#I LOVE THEIR SONGS SO MUCH AGG

[channie-binnie]

Really need to dive more deeper into SKZ discography, I think I’ve listened to like 50 songs so far

Need to get into their older stuff too

[marilynthornhilllover]

Hi beautiful human

I would love to request Agatha Harkness using a magic strap with reader and reader whispers  to Aggs “Shit, right there, please!!” and Agatha can’t control herself

A poisonous butterfly

Agatha harkness x Fem!reader

Warning: smut!, talk of public sex, mommy kink, praise kink, tummy bulge, magic strap, slight overstiumlation, rough sex, clitoral play, pet names, soft to mean Agatha, slight fluff, cunniligus, breast play, indecent language, slight aftercare etc.

A/n: I am so sorry this fic took 1,000 years to be written 😭🤍 hope you enjoy tho😉

It was you and Agatha's one year wedding anniversary and you thought that there was no better way to celebrate it than with your parents who you haven't seen in a very long time. You both had planned a small night out at an open back beach restaurant with a beautiful paddock with a breathtaking sea view and amazing food.

You dressed in a short skin tight red dress with and open back with your favorite pair of heels that Agatha had gotten you for your birthday the year before. She wore her normal attire — black suit with high heels. Her hair was blown out and she styled it in a quite clean messy bun that made her look so damn sexy.

You couldn't deny that it turned you on, especially with her glasses. She looked delicious. You stared at her through the mirror as she carefully put on her jewelry and checked herself out. You just couldn't stop staring, maybe you wanted her for dinner instead. You bit your lips and tried to limit your freaky thoughts before you chew off more than you can swallow and end up being late for dinner.

Agatha was not the kind to rush things nor did she like to be interrupted. She was the sweetest and kindest person you ever met. That's why you married her. She took her time with you, she treated you well, she never yelled at you, she made sure you got what you wanted — even if it meant being a passenger princess.

You loved her for a lot more than that. Man can she give the best head. She makes you feel things that you honestly thought were impossible to feel. Everytime you both made love, especially with her magic strap she'd always be so careful and so polite. Asking if you were ok or if you wanted her to stop, to the point where she even created a safe word with you.

You loved Agatha very much and cared for her with every bone in you. And your parents completely supported you, it was only your dad that had doubts wherein if she could treat you the way a man would — fuck you the way a man would. You paid no attention to him because you knew Agatha well, especially the one who makes your eyes roll to the point where you see stars.

" you like what you see darling?" She asked in a seductive voice as she winked at you through the mirror. You could smell the trouble from far away and that smirk on her face was making you even wetter that you already were.

" Oh behave, we need to leave now or we'll be late" you said picking up your purse and phone. Agatha turned around and walked up to you from behind, wrapping her arms around your waist she placed her face in the crook of your neck.

" I'll tell them I was busy trying to put a baby in you" she husked, her voice raspy and thick sending a cold shiver down your spine. Agatha chuckled as she released you and continued her finishing touches of getting ready. You cleared your throat and left the room feeling rather hot and steamy. You waited in the car until she was finished then you both hit the road.

She played her favorite Playlist that included a few lana del rey songs — how iconic of her. God she was the hottest thing alive, you craved her like a drug. Your mind drifted to a few potential things that could happen after the dinner, perhaps soft sex or rough. You flashed back on the times she'd fuck you senseless, the way she'd make you scream her name, her skilled fingers in you that never failed to make you cum.

Your pretty certain that she even still has a few scratch scars on her back from time and time before. You bit your nails and squeezed your thighs. You sighed and forced yourself to snap out of your nasty fantasy world before your parents think otherwise when you arrive all sweaty and nervous.

Agatha parked and you both got out and entered the restaurant, the sea air immediately making you feel more calm and the smell it's salty depths makes you feel so much more relaxed and afresh. Your parents waved you both over with warm smiles and you all hugged and greeted eachother before taking your seats.

Your mom was very keen to see you while your dad on the other hand looked at you miserably, eyeing Agatha then you. Your eyebrows quirked at him and he shrugged his shoulders. You immediately pretend to look at the menu when Agatha looks up, not wanting her to assume something was wrong when it wasn't. Your dad was supportive of you and agatha's relationship but again of course, she wasn't a man, and in his world will never pleasure you like one.

And maybe her wearing a suit tonight made him more pissed off. You all ordered your foods and had a bit of a chat while you waited for it to arrive, catching up on old stuff.

" Agatha mind I say you look absolutely spectacular tonight, no wonder y/n has a thing for you" your mom says, throwing a wink your way, Agatha laughs and you gently caress her hand blushing your cheeks away.

" we're wearing the same thing...." your dad grumbles sarcastically, and everyone turns to look his way. You could see Agatha look down rolling her eyes and scoffing and your mom hitting your dad's thigh under the lady as she widens her eyes in a warning way. There was an uncomfortable wave of silence and the tension only became thicker as time went on. You cleared your throat and your mom speaks up again.

" so my dear how's your sex life?" This time it's your eyes that widen and Agatha looks as if she's about to lose it slowly. Your dad chuckles and looks towards you.

" What's with the face y/n? She has a right to ask, her daughters married to a woman" your mom quickly turns to your dad and hits his chest.

" will you stop!" She whispered under her breath through gritted teeth. You swallow nervously and Agatha just sips on her water. The food arrives and everyone stays silent and just eats, but you absolutely lost your appetite. You notice your dad looking at two couple across the room as the secretly made their way into the bathroom.

You sighed and looked away.

" see y/n, a man, gone to make his woman feel good" before he can properly finish his sentence Agatha slams her hand down on the table causing it to make the plates move with a loud noise. Your mom kept her head bowed and your dad looked flabbergasted. Some of the waiters had stopped walking and had turned to look at the commotion and as did the rest of the restaurant.

Agatha looks around at everyone and then down at you. You can see her eyes soften a little by looking at you before her gaze returned to your dad. If looks could kill he'd be dead because she was staring daggers at him. She didn't wanna cause a scene so she quietly addressed the matter as she began to stand anf collect her things.

" you know what asshole we'll take our leave" she spat harshly, you quickly grabbed your belongings and gave your mom and sorrowful look but she only gave you a small smile, you can tell she was disappointed and disgusted by your father's act. Not giving your dad the privilege one last look you left with Agatha. On the walk out Agatha's grip on your hips was absolutely feral.

