#i hope this has a similar enough colorscheme!

[build-a-stim]

sun sparkle teddy bear (2024) with sunsets, pool toys, and an overall sunmery vibe for anon!

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[arcanestarseeker]

Lair review for Lallie on FR! :D Under the cut!

I always start with the first dragon in people’s lair, and yours is so lovely!!! A pure gen 2 imp with lovely matching colors and that perfect looking opal? What a perfect looking dragon to put at the front of your lair!! And hoooo that accent match on the opal?? I don’t have any imps, let alone any imps with opal, and that accent matches his opal so nicely that I almost thought that there was waaaaay more opal on his wings that there actually is haha, it’s just a lovely effect. I love the crimson silks on him, plus that lil different fillet! I saw someone else do that the other day and made a comment about “why don’t people do it more?” and I’m asking that even more with his lovely layering- It’s sucha  look (tm) The bits of pink from the twilight sylvan stuff also match his accent so nicely- this guy’s outfit is just so coherent and i adore it ahhh. His bio has some mystery acronyms in it, but I also see that he welcomes people to your clan in his quote box- if he your clan leader? What a great and fancy leader!!

Next is Felurian!! I can’t resist fancy pastely skydancers ahhhh. She’s so stunning... that orca iridescent is to die for. Gloom butterfly is so pretty too! becuase of her accent at a glance she seems kinda pastelly but her colors are much darker, huh? Are you ever planning on giving her a tert? all of her colors look so nice together, I bet she’d rock lace or something. Oh, and I see that you gened her up yourself in her bio! Dang, what a spoiled girl, given two gem genes from before having bar and daub. Her colors look great with those genes though, I’m guessing she was a long term project? She was well worth the gems and the wait though, she’s just stunning. I also love that spassow accent too, and it gives her a lovely splash of color on her mainly monochromatic scheme. I love the silk layering, too- the night sky with the gossamer under it matches orca so well it’s almost unbelievable! The slight hints of white are just. perfect. She looks like some kind of stunning mage, or something :0 Especially with those big antlers, they make her look almost otherworldly!! And gorgeous, can’t forget gorgeous.

Mythal next!! More night sky silks ahhhh. She’s so pretty too gosh, I love these fancy ladies of yours! Midnight/Mist/Iris is a fantastic pastel space colorscheme, one that would look right at home in my lair haha. I love the combo of the night sky silks and the black tulip flowerfall, they look really good together!! But most of all, hooo that accent!! It matches her colors so nicely, and more importantly, it gives her so many lore possibilites! I see that she has a wishlist in her bio, and no lore, but that accent makes her also seem like an otherworldly witch or demon. She and your lovely Skydancer above would make a lovely pair, with their similare apparel and color schemes- are they dating? that’d be cute hehe, dark otherworldly witch gfs. I can’t help but wonder what she’s holding, too? I know it’s just part of the accent but ahh the lore possibilities are delectable and temping. Also, that ice sprite is a great looking fam- but not as great as she looks!

Mihael is up next!! I’m weak for lovely purples, what can I say? xp And dangggg I know people sometimes throw around the word “ethereal” but like... this is the deinition of Ethereal right here. You could tell me this handsome boy is an Angel or heck, even a God and I wouldn’t even bat an eye! Oh man, I remember seeing that accent drop- it’s so lovely, and if I had any male wildclaws I would have bought a copy in a heartbeat. But this accent looks like it could have been made for him- that washed out pastel purple of platinum matches the dusty colors of the accent so well, but it doesn’t overshadow it, either- the accent really pops on top of the platinum. He’s a beautiful XXY, and I love the cream runes on him... so soft. He’s got lovely apparel, too. Those pieces of Silver Sylvan stuff is so nice on him, and The desert Dynasty stuff always looks good with platinum- and with his accent. The dove is a lovely touch, and I like how it’s branch kind of bleeds into the Tickled Hyacinth, that looks great. I also love the gossamer silk pieces- they’re not over powering, and just transparent enough to let you see through part of the silk to still see that lovely accent and make him even more matchy- he’s perfect!

Next up is another lovely Wildclaw, Fenharel! Now that’s what I call a good plant boy. The gently irishim greens look lovely- I don’t even usually like Crocodile or Fern, I thought his secondary was Seafoam when I was looking at his mini picture haha. He is just ROCKING that fest accent, it matches his Maize runes so nicely, and brings out this feeling of a flowery fairy prince, or a spirit who lives in a lake of lillies, or something like that. He’s got some apparel that matches Mihael, but it works in such a different way on him, and I love it! The Dove and the few pieces of gossamer silks remind me more of nature and faries than the angels and heavens they suggested on Michael. I saw in his bio that you gened him up, as well- you’ve put a lot of money into this lovely lair, huh? It seems well worth it though, every dragon is just so elegant and lovely, some of them are similare, but there’s also a ton of variety! I also love the familiar match he has, it adds to his princely aura to me, the very fancy perfectly color matched vustal just seems royal, you know? What a love pair they are!

