#batleeches

[rivetgoth]

30 + 34 for the music asks? :o

30. name an album you really love that you haven’t listened to in awhile

Ooh that’s an interesting one. I feel like ever since my insane shroom trip I really remembered how much I fucking love The Cure (insane I know) because they were like. Fucking transcendent during that trip. As much as I’m goth 4ever I don’t listen to like, only/primarily the classic goth bands as much as I used to (like as far as trad goth music goes I’ve been mostly listening to more modern darkwave projects like ACTORS or Bootblacks IG), and the trip reminded me of how much I fucking love that shit. I’ve been revisiting The Cure but I haven’t relistened to Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me yet which used to be my FAVORITE Cure album (nowadays I think Head On The Door or Disintegration won out). And then like, with that in mind I’ve just been inspired to relisten to more of the classic tradgoth bands I love again yk?

34. pick one of your favorite bands/artists and choose a song by them that you associate with each season

Ohh I love this question, I totally associate certain songs with certain seasons based on different times of my life where I listened to certain things more haha. Decided to go with IAMX for this cuz Chris Corner has been one of my favorite artists for like. Fucking YEARS lol.

Spring — I got my Look Outside tattoo in late March so I feel like that’s the biggest one I associate with spring probably? This is kinda insane but I actually don’t have much music I associate with springtime now that I think about it. Huh. I feel like where I live we jump straight from winter to summer 😭 Or maybe I just don’t listen to IAMX in the spring, idfk.

Summer — Definitely Heatwave, which like… duh lol, it’s in the name, but where I live gets hot as FUCK in the summertime (well into triple digits) and I just have the urge to listen to this shit cuz the title is so apt LMAO. I also associate Tear Garden with walking around in oppressive summer heat during COVID lockdowns while trying to find something — anything — to do.

Fall — Your Joy Is My Low I have a really really strong association with driving through the Topanga Canyon wilderness in October, smoking cigarettes under the full moon and then going to the beach, right after moving to the Valley while I was still getting a feel for it. That song makes me so nostalgic for that moment, it was so magical. Aphrodisiac too has a really strong autumn connection, because I listened to that song obsessively in October 2017 leading up to seeing ohGr and meeting Ogre for the first time. I was too stressed and excited to listen to much ohGr or Skuppy so I defaulted to listening to that song a billion times in a row lol.

Winter — I really strongly Insomnia with walking around in rainy winter weather, with overcast clouds covering the sky. I remember very vividly listening to Metanoia and in particular replaying Insomnia a lot one time when I took a bus home to see my parents in December or January. It had snowed along the mountain pass and it NEVER snows here, and I was just sitting there half asleep, listening to Insomnia and staring at this totally unrecognizable terrain that was completely blanketed by snow.

Music Asks!

[tyhulse]

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Batleech (2014) by LASAHIDO