You could feel the anger radiating off her but you remained silent. You'd be lying if you said that she didn't look even more fucking hot when annoyed. Arriving home, you both got out of the car and walked towards the front door, still in silence. You couldn't quite read her emotions. When she opened the door she allowed you to enter before her.

You put down your bag and took off your coat and was about to turn around to speak to Agatha when she suddenly slammed you up against the wall and started attacking your lips. You were surprised and caught off guard but you kissed her back. You moaned as you felt her hands roam down your body. She smirked against your lips and took the opportunity to slip her tongue into your mouth.

Her tongue swirled and danced against yours as you whimpered desperately for her to touch you more. You pulled away from her,breaking the kiss and looked up at her biting your lips. You could see how much she wanted you, needed you . Her eyes were filled with desire and lust to please you and you wanted her so bad as well.

" let's go to the bedroom" you said breathlessly as the both of you practically race up the stairs and into your shared bedroom. Agatha straddled your hip as she pushed you down onto the bed and began kissing your neck, sucking and gently biting at the tender at the flesh. Your hands flew to her hair as your hips buck up towards her.

Your eyes widen as you felt something bulky in her pants, she looked up at you and smirked before she made her way down towards your stomach leaving her trails of kisses. You didn't even realize that she was wearing her strap tonight, god that just made you more wet as your thighs began to rub together.

A low chuckle can be heard from Agatha as she grabbed the hem of your dress and pushes it up for you to take it off. After you took off your dress you were left in just your lace underwear.

" please" you moaned, but she only smirked at you, making her way back up she kissed your lips again.

" shhh, my love, tonight I'm gonna fuck you like a man" she whispered against your lips, at this point your cunt was already soaked for her. She glanced down at your nipple and back up at you. She took your small bud into her mouth and started sucking it like a baby. Your breath hitched as a soft whimper escaped your mouth. Agatha swirled her tongue around the soft bud before releasing it with a small pop.

Her hand reached down and cupped your cunt as a low chuckle is echoed from her chest.

" I made you this wet baby? Or are you just a slut for mommy?" She taunt, she was driving you completely mad already, you could feel yourself becoming completely under her demand as your mind went blank and fuzzy. You wanted her so badly. She started undressing looking down at you with a smile on her face. She found you rather attractive when you were in desperate need for her.

After taking off her pants and leaving her self completely naked you saw how big her strap was, it wasn't the normal one she'd fuck you with it was the magic one that made you feel things deep within yourself. The one that felt so realistic. She gently parted your thighs and immediately saw how wet you were for her. She glanced back up at you.

Smirking at your needy state, the heaving of your chest, your messy hair and the way your body shook with need. She grabbed your hips and pulled you down so that she can be face to face with your cunt before her tongue started to lap at your clit. You sighed closing your eyes your hands wondered cover your chest massaging your nipples.

Agatha was very skilled with her tongue. She made you question whether or not she was human. Her tongue swiped over your little bud before it started to circle around it slowly before graciously picking up speed. Your moans increased in volume as your hands flew to her hair. Your thighs closed in on her head as she looked up at you, her eyes hungry to make you scream. You could feel your orgasm slowly building up as your back arched.

" oh fuck me! Please Agatha I need you so bad" you moaned as your thighs shook violently. Agatha laughed darkly which sent vibrations straight through you. She finally obeyed and removed her mouth from your clit. She lined up the tip of her strap with your entrance. She leaned down to kiss you as her hips slowly pushed into you.

Your head fell back as your nails dip into the skin of her elbow causing her to hiss, pushing even deeper further into your pussy. Your eyes rolled back as a soft moan escaped your lips. Her filling you up felt so good. Her cock was reaching into the deepest part of you and you couldn't handle it.

" fuck mommy" you whined as you started thrusting your hips into her to feel some sort of friction.

" you want my cock that bad huh? Want mommy to fuck you real nice mhm?" you nodded as you closed your eyes and moaned. Agatha's hands wonder to your hair and gently start massaging your scalp, quickening her pace as her thrusts became more faster reaching even deeper within you. She pulls on your hair making you whimper. she reaches down and starts rubbing slow circles on your clit, stimulating you even further.

Your back arches even deeper and your eyes roll back. Pornographic moans leave you as your mouth opens in a 'o' shape. The way she was fucking your pussy was absolutely delicious. Her cock was hitting your sweet spot that always had you seeing stars.

"There you go sweetie, say you love when mommy fucks you" she whispered in a demanding tone as she kept rutting into you, the strap making the sensation feel all too real. You couldn't even speak, you just whispered incorhent sentences and the word 'shit' over and over again.

Your pussy clenched down on her cock as you let out a pornographic moan ,your hands gripped the sheets tightly the feeling of her pounding your pussy so fucking good.

" that's it baby, Keep squeezing mommy's cock ,like the whore you are" she muttered in your ear. Your mind went completely blank as silence filled the room and the only thing that can be heard are your soft moans and the sound of agatha's cock sliding in and out of your pussy.

Agatha looks down and smiled at the little tummy bulge that she was creating from fucking you and smirked rutting even deeper into that spongy spot within you.

" shit, right there please!" You cried out, holding onto the sheet tighter your knuckles turning white from all the pulling, it's a surprise the sheets didn't tear. You turned on a switch in Agatha because after than she immediately started pounding you faster and curving her hips more so that her thrust would be more sharper and hit that deeper spot in you.

This caused your back to arch more as she got deeper access to hit your g-spot with more force, causing you to cream all over her dick.

You squirmed against her as your legs began to feel like jelly as they started to shake, your mind was completely empty. The only thing you could think of was how fucking good Agatha was making you feel with her cock.

Your oragsm totally hit you like a wrecking ball. Agatha smiled as she watch how your juices pour out all over her strap. She chuckled before slowing her thrust still keeping you stimulated. Her hips came to a halt and she removed her cock from within you. You sighed a breath of relief. Agatha leaned down and kissed you on the forehead.

" now my pretty princess, may I offer you a warm bath with snacks?" She asked and you laughed swatting her playfully on the arm.

" Yes you may my prince" you replied giggling as she picked you up and carried you into the bathroom.

The two of you cleaned up and took a nice warm bath before you decided to cuddle up in bed and watch a movie. And not too long after the both of you fell asleep in eachother's embrace, you definitely enjoyed tonight, and maybe one day you would see this side of your wife again.

[gentle-author]

I wanna be yours but, do you want to be mine?

You buy me pencils so I can sketch and colours so I can paint. Instead, why don't you buy yourself a scrap book, journal in it, create tales and details and give it away to me so I can take endless hours to phantasize about the dreams I never got to have, but you.

