#awakebutstillinbed

[weareechinacea]

“Kitchen knife” music video made by @anthraxplus. Also out on our YouTube!

Lyrics:

Speak up but quiet down; there’s no need to be so loud. Chew your words when you talk to me; spit them out as you speak.

There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out fast! There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out as you act!

Don’t you look at me; I don’t want to feel guilty. Watch me diffuse the bomb and put the guns back in their arms.

There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out fast! There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out as you act!

Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes! Look me in the eyes!

There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out fast! There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out as you act! There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out fast! There’s a knife in my back! Let me bleed out as you act!

[flowersforaerith]

awakebutstillinbed @ New Friends Fest '24 (Toronto, ON) - August 3rd, 2024

shot by VIDEOGIRL95

[itsallhoney]

My favorite album releases from October 2023.

titles + spotify links below

Tomorrow's Fire by Squirrel Flower (indie rock)

Goose by Wyatt Moran (indie rock)

152 by Taking Back Sunday (emo)

Bad Dream Jaguar by Sun June (indie pop)

Water by Jamila Woods (alt r&b)

Growing at the Edges by Mutual Benefit (folk)

Real poetry is always about plants and birds and trees and the animals and milk and honey breathing in the pink but real life is behind a screen by Pacing (anti-folk)

I'm Green by Mali Velasquez (indie folk)

The Secret to Life by FIZZ (indie pop)

Crazymad, For Me by CMAT (indie pop)

Javelin by Sufjan Stevens (folk)

Lahai by Sampha (indie soul)

chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger by awakebutstillafraid (emo)

A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night by Katie Von Schleicher (indie pop)

The OPEN-HEARTED by Arlissa (pop)

Sitting Pretty by Half Stack (indie rock)

The Surface by Beartooth (metalcore)

Lessons That We Swear to Keep by Free Throw (emo)

Abundance by Sister. (indie folk)

Hot Milk by Adeline Hotel (folk instrumental)

The Hand That Fits the Glove by Faith Healer (indie rock)

Good Luck Bad Dog by Buckets (indie rock)

Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler) by Short Fictions (emo)

new planet heaven by HUNNY (indie rock)

Jenny From Thebes by The Mountain Goats (folk rock)

[chill-band-folder]

awakebutstillinbed - ride (2023)

[emotionalhardcore]

ABSIB ARE BACK BABEYYYY

[ruiditos]

far - awakebutstillinbed (2023)

if we drive far enough will our lives not fall apart? are we fast enough to outrun who we are? cause i can't hear my own thoughts over the stereo and i can't see the world beyond the road

[producedbypotatoes]

bringing this guy back from the dead to say i updated my blog playlist.

producedbypotates.tumblr.com

[thatshitkrejci]

um oh my god

[mychanicalbrides]

gotta be the best opening song to an album or just best song PERIOD ive ever heard LIKE WHATTT THE BREAKDOWN WHY DOES THE GUITAR SOUND LIKE ITS ABOUT TO CRY im going to cry!!!!!!!!!111

[weareechinacea]

Old “kitchen knife” promo shot on a Sony handycam. Song out on all platforms.

[punkrockmixtapes]

awakebutstillinbed - airport music video

[xxfunk1b3atxx]

I've never seen anyone talk about this cover, which is honestly very upsetting cuz its so fucking good. I was honestly super disappointed when I finally listened to the original, cuz[and no offense to Belle and Sebastian fans, they're actually a really good band] the og is so lame and silly sounding compared to this cover.

[chill-band-folder]

awakebutstillinbed - leave (2021)

[spankymerve]

My Favourite Albums of 2023

I listened to a lot of music last year: 231 LPs, plus EPs and compilations. This year, I listened to a lot less music: 141 albums and 24 EPs. I got a lot more into podcasts in 2023, and that meant a lot of audio time got eaten up listening to people talking instead of people making music. But it would feel weird not to publish another top 20. It’s an annual tradition for this blog, after all.…

[thegothicarchitecture]

Track Reviews (Aug 14 -> 21)

Best

undescores - Old money bitch

The narrative on this song really beats out any competition. The nuanced portrayal of an obscenely privileged little princess who wants punk cred, one who shoplifts and dyes her own hair to fit in. I love that this titular "Old Money Bitch" is not an effigy to privilege, but rather a somewhat layered character who feels overshadowed by their parents accomplishments while perpetually unable to escape and live a normal life. Her frivolous and misguided attempts to fit in make her stand out more as an untouchable little shit, and the ambiguity about underscores relationship to the character (as a purely fictional character study, somebody they knew irl or a self insert) in a World that wants to tear down "industry plants" makes the song's dance with danger one worth exploring across numerous listens.

awakebutstillinbed - airport

Admittedly, the mix on this song isn't perfect. However, I have to recognize the amazing songwriting and lyrics. This song is raw as hell, and Shannon Taylor can still scream like a banshee murdering her fears. The lyrics at the end about not recognizing yourself hit me hard, maybe I can relate more to them than I'd like to admit. Overall, this heart wrenching little song was one of my favorites this week, and I'm eagerly awaiting this new album!

Meh

The Menzingers - Hope is a Dangerous Little Thing

The Menzingers have a tendency to sound a bit constipated on their more anthemic tracks (looking at you "America (You're Freaking Me Out)"), but the band also tends to shine when writing simpler songs. The concept on this track is broad but very relatable, and it's not hampered by some generic-as-Muse political gesturing. Hope is a dangerous thing indeed.

blackwinterwells, FloodDubs - Glass Cannon

This newest song from blackwinterwells sounds pretty dry and faceless, as if to be buried in a playlist with thousands of similar songs. I guess I'm not surprised the sound and structure of 2012 dubstep is coming back in 2023, I just wish blackwinterwells incorporated this signature sound with their own (and didn't eschew personality).

Eyedress, Mac DeMarco - The Dark Prince

Zzzz....

Worst

The Streets - Too Much Yayo

It's been diminishing returns for the Streets since Original Pirate Material, but this is a new low. The farty synth and drill 808s make for a strange instrumental, and the horrible singing makes this a worst song of the year contender for me. Mike Skinner, lay off the yayo.