Next up i took a look at another wildclaw rocking another lovely, flowery fest accent- Shae! Her accent reminds me of his a lot, and the two’s aesthetics compliment each other really well haha. And I see we have more gossamer silks, so I’m guessing it’s an apparel staple of yours? A very good choice, if I do say so my self. They’re so elegant and versatile! Plus, they’re perfect for this gal, since they match the pieces of white in her accent so nicely. She’s also rocking that silver sylvan wing lattice, and Those lovely tail rings! I love the mix-and-match fillet again too, it works well with the colors of her accent. And ahh that accent matches her so perfectly~ The wing and tail gradient fade into the colors of her wings and body seemlessly, and the whites and greens stand out on her nicely! That lets you bring in other colors of apparel really well too, especially with all the whites and silvers. She’s a work of art~

Next up is Lyllyth! this is just a small thing but you really have lovely sounding and lovely looking names in your lair, I really like them! They’re all very coherent and are just. really nice. it’s not usually something I notcied when I’m doing a review but I just really dig it, is all! Anyways, Lyllyth is yet another beautiful Dark cool color with lovely pastel purple, and it’s so good!! It’s a look I’m really fond of, but that I don’t feel like I see a lot of. Another night sky silks+black tulip flowerfall combo, and I love it just as much this time! They look so good together, and they look so good on her! She’s more purple than the other night sky silk wearing dragons I’ve looked at in your lair who have been darker blue, and I really love how her purpleness makes the silks appear more purple themselves, too. I also love her accent- and it’s another spassow haha, no surprises there. Spassow makes the loviest (and most expensive) pastel accents, huh? And wow, you’ve got so many night sky silks, adn jsut gem apparel in general in your lair! I can’t help but be a bit healous and a lot impressed!! And ahh she’s so impressive too haha

Next up is Arcurion! Man, the colors iridescent brings into the mulberry on him match his sanguine secondary really nicely! Not to mention the color match on his accent- another perfect use of a fest accent here in your lair, what else would I expect after the other ones? The deep reds and purples are great, and then I love the bits of gilded gold it brings in too! This guy is almost like the embodiment of crimson silks, huh? All gorgeous dark reds and deep purples with the great hint of gold! I bet he’d rock some crimson silks haha. His current apparel is jsut great too, though! I love the dusky rose stuff on him, not only does it match him well, but it also gives him an even more gilded look- especially the lovely gloves and stockings. So fancy! He’s got those great cobwebs, too, very spirit-ey, and I love the sword and scars! A very regal warrior. Ohhh and he has some lore, too!! Super nice! ^^ Ohhh so he’s made himself some powerful spiritual enemies, huh? That’s dangerous, man. I like the explanation for (I’m assuming) exalted hatchlings in the clan? Either way, I hope he’s able to clean up this mess he caused soon. Is that who gave him the scars, the Unnamed ones? He needs that sword to protect himself. I love the sword choice, it looks great! 

Next, flopsy caught my eye!! A very handsome XYY! You’ve got soooo many lovely doubles, wow! He’s a super cute pastel warrior of a level 25 :D The steampunk sets don’t get a lot of love, but he’s wearing a full set of the gold steampunk stuff and I think he’s really rocking it! It makes him look like a crazy inventor of a level 25, or just a very eclectic warrior. Either way, I think it looks good with his primary (especially the lovely wings!) and contrasts his double rose nicely. I’m not usually huge on okapi, but I think it’s in nice places to make it clear that he’s a lovely double without being too covered up by all his apparel. especially the faux stockings the okapi gives him on his fat little coatl legs, and the nice neck part! You can’t really see them through his protective goggles, but I also really like the fac that he’s got those lovely matching arcane eyes! A great looking boy~

I can spot storm glimmer, my favorite look, from a mile away, so Neptune caught my eye once I spotted his lovely, shining horns! Is he a water rep (with wind eyes, lol) or just a lovely watery boy? Either way, he’s very handsome! I love the aforementioned storm glimmer, and the navy butterfly is quite lovely too~ Plus the lighter Aqua iridescent (which partially matches his eyes, almost?)  all look really nice together, and are really reminiscent of the twice-dyed mantle he’s rocking, I feel like? He’s got similar light and dark blues too it, and he looks great in it! I also love the deepsea bulb- now THATS an apparel that doesn’t get a lot of love if I ever saw one. Makes him seem like a deepsea dweller though, who’s surrounded himself in a camoflague of fish with only his bulb to guide him as he goes hunting with that big fancy spear of his- it’s quite a look, and I bet he’d rock some flatfins too ahah... so expensive, I know the feel. Is he a fisherman or aquatic hunter? That’d be super cool- or maybe someone who hunts with maren? Or hunts maren... the possibilities are endless!