You dedicate a song to me so I can hear the music and listen carefully to the lyrics. Instead, why don't you make a playlist full of all of your favourite songs, putting mine in the end to delete them all, as you're fully aware of my heart and soul, but never tried to connect to it, like I did that, not at all.

You send me hundreds of videos and pictures featuring the most lovely quotes and poems ever written in the whole world. Instead, why don't you write me a letter, without any imagination if that scares you, a letter filled with love, a single heart drawn in the middle, three words in the end and your name which brings butterflies to my stomach, a single piece of crumbled paper would be the greatest of poems, because that poem would be touched by you, would be imagined by my world, my own life and thoughts, you, my love.

When my brain drowns my heart and soul and overthinking takes over it all, you come and answer me you'd be mine till the end of this world.

You may hate art but for me, you'd overcome Picasso and compete with Dan Vinci's works.

Oh I'm pretty sure you'd go and discuss with Monet and find those beautiful lilies so you can bring them to me, as you well know how much I love nature.

You may have zero inspiration, or that's just a silly thought, but for me, you'd write tonnes of books and novels describing your love, a gentle, innocent love, made by you, for me, featuring us.

I already know Kafka was kicked off, Nietzsche indeed cried when he read a letter of yours.

You may be clueless when it comes to music but for me, you'd follow every step, you'd grab my waist and hold me tight, letting me make you feel alive by giving you a warm kiss on the lips, giving you breath till you spin me in the rules of the dance.

I simply know that you'll ask me to be your partner someday, maybe in our wedding day, or maybe in a dream of yours in which I'll be invited and sunrays will make me blush.

I wanna be yours and you've made sure you're already mine...

Copyright © 2024 Christine Aggeli. All rights reserved.

[botanical-feverdream]

What's the need for them when it could be just us two? I'm obsessed with you in a way I can't believe When you wipe your tears, do you wipe them just for me? I'm pleading on my knees It's your touch that I need

AYE its the girls. Bloemeke and @rural-panoptes aka Violette cuz they deserved some art together as well. cant be power couple with questionable morals and ideals without atleast one image together.

anyways this was fun to draw. Bloem is just- so sad. but so fun to draw. you can tell the outfit is sticking cuz I keep drawing it. also not that a gun does much. but bloem deff has fire breath bullets. and those do do a good bit of agg damage. is she blood bound in this drawing? who knows. can we focus on the colors instead. mhmmm yes. every art piece... they become more funky. anyways songs below as per usual

[zafirosreverie]

Go on without me (Agatha x reader)

a/n: i took this idea and some dialogues from a song in spanish named "Sigue sin mi" by Marco Antonio Solis, in case you want to listen it.

Warnings: angst.

"Forgive me"

You blinked and slowly opened your eyes, frowning at the darkness around you. Your room was never dark and you remembered perfectly well leaving the hall light on. Now that you thought about it, you went to sleep a few hours ago. Why weren't you in bed? Or better yet, where were you?

"Forgive me"

The voice sounded a little louder this time, though it was still a whisper. You turned around, following it in the dark. You knew who it was, but the pain you heard didn’t match the image you had of her.

"Aggie?" you whispered when you saw a figure in front of you.

The witch turned to look at you and you gasped, taking a step back. She was crying, and her eyes were filled with pain and remorse. This was not your Agatha, this was a broken woman.

"I'm sorry" she whispered. "Forgive my big mistake"

You tried to get closer to her, but it seemed like there was an invisible barrier between you two.

"Aggie" you said "what's going on?"

The witch just looked at you sadly as she moved her hands and various images began to appear around you. You saw everything, from the night she left, promising to return, to her arrival in a small town, the way she pretended to be Wanda's friend, how she sabotaged various things to further destabilize her, how she killed a dog, kidnapped some children and fought the Scarlet Witch. You saw how she tried to steal the chaos magic. You saw her losing.

You gasped when the scene of her punishment played out in front of you. Wanda had condemned her to the same torture that the town's residents had suffered, she had trapped her in the role she had chosen. Agnes.

"Aggs-"

"I don't have much time" she interrupted. "I managed to break one of the seals, just so I could see you, even if it's this way"

Then you got it. You were on a different plane. Your mind connected to hers, but your bodies thousands of miles apart. That is why there was a barrier between you.

"Tell me what to do" you said "W-where are you?! I'll get you out of there" you promised.

Agatha smiled sadly at you and shook her head. You felt your stomach churn as more tears fell down her cheeks.

"Forget me" she told you.

You froze.

"wh-what?" you whispered, fear spreading through your chest.

"Forget me" she repeated "you have to move on"

"What are you talking about?" you said, getting as close to the wall as you could.

"You were right. I shouldn't have come, I shouldn't have wanted more power ... I shouldn't have left you" she cried

"Don’t worry. We can fix this" you smiled at her, even though you could already feel your tears as well.

"I'm afraid there's no way to fix it" she said "I won't be coming home this time, love" her eyes were full of guilt

"No, don't say that" you begged, as tears began to spill onto your cheeks.

"Go on without me" she whispered.

"No" you said firmly "I won't leave you"

"You have to" she pleaded "Forget me. I wish the best for you, find someone who loves you as much as I do, I hope that love and luck will follow you wherever you are"

“NO” you yelled “Tell me where you are, Agatha, tell me what to do! Tell me how to help you! And stop this nonsense!” you demanded

"Go on without me" she said again.

"I can't" you said "Y-you, you promised that you would come back. You said that when you came back you would teach me magic. You said that you would make me part of your world. You promised Harkness, you fucking promised!"

"My world is not that beautiful, and you already see it, Y/N" she said, pointing to the frozen images around you "You have to run away from it before you get hurt"

"I don't care! You promised we would be together!"

You were hurt and angry. But more than anything, scared. Scared because she wasn't fighting, because she wasn't trying to break Wanda's spell, not beyond what she had already done to contact you.

"This is my fault, right?" you fell to your knees "I wasn't enough for you ..." Out of the corner of your eye you saw Agatha kneel in front of you on the other side of the barrier.

"No honey" she said she "you were more than I deserved"

"Then why do you want this?" you asked

"Because it's not your fault that everything turns out the other way around for me, Y/N" she sobbed "I know you are not happy. It is not fair that you pay for my mistakes, love"

You looked at her through your tears and wished you could hug her, kiss her. Feel her.

