life!” piercing through each member of the sold out crowd. Suddenly, the music cut off and Michael Gordon, also known as Mk.gee, took to the stage, accompanied by musicians Andrew Aged and Zack Sekoffand. They were eagerly welcomed by the audience whose excitement for the experience to come was palpable. Mk.gee opened up the show with “Dream Police,” the final song from his most recent album, Two Star and the Dream Police. Within the first few moments concert goers immediately recognized the piece, some audibly cheering while the whole room swayed along.

Although this was Mk.gee’s first solo tour, there was no sense of nervousness in his performance. Mk.gee performed his first two songs without saying a word to the audience, instead allowing his music to blanket the crowd with its own greeting.

After he finished his second song, Mk.gee addressed the crowd for the first time with a question – “How are y’all feeling?” In previous interviews, Gordon has stated that he’s just “looking to heal people” through his music. He tries to allow people to accept their own complexities and contradictions in the same way that creating music has allowed him to do for himself, granting a sense of inner peace and confidence. Within each song Gordon could shift from soft, melodic presentation of one lyrical line accompanied by glassy guitar plucking to frustrated chesty vocals in the next, paired with equally gritty and distorted guitar riffs. Scattered screams and feral instrumental releases were echoed or cheered on by the crowd. As the night went on, heads began to thrust back and forth towards the stage in unison and lyrics were fervently shouted as Mk.gee encouraged the crowd to “come on!” and keep the shared emotional link growing.

Truthfully, it’s hard to translate the sonic experience of Mk.gee’s concert into words. In previous interviews, Gordon himself noted that he doesn’t fit perfectly into a specific “lane” of music, and that most of his initial musical inspirations were people shifting musical trends, referencing the likes of Jimi Hendrix. Whether you listen to him live or through his records, it is evident that Gordon is on his own track to shake up the music scene. Mk.gee’s sold-out tour has since wrapped, but there will undoubtedly be more incredible music and concert experiences to come from this pioneering artist.

[tomsmusictaste]

Yours Truly @ Leeds Key Club 11.03.23 — “Heartsleeve” 🖤

Yours Truly were awesome last night! I was a little disappointed that they didn’t play ‘I Can’t Feel’ which is my favourite song of theirs, but they did end up adding ‘Heartsleeve’ to the set, which is another of my favourite songs that I really wasn’t expecting to hear at all, so that was super cool 🖤🤘

Lizzie Farrall and South Arcade were great too, especially South Arcade, I think I’ll be checking more of them out in the future

[normanbased]

Anyway the full moon is GORRRRRG tonight so go say hi to Tony

[random-jot]

Yours Truly @ Leeds Key Club 11.03.23 — “Heartsleeve” 🖤

Yours Truly were awesome last night! I was a little disappointed that they didn’t play ‘I Can’t Feel’ which is my favourite song of theirs, but they did end up adding ‘Heartsleeve’ to the set, which is another of my favourite songs that I really wasn’t expecting to hear at all, so that was super cool 🖤🤘

Lizzie Farrall and South Arcade were great too, especially South Arcade, I think I’ll be checking more of them out in the future

Edit: I already posted this on my music sideblog but for some reason a draft saved to my main too, so here it is again!!!

[fishandshesmygills]

they call me heartsleeve the way my heart is on my sleeve

[env0writes]

Passive Ingression 1.17.23 “Quick On The Upkeep, Slow on the Action”

A love diffused Refused to advance Chance will have it someday Eitherway it will consume you View it however you wish Miss each day through a window Go find aspirations in dreams Reams of paper scattered beneath dressers Stressors will find you all the same Blame is placed Haste is needed in this paperback rat-race Face your fears each regurgitated morning Warning anyone of the grand decline Whine or wait Contemplate each moment Went and passed Past is for reflection Shun the mirror or fall into the pool Fool you will be for it Sit a while and watch the world revolve Evolve around you always Plays and trains and fantasy lands Plans don’t always go by the book Look where the ring once would lay May there come a time when it will grow pale Without fail the passion, the flame Tame will it temper for tears stagnate Fate will find its way to you Few others may wait to be there Fair is for tomorrow, today is amused Diffused like smiling lover’s stare Wear your heartsleeves for each pursuit Shoot off wise words from the hip Slip and see who extends a hand

@env0writes​ C.Buck   Ko-Fi & Venmo: @Zenv0 Support Your Local Artist!   Photo by @env0​

[beetlemage]

Hello everyone! I thought I'd do something fun in the downtime between Canto 1 and Canto 2, so here's a story about love and friendship. Just in time for the holidays!

It's short and sweet, and completely disconnected from the plot at large, so anyone can jump in and have fun. You can find it in the chapter menu, or by finishing Canto 1, but I also have a few warnings:

There are flashing images at certain points. But, like, they don't load in all the way? It's a work in progress. Watch out!

Gore warning! Big time gore warning! Also, implications of child death! Be careful!

Make sure you're up on all your vaccinations. Prion Disease kills.

Anyway, please enjoy my fun story. Please. If you don't, the Eternal Serpent makes me do the punishment. I don't like the punishment.

TRANSMISSION 1 HAS ARRIVED

What's this? It seems the signal has been hijacked! Holding my ear close, all I can hear is... blood, blood, blood! It's some kind of health PSA! Y'know, there are lots of scary things out there that can get you, people, so I'd advise you stay inside, keep warm, and watch out for the warning signs!

For this next track, I'll be putting on something a little slow and warm. Happy Holidays, Folks!