Next up is Lyre!~ She’s covered in such lovely blues ahh. Another lovely double!! And she’s decked out in even more white apparel- the gossamer silks and the dove make their repeat appearances I see :p I love the mantle and wings on her, though! She looks so lovely in them, and all of these big sweeping white apparel work really well for her peacekeeper lore~ I love her matching eyes, too! And speaking of lore, her lore is really nice! I love the familiar being her traveling companion, companion tie-ins to lore are always so great! She’s a nomad in lore who settles down for shortish periods of time- is she a traveling dragon? I’ve never done one or had one, but they always seem so cool ahh, a ton of fun! I love her art, too, especially that crisp looking second headshot- it’s lovely! She looks serene, and it really emphasizes the lovely colors iridescent brings out in a sky primary on skydancers, the super soft purple is jsut to die for. And so is she!!

Last but certainly not least is another very fancy skydancer- Aveline!! Oh man, orca crystal is the nicest cry/face by a long shot, and she wears it so nicely!! She’s yet another lovely double, and the platinum spines match her orca colors so well! Orca cherub is also like... to die for, and I love the contrast in its swirly swooping patterns. Her arcane eyes stand out ever so slightly on her face, and since it’s the only real color she has on her, they’re very piercing, it looks just lovely! The pristine stuff is just perfect on her, accentuating the lovely whites in Orca and making her look oh so elegant! Plus, the Fairy vibe that the silver sylvan stuff gives her makes her into a super magical, super gorgeous musician.  What kind of music does she play? Magical music, or just for entertainment? Either way, I bet she does a great job!! 

that’s it!! thank you so much for ordering a review from me, you’ve got a gorgeous lair!! I wrote a ton but all your dragons were jsut so nice adn clearly had so much thought and effort put into coordinating them :0c

[edibleflowerseu]

SOUNDS

Boyracer / More Songs about Frustration and Self-Hate (1994) [Slumberland]

“It was an embrace of punk's DIY ethics, but also a big "fuck off" to punk's poses: a cute little pop song existing in (and analyzing) a scene that had very little use for such things. This became the core idea of indiepop: In environments where everyone desperately wanted to show strength and style and importance, these bands thumbed their noses and thought hard about kittens.” (---)

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“You get, in essence, what so much of indiepop has forgotten: That the point isn't just to be sweet and congratulate yourself for it, but to make sweetness powerful, to make it say something.” (---)

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Twee was the foundation for the indie rock explosion of the 2000s, The stone that built Portland, Oregon (or at least the largest one). While certainly much huger in the UK, it had no shortage of fans in the US (especially the Northwest). Rooted in the same DIY spirit and organization as hardcore and punk, indie-pop concerned itself less with big ideas and more with goofily sincere idiosyncrasies. Not tough-guys dismantling the system but introspective humans who liked books and crushes.

There's few bands that spam the same gimmick but are as consistently listenable as Boyracer. A band that for me lurked in Sarah Record comps, it wasn't until recently that I gave them serious thought beyond “beloved indie-pop legend.” I think the reason I'm so attracted to them and why they seem to maintain their relevance is that they never really sounded much like their contemporaries. A decent amount of songs about crushes, breaking up, and feeling shitty about your ex, but with way more bite than the innocent twee-darlings of the scene. Dude's more pissed, often more clever, and straight up just noisier and harsher sounding than the rest.

Comparisons are made between the band and Guided by Voices (one-man in a rotating line-up spurting out almost-pop-songs at a alarming rate), and I guess they are pretty true. I don't know enough about either to say anything or, at this point, really give a shit. Boyracer is a really good band.

Souls of Mischief / 93 ‘til Infinity (1993) [Jive]

“Infinity is more comforting when it’s immaterial. At 18, limitlessness is its own form of intoxication. By 30, it’s oblivion. In September of 1993, infinity meant marimba samples, maxin’ in the studio, frigid 40s, mediocre cinema, and blunts no ruler could measure.” (---)

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“Infinity is the condition intuitively understood at adolescence. Souls of Mischief were only 18—rapping with reckless energy, toying with syllables, finishing each other’s sentences, spinning stories with the enthusiasm of telling them for the first time ... Heard again as an adult, it sounds like a flashy delusion. As a teenager, it’s a covenant with no strings attached.” (---)

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“93 til Infinity” might be the most influential rap song of all time. Today, its definitely gets the most shout outs and covers (Freddie Gibbs, J Cole, Joey Bada$$, Kanye, BIG Krit), you name it. Outkast, Four Tet, and Vampire Weekend cite it as monumentally inspirational to their music and life.