"I was happy Agatha" you said

"And you'll be again once you forget me" she said, but you weren't having it.

"I was happy before you left" you almost screamed "I was happy when I woke up with you, when you kissed me, when you took me by the hand, when you patiently explained your magic to me. You make me happy"

The witch just looked at you and sobbed even louder. This was too hard for her, she hated seeing you like this and she hated that it was her fault, that she was hurting you. For a moment, she was tempted to change her mind, but she had made up her mind. You deserved better.

"Fight" you said "fight. You can stop this, you already broke one of the seals, you can break the rest. I know you can Aggie, please" you begged.

Agatha knew you were right. She was powerful enough to break the seals that held her prisoner in her own mind. It would take her time, months, maybe even years, but she could do it. But she was sure that you would wait for her as long as it took. And that was exactly what she didn't want. She didn't want to stop you, she didn't want to steal more time from you. She wanted you to move on, to live, to be happy even if she was not by your side.

And she was tired. Very tired.

"From fighting without succeeding now my feet have gotten tired, love" she told you, asking for your forgiveness with her eyes.

"Please" you whispered, but she shook her head.

"Go on without me" she said for the third time "from here I will ask that your life go better"

"No" you sobbed "I don't know how to live without you, Aggie" you confessed

"You will learn" she assured you "you will find someone else who will teach you to do it"

"I don't want someone else!" you screamed

"Love, please. I don't want you to get hurt" she sniffed, resting a hand on the barrier that separated you.

"And what do you think you're doing right now, Harkness?!" you growled "You say you don't want to hurt me, but you're sticking daggers in my chest! You say it wasn't your intention, that you want me to move on, well you would have thought about it when you looked at me with that damn smile that made me tremble, or before you stole the kiss that made me feel like I was something special "You hit the wall hard, scaring her" You didn't want to hurt me, you wanted to kill me! "

Agatha felt her heart break even more with every word that came out of your mouth. She wanted to hug you, kiss you, tell you that you were special, that she loved you. But someday you would thank her for this, even if you couldn't remember her.

"You have to understand" she whispered "You already suffered with me, you only deserve love from now on"

"Tell me who gave you the right to want to save me" You screamed, looking into her eyes "You couldn't hurt me more than this" you whispered, feeling the anger move away and transform into pure sadness "if I'm with you it's because I want to be, Agatha"

The witch couldn't hold your gaze and with a wave of her hand, the barrier disappeared. You gasped when you almost fell on your face, but she managed to catch you. No, no, no ... she could control it?! She could let you kiss her, hug her, and she hadn't done it before?!

But she was doing it now.

Agatha lifted your chin and kissed you firmly, erasing the anger you had and, for a moment, the sadness as well. That kiss gave you hope, that she had reconsidered, that she was going to keep her promise and come back to you.

The witch tried to put all of her emotions into the kiss. She wanted you to know that she loved you, that you had always been the best thing life gave her and that she would do anything for you. Anything.

Even let you go.

You gasped as you felt her vanish in your arms. You were waking up.

"No, no, Agatha, no, don't do this to me" you begged her, scared. You tried to hold on to her, but you were losing her.

"You have to live" she whispered, giving you one last kiss

"No! Agatha, please!" you screamed, everything around you was fading fast. You looked at her while she smiled sadly at you "... I love you" you whispered

"I love you too" she said before disappearing.

_________

You gasped when you woke up. Hot tears rolled down your cheeks and you quickly wiped them away with your hand. You looked at it, confused.

"How weird" you said "I must have had a bad dream"

Although you weren't really sure what you had dreamed of, you couldn't remember it. But it wasn't strange, was it? People often forget their dreams.

You shrugged as you fell asleep again. You didn't feel the engagement ring disappear from your finger.

____________

Meanwhile, somewhere in an abandoned town, a woman smiled as she removed a ring from her finger. She wasn't sure where it was from, but she did know that she didn't need it anymore. She kept it in a box that she left to the bottom of a forgotten drawer.

She paid no attention to the tear that rolled down her cheek. She had been crying a lot, she realized. It must be the allergies.

____________

Agatha sighed and whispered, knowing that no one would listen to her. Not Agnes, not you.

"Meanwhile, here I will cry with my mistake"

[acequisitor]

MUSIC MEME???

So I got tagged by @vivlet-evergarden and I don’t usually do this but I just got Spotify premium back so I said fuck it

Rules: Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 that come up. then tag 10 (or whatever who cares lol) others to do the same!

Look, so I used Spotify and not Soundcloud so I’ll see how this goes 😂

Scooby Doo Taught Us Everything by BionicPig (off to a good start lol)

Celebrate by Little Dragon and Agge (I still here “wet laundry” every time I hear this song)

EARFQUAKE by Tyler, the Creator (A GD BANGER)

Sleep is for the Weak by Mason Vail (Moooooood)

Midnight City by M83 (Me and this song go waaaaay back)

Heartbeat by Childish Gambino (Honestly gets me hyped tf too much for 2 AM rn)

Mind Game by Sapphire and Master Andross (So much character inspiration listening 👏🏼)

Tainted Love by Soft Cell (ACCULT CLASSIC)

Sometimes by Miami Horror (GTAV got me hooked on some good shit)

Walk Man by Tiny Meat Gang (I love that one verse they came up with while in Thailand thinking about those starving kids while in a rice field-)

So here’s where I tag 10 people, and sure I don’t know a lot of people but imma bout to tag some people who support shitpost reblogs lmao

@ninetiessquid @screaming-toe @ablogwithnoregrets @jaegereska @thatrobotgirl @themightiestpotato @archdemoning @airless--star @yeoldaily @queenofthegaylions

[awed-frog]

Most ridiculous and bizarrely wholesome thing I’ve seen all week. 

(Translation under the cut.)

For context: Lorenzo Baglioni is an Italian Youtube artist who specializes in educational music; in particular, and as weird as that sounds, he wrote a wildly popular, Love Actually-inspired song on how the subjunctive works. This one was prepared as part of the EU’s This time I’m voting campaign (guys, we’re electing the European parliament next week - if you haven’t registered yet, get all the details here and remember to vote!). 

“UE!” 

[This is a pun - UE means EU, but also ‘hey!’]