Itch.io page:

Neocities Website:

[ariajoyart]

❤️‍🩹HEARTSLEEVES is now available on Webtoon Canvas!🪶

✨Updates EVERY Tuesday✨

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That’s right—I made my own mini webcomic!! Available now ONLY on @webtoon canvas. The first 3 episodes are UP and I will be updating every Tuesday night. It is a collection of my hopeful sad poetic musings from the past 10 years illustrated with my two characters, the mermaid and the red-winged blackbird.🧜🏻‍♀️❤️‍🩹🪶

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I’ve always written poetry all my life but have been too nervous to really share it because—wearing your heart on your sleeve can be scary! ❤️‍🩹 But that is what this comic is—the mermaid and the red winged blackbird symbolize “wearing your heart on your sleeve.” And I think maybe someone somewhere would like to read it. Maybe someone can be inspired by these two characters of mine. I hope you are.✨

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(And before you ask me—Joy are you okay this comic is kind of sad—yes I am LOL I just love to write sad poetry and be a hopeless romantic. It’s that enneagram 4 in me haha.)🙈

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And why do I update on Tuesdays? Because of one of my favorite quotes: “I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.” -Lemony Snicket🍋🥹

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Like, subscribe, comment, follow—but mainly let me know if it inspires you! See you on Tuesdays over on @webtooncanvas 💚

[beetlemage]

i just realized you're allowed to know who my heartsleeves tag is about now

[grouper]

dawgs

[djlyer]

Pi Day with Marty - March 14, 2023

Ever see a hawk take down a pigeon on Pi day, I will never forget the sound, this set is so much better than all that!  Meet Marty Pepin and take a peek into his musical mind and dance around a bit.

Akira The Don (ft. Envy) - Nothing Lasts Forever EP - Nothing Lasts Forever

Heartsleeve - Don’t lose Hope - Daydream Rider 

Suliat Balogun - One Day Single -  One Day

Akira The Don (ft. John Vervaeke) - Meaningwave Masterpieces II - Steal the Culture

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd - I Ain’t the One

The Tragically Hip - Day for Night - Inevitability of Death

Trans Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle - Father, Son & Holy Ghost

Outlaws of Ravenhurst - Book I - Castle Ravenhurst  

[heartsleevemag]

Indie supergroup boygenius releases cyclical new EP, "the rest"

by Cassidy Byrnes

The boys are yet again back in town. Last Friday, indie trio boygenius released a new EP, the rest, after their astounding, widely accredited full-length album, the record. With their 2018 debut EP, boygenius, many of us assumed it would be their first and last outing as a group. But now, in 2023, we are all swimming in the sorrowful rock sounds of both the record, released March 31st, and the newly released EP, the rest.

I want to mention the significance, to me and to other fans, of releasing an EP rather than an extended or deluxe version of the LP. While I assume that the rest is composed of songs that were meant for the record, I think it’s wonderful to acknowledge, as an artist, that that album is complete. After listening to the rest an extraordinary amount of times, I can tell boygenius also believed that it was deserving of its own independent release because, like the record, it tells its own stories with its own conclusions. That’s not to say that I’m not a sucker for an extended or deluxe album (Taylor Swift, for example, can have all of my money), but understanding when a project is finished is something really special and noteworthy.

“Black Hole” starts off this EP with a staccato piano and an entrance of vocals from Julien Baker, where she is describing a night spent on a porch smoking cigarettes. Then a rhythm line comes in along with a more chaotic piano beginning to drown her out. Then enters Lucy Dacus with a smattering of nouns and adjectives that seemingly have no connection to Baker – but I’d like to imagine they are sharing a phone call where they are discussing these things, “Sometimes, I need to hear your voice,” Dacus concludes.

Dacus also brings us into the next track “Afraid of Heights.” This track has a very light acoustic feel with some steel guitar, until the final 40 seconds where a steady bass line joins and increases the gravity, making you really take in the story that Dacus weaves. Throughout the track, she describes a relationship with someone who pushed her to her limits: “I know I was a disappointment / Know you wanted me to take a risk / Not everybody gets the chance to live / A life that isn’t dangerous.” She has this amazing ability to make the listener believe everything she’s telling them, almost like they lived it themselves. The chaotic nature of the relationship and the slow, explanatory narrative by Dacus gives the song extreme emotional depth. They even snuck in the word “entropy," which seems to be the perfect encapsulation for this relationship.

We haven't heard a lot from Phoebe Bridgers yet, the third member of boygenius who is known for her wispy vocals and brutal lyrics, but the third track definitely showcases both. Opening with a humming harmony from the boys, “Voyager” pushes the audience into a story led by Bridgers; “It’s a hundred and three in the Valley / Blacktop is meltin’ on our shoes.” She tells us about a relationship that has ended, that was seemingly romantic but toxic all at the same time, and Bridgers still feels some sort of possession over them. This groundless notion is what drives the track – one moment she is reminiscing about spending the day in bed with this person, and the next she’s telling us that they “stepped on the gas” and asked her if she’s ready to die. While I hope that’s figurative, it gets the toxicity of the relationship across without it slapping the audience in the face. The production of the track is very minimal, with a plucky guitar line and the harmonies of Baker and Dacus.

“Powers” ends the EP and lets us hear from Baker one last time, where she is questioning her origins. Baker discusses her “powers” and where they came from with a sort of disdain, even relating her existence to a cockroach. This track’s lyrical allegories are great and the harmonies from the other boys offer a nice place to land, but the majority of the production, to me, was a little lackluster. But, again, the final minute of the track offers an undemanding trumpet solo accompanied by some strings which is a delicate way to lay the EP to rest (haha).

The entirety of this EP seems to be a conclusion of sorts. Each song is discussing the end of something and the acceptance that often accompanies endings, giving the title, the rest, a whole new meaning. The exceptional thing is that all of these tracks blend perfectly into the next; even the closing track blends right into the opener. Listening to it the first time, I was questioning where one song ended and the next began. I can only hope that this cyclical feeling was purposeful and that the boys, like this EP, will likely end but will begin again.