#ethereal pop

[ericwallgren]

New video is out for the old Alone Home x Eric Wallgren collab track "Uvolve". A few weeks ago, we went out to Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale, IL to get this footage just a couple of weeks before the mall permanently closed. Almost all of the stores themselves were already long gone and shuttered, so inside it was just empty storefronts, one remaining taco stand at the food court, and the ghostly sensation you felt walking through this dead piece of late 20th century Americana. The footage I think was all sliced and rearranged beautifully in this video, so go watch the whole thing! The song, also, has been out for a while and you can find it on all the streamers

[coldgpa]

Here's a song I made 2 months ago

[pastel-indigo]

orion, venus and i agree that you would really, like reeeaallly enjoy some chill, lofi, ethereal, authentic vibes. idk we just agree on that.

if u agree as well, listen to this :0 (once u do, you’ll become magical forever you’ve been warned my friend)

[how-to-disappear-never-be-found]

a lil wonky instrumental demo that might end up on my album when i finish writing it ♡

[seraphsiege]

this is where i should be! ^_^

[musicmovesmarceline]

caroline polachek, “butterfly net” (feat. weyes blood)

[eyesaremosa1cs]

Cocteau Twins – Treasure (1984)

[hheininge-art]

Esperanzada | HHEININGE

[elderwisp]

ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔶 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔫𝔬 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪 ℑ𝔱 𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔪 ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔪𝔶 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔱 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱, 𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱

[ericwallgren]

Full performance on Rawk Radio up now!

[the-pea-and-the-sun]

its so funny how fan redesigns of chilchuck and snufkin are so similar. not funny exactly its pretty awesome i jus dk how it happened. but fuck yea give those guys tails an more hair !!! shade the bridge of their noses !!! those dudes r creatures !!

[haveyouheardthisband]

[hiraspit]

[seraphsiege]

On Victim of a Siren and its impact on my music journey

I originally wrote the lyrics for Victim of a Siren back in 2018, practicing it on this old 90s Yamaha electric piano that had been in my family since I can remember. It was this big ugly brown piece of junk that only had sixteen sound presets built into it. I spent hours at that thing, practicing video game music or whatever came to mind -- my free time seemed unlimited, isolated on the upstairs floor of my grandmother’s house. That Yamaha seemed to be my saving grace, though.

I turned to Sappho’s poetry during this time, not sure where to even start with lesbian literature. I don’t think I’d met any queer people outside of people offhandedly coming out to me -- I’d been outed in a small town, and I’m glad I was able to be solace for my queer peers, but it was scary. People knew about my identity so openly and I felt like I never had an option to express that on my own time. I was pretty active on tumblr during this time period, so learning about people from Leslie Feinberg to Sappho was what I spent my time reading. 

I was smitten with the literature I discovered. I interpolated a quote within the bridge, my mind drifting to the mountains of the Mediterranean -- a place that I’d get to explore for my own that year. 

There were a few girls at the time that I was yearning for, one of them having these bright blue oceanic eyes behind a small pair of glasses. I think that was my inspiration, although she was never to reciprocate my feelings in the end -- not like I needed her to. Saying anything to her would’ve put me at a lot more risk.

I wrote the second verse about ten minutes before I went to record, actually -- my producer can back me up on this one. The second verse really shows how alluring the siren can be when it comes to our desires, showing a twisted side to how lesbian love isn’t all what it seems. The yearning doesn’t always leave us with a happy ending.

I brought this song to my producer last year, and they were quick to help me put this all together. It was our first time working on a music project that didn’t involve film. I quickly put together a midi file in Logic of the chords, along with various synth plugins, and he was just so quick to go with it. I was shocked that he’d even wanna produce my song for his project. But he knew that I was more than prepared to get this song produced, and he brought that to life. 

I’m not a singer by any means, so getting in front of that mic and singing my heart out was nerve wracking, especially if my voice cracked or went flat. I have a lot of perfectionist tendencies, and I’m still trying to tell myself that I will always be my biggest critic. I still wish I’d spent more time perfecting vocals, but then again, I’d be in the tracking booth all day.

I’m so relieved that I’m able to share this piece with the world and hope that young sapphics out there are able to enjoy this as much as I did creating it. It’s a tale of longing, of drowning, and of unrequited love. I hope to create happier lesbian tales in the future, of course, but expressing my sapphic ethereality has been such an interesting journey thus far.

Listen to it on Soundcloud here <3

[musicmovesmarceline]

caroline polachek, “fly to you” (feat. grimes and dido)

[aelswiths]

Aelswith (looking beautiful and ethereal and hot as fuck and breaking my heart with her tears) in 4x07