Sei un ente, un'organizzazione internazionale 

[You’re an institution, an international organization]

Politica, economica a carattere sovranazionale 

[That’s political, economical and supranational]

Composta da 28 stati membri indipendenti 

[Composed by 28 independent member states]

O forse 27… ma so' comunque tanti 

[Or maybe 27...but they’re still many]

‘Sta cosa garantisce libera circolazione 

[This ensures free movement]

Di merci, di servizi, di capitali e di persone 

[Of goods, services, capitals and people]

Nel territorio dei paesi interni all'area Shengen 

[In the countries of the Shengen Area]

E la foto in coppa a ‘o passapuort' in chist’ manc’ serve

[So that passports are no longer needed] 

‘O saccio, ‘o saccio, ‘o saccio 

[I know, I know, I know]

Mi dici “Che follia! Io v’aggio rat’ tanto 

[You’re telling me “This is crazy! I gave you a lot]

E vuo’ vulit’ andare via..!” 

[And you want to leave!”]

Ti dico... UE! 

[I answer...hey!]

Ma comm' faccio a stare senz' 'e te…?! 

[How would I ever be without you?]

UE! Co’ ‘o parlamient’ sott' ‘a pioggia di Bruxelles 

[EU! With your parliament under the Bruxelles rain]

Fra le tue competenze spiccan le politiche economiche 

[Economic policies are under your purview] 

Mirando a precisi obiettivi socio-economici, tu stanzi fondi strutturali 

[You want to achieve detailed socio-economic goals, you allocate the Structural Funds]

Bandisci piani di ricerca con programmi pluriennali 

[You launch multiannual research programs]

Promuovi la pace fra gli stati nel ricordo della storia 

[You promote peace among countries because you remember history]

Accà  nisciun’ è fesso, non si invade la Polonia Io dico… 

[We’re not idiots, let’s not invade Poland]

UE! Con la moneta unica dal 2003 

[EU! With a common currency since 2003]

UE! Anzi era l'anno prima, mannaggia a me! 

[EU! No, that was 2002, goddammit!]

Chell'anno ero in Erasmus a Valencia e sulamente grazie a te… quant’ho pazziat’ 

[And that year I was on Erasmus in Valencia only thanks to you...and how much fun I had]

E non lasciarmi, dico (UE!) 

[Don’t leave me, I tell you ‘hey!’]

Al global Warming dico tiè! 

[To global warming I say ‘fuck you’]

Non sforo il deficit pe’ te! 

[For you I won’t breach the deficit!]

Sto al due virgola zero tre 

[I’ll stay at 2.03]

Nun fa’ l’offesa, mo’ pecché 

[Don’t be all offended now, but why?]

La Brexit, no, nun fa pe’ me 

[Brexit is not for me]

T’aggio voluto bene e ‘o sai cumm’a me, ma ch’aggio a fa’, ‘a serenata all’Europarlamient’..?! 

[I love you, you know how that goes...but should I do, serenade you in front of the European Parliament?]

UE! Ma comm’ faccio a stare senz’ ‘e te..?! 

[EU! How am I supposed to be without you?]

UE! Le linee guida della BCE 

[EU! The guidelines of the ECB]

Con Mario Draghi, il quantitative easing e il gruppo dello SME (Sistema monetario europeo), io mi chiedo... 

[With Mario Draghi, the quantitative easing and the EMS (European Monetary System), I’m wondering...]

UE! Ma comm’ faccio a stare senz’ ‘e te…?! 

[EU! How am I supposed to be without you?]

UE! ‘Stu sentimient’, UE, chist’amore che 

[EU! This feeling, hey, this love that]

Va da Posillipo a Strasburgo, da ‘o Vesuvio, comm’ lava fino a te.. 

[Goes from Posillipo to Strasbourg, from the Vesuvius like flowing lava all the way to you...]

Che sembri fredda e poi ti sciogli come neve al sole 

[You who look so cold but then you melt like snow in the sun]

Ascolta ‘sta canzone che agg’ scritto, dedicata solo a te

[Listen to this song I wrote, I wrote it just for you]

Uuuuh, ragazzi scusate gli eventuali errori di napoletano, lui ha avuto il coach ma io nulla...si fa quel che si può. 🙈

[woven-birds]

Rules: Tag ten followers (you’d like to get to know better!)

Tagged by: @whimsymeadow {thank you so much for the tag, flower!}

Name: Kristen

Nicknames: I don’t have any. Anyone can feel free to come up with one for me!

Gender: Female

Star sign: Taurus

Height: 5’7”

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Dream trip: Ahh! So many! I’d love to see most of Europe as well as Asia.

Average Hours of Sleep: 5-9.

Why I made A Tumblr: To have a little place where I could post things I like. I wanted to make a cozy little home on the web.

Dog or Cat Person: I love both so much! Seeing as I have three cats, I guess that makes me a bit of a cat person.

When I made my blog: I made my first Tumblr is 2007... it was very much the blog of a 7th grader. So there wasn’t much to it. I used that one for about a year and then abandoned it. I then remade one in 2010 and then abandoned that one too. Then I made this one in 2011 and have used it since. {Gosh I ramble... sorry.}

Followers: Nearly 4,000 flowers! 🌻🌼🌸🌹🌷💐

Reason for My URL: It’s a song & also my old AIM name/MySpace URL. 😂

I tag: @pink-yarrow, @kinndredspirits, @wherethefairiessleep, @enchanted-fairytale-dreams, @die-rosastrasse, @raspberryfaery, @lesbianheart, @faerieforests, @vint-agge-xx, @elegant-classics, & anyone else who’d like to do this. 💕💕💕💕

[girlsagainst-archive]

THE SPOOK SCHOOL X GIRLS AGAINST

The Spook School are a Glasgow-based four-piece who make candid and earnest music. Their upcoming album, Could It Be Different, is out on 26.01.18.

What inspired the song 'Still Alive'?

Nye: I wrote the song kind of in response to a guy that sexually assaulted me years ago. It’s one of those situations where at the time, despite being very upset by the experience, I told myself that it couldn’t have been rape or any kind of sexual assault because ‘he was a nice guy’. For a long time I blamed myself for not protesting enough, or for somehow misleading him into thinking there was consent. It’s only in recent years that I’ve realised that it was him that I should have been blaming, not myself. So this song is an overdue ‘fuck you’ to that guy, and also an acknowledgement that – however much that experience might have messed me up – I’m still here and that’s something.

It feels quite different to the past stuff on Try To Be Hopeful et al – where do you think that comes from?

Nye: I think Try to Be Hopeful made sense as an album that you would write after quite recently figuring/affirming your identity – there’s a joy in that, and a desire to just kind of yell out ‘yeah, this is who we are’. I think also, especially as a trans person, because that can cause you so much unexplainable sadness/distress before you figure it out, you can fall into thinking that it’s the only part of your life that matters, and that being read as your gender/getting to physically transition and stuff like that will magically cure every problem you’ve ever had. It definitely helps, but usually all the other life stuff is waiting for you to pay attention to it again. And in many ways that’s kind of what this album is about, it’s about living as a queer person – about regrets and relationships and family and body image and just everything.

How would you describe the upcoming album?

Adam: It’s a lot more introspective that our previous work. More nuanced I think, and more personally honest. There’s a lot of looking backwards and looking forwards, wondering about the past and worrying about the future. At it’s heart though I see it as a celebration of the community we’ve found (in many ways through playing music) and the personal relationships we value in our lives.

Who in music inspires you right now?

Adam: Perfume Genius is making some really wonderful stuff right now. I’m also on a really big Jimmy Somerville kick at the moment. I think he’s one of the most underrated, radically political pop stars ever. Shopping, Sacred Paws, and basically everything Rachel Aggs touches is incredible.

Have you ever seen or been made aware of sexual harassment or assault at any of your shows?

Nye: I’ve never seen or been made aware of sexual harassment at any of our shows. I’d like to think that that was because the people that come to our shows are all wonderful people without exception, but in reality it’s more likely that it’s happened at least once and we’ve just not seen/heard about it.  

Is it something you've experienced as performers?

Nye: I’ve experienced sexual assault, though not in the context of playing shows. At least part of that is probably due to the fact that we’re an overtly queer band. Some of it will also be down to sexism – as a masculine presenting person playing music I’m less likely to get comments yelled at me than women or more femme non-binary folks.

What would be your response if you saw it happening?

Nye: If one of us saw something when we were onstage I would like to think that we’d stop playing and try to get the assaulter/harasser kicked out of the show. Equally, if someone came to us earlier in the night, we’d listen to them and see what they’d like done to make them comfortable and then work with the promoter/venue to make that happen.  

What would you like to say to the people who have that experience at a show?

Adam: This is not your fault, and there will be plenty of people who are willing to support you, including us. We’ll try our best to make sure our shows are as safe for everyone as possible. If there’s anything we can do to help please let us know (if you feel you can). We can be contacted online (email, Facebook, Twitter) or in person at shows. Reaching out to others for support can often be really helpful. This could be people close to you or organisations such as The Survivors Trust.

Girls Against are also here to listen to you and provide support, though please note that we are not trained counsellors.

What would your message be to the perpetrators of that behaviour?

Nye: If you can’t go to shows without harassing people, then don’t go to shows. Seek advice to change your behaviours and don’t put other people at risk of your unwanted advances/aggression. Doubly so if you are a performer/artist – you shouldn’t be putting yourself in a position where you have social capital that you could abuse.

Why do you think sexual harassment is such a big issue in rock/alternative music scenes?

Nye: A whole raft of things really. There’s still quite a lot of people with pretty misogynistic views of music scenes as a place where women/femme people don’t belong – despite all obvious evidence to the contrary (seriously, if you’re only listening to music written/performed by men how are you not bored by now?).

Also the association between gigs and alcohol probably isn’t something that helps, given how many people use being drunk/high as an excuse for acting in ways they wouldn’t allow themselves to sober. Especially for performers, there’s this kind of archetype of the rockstar that’s always drunk and that being a ‘rock ‘n roll’ thing. I remember going to gigs as a teenager and seeing the lead singers of bands that I loved at that time drinking full bottles of whisky on stage. I remember thinking that was just part of being a rockstar, rather than something that’s going to have an impact on both you and the people around you.

Then also there’s the whole ‘groupie’ stereotype – the idea that femme people in music scenes can’t possibly be creative or performers or even people that appreciate music, but are instead a kind of object to be claimed by male band members or fans. It seems like an outdated idea but the number of women in bands that still get asked ‘oh are you drummer/guitarist/whatever male band member’s girlfriend’ by people doing sound/other bands/promoters suggests that it’s very much still a stereotype that exists.  

What do you think your responsibility is, as a band in combatting this issue?

Nye: It’s a hard thing to tell someone that you don’t know about sexual assault, so it’s up to us/other bands/promoters/people in general to make it as clear as possible that any kind of harassment or assault won’t be tolerated and that we’ll do everything we can to make sure that people coming to our shows are safe from that. Things like signposted ‘no tolerance’ policies at gigs, statements on stage, and kicking people out when necessary. We should be making sure that we don’t play on bills that are just bro-ey bands, or for promoters/venues that create a hostile environment to any people that might want to come along to one of our shows. Sometimes it can be hard to know that information, especially when you’re travelling to places that you’ve never been before – so we’ve also got to be prepared to listen when someone comes forward to tell us something, and try to act helpfully based on that information.

What do you think crowds should be doing?

Adam: Looking out for each other. Everyone’s come to the show to have a good time, so try to be aware of the people around you as much as you can. Dancing and jumping around is really fun, but it’s not an excuse to touch others without their consent. You wouldn’t do so in the street (I hope), so why would it be acceptable at a show? I’d hope people who come to our shows (or any show for that matter) would try to offer support if they witnessed harassment of any kind, or anyone looking uncomfortable or distressed.  

[maeimekko]

GET TO KNOW ME TAG

i was tagged by @dolcetae ty so much for tagging me love !!!!ilu RULES: you must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

THE LAST: 1. drink: !chocolate soy milk! the best drink you can have 10/10 2. phone call: my mom 3. text message: my grandma 4. song you listened to: agenda by Justine Skye 5. time you cried: idk about a week ago??? 6. dated someone twice: this ho has never dated im alone 7. kissed someone and regretted it: i regret nothing 8. been cheated on: nope 9. lost someone special: um yes my friend moved away and we just kinda slowly stopped talking to eachother:( 10. been depressed: not really 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: never to the point of throwing up so ummmm

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12-14. light blue, burnt orange and red

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. made new friends: yepp 16. fallen out of love: no 17. laughed until you cried: many times 18. found out someone was talking about you:you mean talking shit? if so yes:)) 19. met someone who changed you: idk... not drastically 20. found out who your friends are: actually yeah 21. kissed someone on your facebook list: i dont have facebook  so

GENERAL: 22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: ^^ 23. do you have any pets: yesss two cats a fat one and a small babycat 24. do you want to change your name: i love my first name but i wanna change my last name tho its really generic 25. what did you do for your last birthday: went to gymnastics practise n just had a normal day... lame 26. what time did you wake up: ummm 9:45?? idk 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: playing seven of clubs with my grandparents and sister 28. name something you can not wait for: going on a roadtrip with my friends this summer 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: like 5 minutes ago 30. what is one thing you wish you could change in your life:i wanna have exciting clothes and a cool style and a neat instagram and just be a cool chill gal but im boring and look like a wheat bun 31. what are you listening to right now: airplanes and my mom n dad talking in the livingroom with the tv on  32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: dont think so 33. something that is getting on your nerves:umm nothng really 34. most visited website: tumblr + youtube 35-37. ?? i guess these are gone lol ?? 38. hair color: dark blone with peach/pinkish tips 39. long or short hair: both look banging but long hair for me... i look like a 5 year old with short hair...... but i mean i literally am five so 40. do you have a crush on someone: kinda? idk my feelings are mixed:// 41. what do you like about yourself: im not afraid to express my opinions and am very well spoken (aka too loud stfu tilda) also i have nice lips  42. piercings: i had my ears pierced a while ago but i was lazy and they grew shut 43. blood type: A+ 44. nickname: when i was little people used to call me tintti but nowadays i just go with Tilda 45. relationship status: single 46. zodiac: scorpio  47.pronouns: she/her 48. favorite tv show: pushing daisies!!!!!!! i love it so much lee pace is amazing if you havent watvhed pd then GO WATCH IT also i love steven universe 49. tattoos: nope but i want two violets on my inner arm 50. right or left handed: right 51. surgery: none 52. piercing: not anymore 53. sport: gymnastics,, ive been doing agg for over 10 years now google it ALSO i love dancing and yoga n stuff like that i hate ballgames 54. vacation: ive only travelled inside europe (italy, france, portugal etc) but id love to go to japan or the us mmmm a girl can dream 55. pair of trainers: my worn out old pink nikes

MORE GENERAL: 56. eating:forreal i just ate some cherry tomatoes damn 57. drinking: either soy milk or water 58. im about to: go to sleepppp  but this is taking so long 59. waiting for:sleep sleeping dreams bedtime snoozing siesta slumberland 60. want: nice clothes and love 61. get married: maybe someday 62. career: tf um no uh umm mm 

WHICH IS BETTER: 63. hugs or kisses: huggies 64. lips or eyes: eyes 65. shorter or taller: i wanna be shorter than my so but i love to be taller than my friends that way i can scoop them up n rest my head on theirs 66. older or younger:dont really care 67. nice arms or nice stomach: stomach! 68. hookup or relationship: relationship? i wouldnt know 69. troublemaker or hesitant: a good inbetween

HAVE YOU EVER: 70. kissed a stranger: no 71. drank hard liquor: yes 72. lost glasses/contact lenses: i dont have glasses 73. turned someone down: yepep 74: sex on the first date: well nope 75. broken someone’s heart:..... i dont think so? 76. had your heart broken: not really 77. been arrested: no 78: cried when someone died: yes 79. fallen for a friend: no?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 80. yourself: sometimes 81. miracles: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm no 82. love at first sight: hck to the no 83. santa claus: yes  im five 🎅🏼 84. kiss on the first date: sure why not 85. angels: idk sure coolcool

OTHER: 90. current best friend’s name:i dont really have ONE best friend 91: eye color: grey blue 92: favorite movie: road to el dorado true masterpiece

im writing t his half asleep so whatever this took like 1000 years ughgh im not tagging 20 people i wanna go t sleep 

anyways taggin my pals : @8boo @hoe4jimin @lqhani @11pristin @jackismyson @hoejisoo 

[gothicangeluk]

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Taylor Swift “Went Goth” and so help me, I cannot with this shit

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There are some really, really lazy plot devices in modern cinematography and culture, and I know you all know what I mean: Need to provide character development and background insights on your angry female lead? Don’t work too hard, just throw in a quick sexual assault.

Want to rebrand your image as serious, dark and edgy? Go Goth. Looking at you there, Taylor Swift. Yep, America’s favourite self-perpetuating victim has apparently “gone Goth,” in the wake of (but in no way related to, I am sure) her whole outing as a lying manipulative liar by (much as it pains me to write it) Kim Kardashian.

LOLZ DA FUQ IS THIS!?

For them as don’t know the back story (which I will totally forgive you for, given the cast of the whole sorry shitshow) Kanye West called up Tay last year to tell her he was going to reference her in one of his new tracks prior to its release, and ask her if she was cool with that – which she was. However, despite Ms. Swift’s professional victim persona (and to be fair it was kind of a gift, beginning as it did with her interrupted VMA speech in 2009, when even I felt bad for the girl) underneath the blonde hair and wide blue eyes lies the heart of a cold, calculating businesswoman whose image is her bank; something she has proven willing to maintain at any cost.

The sheer length of time during which she has gotten away with the whole kitten act whilst simultaneously working behind the scenes to cut the throats of anyone who stands in her way or who might serve as a springboard to further enhance her image, regardless of how it affects anyone else, almost beggars belief.

But I refer you back once again to the blonde haired, blue eyed ultra-femme white girl act, and tell me that you don’t see this shit happening every day of your life if you open your eyes.

Unfortunately for Tay, when she decided to hone her sights on Kanye once more – low-hanging fruit, given their history and the eternal narrative of the innocent white victim being done wrong by the beefy black guy – she found herself inadvertently tangling with another powerful woman who was not going to let that shit stand, in the form of the aforementioned Kim K. 

As anyone might expect from a family that lives their whole life in the public eye, Kim just happened to be recording that call between Kanye and Tay and when Tay completely about-faced in public and again started pass-agg painting Kanye as the villain once more, Kim blew her out of the water with the kind of understated class and style that it pains me to acknowledge came from the Crown Princess of the Social Media Industrial Complex.

Left with nowhere to go from there – caught out, bang to rights, pulling a shady stunt Taylor went quiet. Really, really quiet –and then reappeared, having apparently reinvented herself as an edgy dark evolution of little girl lost in the interim.

Except no one’s buying it… I mean, seriously. This is dress up. Goths just… Don’t look like that. The face is wrong, and it’s neither the nature of her face itself, nor the make-up… It’s just the lack of… Meaning. Anything. Anything that is not a costume.

The video for a song she released earlier this year “Look What You Made Me Do” (which says it all, really…) immediately got fans and foes alike talking about her new Goth/Emo look and styling and “Bad Girl” image, to which I have to say… Have you ever met an actual bad girl!? Mate, no.

She would appear to have taken some PR advice at some point too, as her upcoming November album release (“Reputation”) would appear to take some ostensibly self-deprecating pot-shots at herself, with visuals including a tombstone engraved with “Here lies Taylor Swift’s reputation.”

In fact, the whole album, based on her form when it comes to dragging ex boyfriends and anyone else she happens to be beefing with at the time would seem to be directly aimed once more at Kanye – who let’s just be clear, I have no particular love for either – in the style of victim girls everywhere who just don’t know when they’re beat.

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[gentle-author]

I wanna be yours but, do you want to be mine?

You buy me pencils so I can sketch and colours so I can paint. Instead, why don't you buy yourself a scrap book, journal in it, create tales and details and give it away to me so I can take endless hours to phantasize about the dreams I never got to have, but you.

You dedicate a song to me so I can hear the music and listen carefully to the lyrics. Instead, why don't you make a playlist full of all of your favourite songs, putting mine in the end to delete them all, as you're fully aware of my heart and soul, but never tried to connect to it, like I did that, not at all.

You send me hundreds of videos and pictures featuring the most lovely quotes and poems ever written in the whole world. Instead, why don't you write me a letter, without any imagination if that scares you, a letter filled with love, a single heart drawn in the middle, three words in the end and your name which brings butterflies to my stomach, a single piece of crumbled paper would be the greatest of poems, because that poem would be touched by you, would be imagined by my world, my own life and thoughts, you, my love.

When my brain drowns my heart and soul and overthinking takes over it all, you come and answer me you'd be mine till the end of this world.

You may hate art but for me, you'd overcome Picasso and compete with Dan Vinci's works.

Oh I'm pretty sure you'd go and discuss with Monet and find those beautiful lilies so you can bring them to me, as you well know how much I love nature.

You may have zero inspiration, or that's just a silly thought, but for me, you'd write tonnes of books and novels describing your love, a gentle, innocent love, made by you, for me, featuring us.

I already know Kafka was kicked off, Nietzsche indeed cried when he read a letter of yours.

You may be clueless when it comes to music but for me, you'd follow every step, you'd grab my waist and hold me tight, letting me make you feel alive by giving you a warm kiss on the lips, giving you breath till you spin me in the rules of the dance.

I simply know that you'll ask me to be your partner someday, maybe in our wedding day, or maybe in a dream of yours in which I'll be invited and sunrays will make me blush.

I wanna be yours and you've made sure you're already mine ❤️

Copyright © 2024 Christine Aggeli. All rights reserved.

[noloveforned]

recommended digital releases, february 3rd

a large majority of the music i listen to these days is done at work through a premium spotify subscription. the hardest part seems to be trying to remember when an album i’ve been anticipating finally comes out on whatever random friday.

i figure i’m not the only one so every friday i’m aiming to post five new releases from the past week (or so) as well as five recent releases from the past couple months that are available through spotify (and presumably the other streaming platforms).

new releases from the past week (or so):

the bats "the deep set" on flying nun [spotify, bandcamp] the bats return with their ninth full-length album which also coincides with their thirty-third year releasing records on flying nun. there's a consistency to the band that almost undermines them; their mid-tempo, psychedelic pop is a cornerstone of so many modern indie bands (ultimate painting, much of the captured tracks roster) that the original may not initially seem as novel. listen closely though and you'll agree that the bats do it better!

cavegreen "vita lucida" (self-released) [spotify, bandcamp] cavegreen is the dream pop project of eleanor murray and gianlucca bucci. eleanor's jazzy vocals translate well from her solo folk work to an electronic setting and the album vaccilates between the pop of the postal service and the spaciness of cocteau twins.

mike downey tape "courts were on the roof" (self-released) [spotify, bandcamp] mike downey seems to have found a ton of energy in the past year or so- in addition to last summer's shy mirrors cassette he's now released his fourth digital album under his mike downey tape moniker since january of 2016. it's clear there's some heavy woodshedding going on here. fifteen songs over 24 minutes makes for a quick album of fast four-track recordings. i'm hearing more keyboards and more ballads than i remember on the last one.

jean-brice godet "lignes de crêtes" on clean feed [spotify] french clarinetist jean-brice godet teams up with pascal niggenkemper on bass and sylvain darrifourcq on drums for an album that shifts between drone, free jazz and chamber music.

sacred paws "strike a match" on rock action [spotify] rachel aggs and eilidh rodgers were 2/3 of the fantastic scottish band golden grrrls who in their short existence released a bunch of great singles and a fantastic album. sacred paws strip out the wall of distortion, add in some horns and focus on groove. it falls somewhere between the poppy post-punk of trash kit (rachel's other band) and the indie pop party band still flyin' (no relation).

slightly older stuff:

taylor ho bynum "enter the plustet" on firehouse twelve [spotify, bandcamp] taylor ho bynum is a trumpet player whose orbit often intersects with anthony braxton. his plustet record draws in fourteen other braxton affiliates for a big band album based in composition.

julie byrne "not even happiness" on ba da bing! [spotify, bandcamp] julie byrne's second solo album is centered on her guitar and voice with sparse orchestration haunting the edges. the songs are equal parts romantic and sad making for a perfect sunday morning record.

mikal cronin "i don't mind" single on polyvinyl [spotify] mikal cronin's 2014 contribution to the polyvinyl four-track series suddenly appeared on the digital services today. even weirder- none of the other twenty three singles from the series are on currently spotify (i checked!). mikal's contribution was probably the highlight of the 2014 series- two acoustic numbers that i'm surprised weren't recorded for his 2015 album.

monomyth "happy pop family" on mint [spotify, bandcamp] i swear i thought that i'd already written about monomyth but i they must have gotten lost in the glut of early november releases. the nova scotia band features a couple members of nap eyes and veers between the pop nihilism of jesus and mary chain ('aloha') and the pop sincerety of big star ('cool blue hello', which even name checks 'kanga roo' in its opening line).

nrbq "high noon- highlights and rarities from fifty year" on omnivore [spotify] nrbq are one of those bands that i've seen yo la tengo name-check but never gotten to really dig into. fortunately the 'high noon: highlights' digital collection cuts the 'high noon' box set's runtime down to a more approachable seventeen tracks in fifty minutes. their power pop is influenced by sixties 'weirdos' like sun ra, captain beefheart and the fugs while drawing from rock, country, and r&b.

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