The history of it all is muddy to me. I'm no hip-hop head, and the names, places and chain of events is something I don't really have a grasp on. But from what I read it goes something like the teenage kids in Souls hung out with thugs and drug dealers, but went to multicultural schools and had well-educated parents. The dealers told them they needed to grow up to be the lawyers, not the thugs. So it was drugs, sex, books and dreams for the boys. Members of the Oakland rap crew Hieroglyphics (headed by the undersung Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, cousin of Ice Cube) helped export a distinct Bay rap feel, precedented by Mac Dre, Too $hort, Rappin 4-Tay, and on down the list.

In the still largely underground rap world that was the 90s, the lead single from the album blew up. Similar to the chill-clever clowns in The Pharcyde, the band towed the line between playful and serious in a way that only well-read kids growing up surrounded by drug violence and gangsta culture can do.

But where did they go? Why didn't they blow up right then and there? I dunno. The band, the album and the titular single made its way into skate videos, which in turn made its way into punk and hardcore culture, which became a huge contributor to the mainstream adoption of alt, and so here we are. It's something like that. Either way, “93 til Infinity” is an encapsulation of youth: all the time in the world, and you just wanna chill.

Duster / Stratosphere (1998) [Up]

“A sound akin to Yo La Tengo playing beneath a heavy winter blanket.” (---)

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Neglected legends seems to be a theme of this post (or maybe my music listening habits). “Lost classics” or what have you.

Duster has slowly made its way into the apocrypha of the emo guitar-rock canon over the past few years. Lodged somewhere between the space-rock of Hum, the slowcore of Codeine or Carissa's Wierd, and the traditional fare of first wave emo, the record is soothingly atmospheric but also hella catchy. For a space-rock album, its quite down to earth. Its a humble record made by regular dudes with guitars, spare time, and an excess of creativity.

Good for driving in the countryside. Or driving in space. If you can pull that off.

Album art looks like something from the colorschemer twitter.

Slint / Spiderland (1991) [Touch & Go]

“In many respects, the story of Slint is an exceedingly familiar one of influence accruing in absentia, of mavericks who were ignored in their time and had to wait years to get their due. Except unlike other members of the criminally neglected alt-rock trailblazer club … Slint didn’t just fail at becoming the world-beating superstars that their record labels and music-critic boosters alike hoped they would be. Through their initial 1986-1991 existence, Slint were obscure outsiders even within the subterranean confines of the American indie-rock underground.” (---)

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“Spiderland’s volcanic outbursts naturally count as the album’s most bracing, memorable moments. The one drawback is that they occasionally obscured and overshadowed McMahan’s monologues, which remain eminently unnerving for both their delivery (not so much “spoken word” as melody-averse singing imbued with cold-blooded, dead-eyed dread) and their amazingly immersive economy … When Slint do inevitably unleash the noise, it’s less a sonic device than a narrative one, to mark the moment after which, for the songs’ protagonists, nothing will ever be the same again.” (---)

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Another motif of my listening habits lately have been consistently on the spectrum of post-rock and slowcore. Atmospheric and sparse. Check the other shit I've been spinning if u don't believe for me some reason.

Slint is a famous band with famously zero fans that released a record that slowly became famous and legendary and gave them lots of fans. They were a band outside of an underground scene. Parallels between American Football, narrative-wise. The band broke up right after this record, and after some of their friends like Will Oldham, the Jesus Lizard, and - most notably - Steve Albini gained some traction, slowly did they get their share. The mystery behind the album, its sonic dynamics, and its esoteric, barely-audible, dread-filled lyrics gave it a cult following and now its super famous.

Yves Tumor / Serpent Music (2016) [PAN]

“Through this repetitive unfolding, Serpent Music gestures toward a privation, a scintilla of pain just out of reach, which nevertheless must be approached, again and again. Like The Caretaker, Yves Tumor captures lost feelings and experiences through Freudian repetition, stitching successive moments together to form a mappable, navigable affective tableaux. One is confronted with time’s passage, its intertwining with the plane of experience, its demands on the body and the spirit.” (---)

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“From warmth to desolation [the album] exists in a state of constant flux. Its ceaseless momentum drives it forward, lightly anchored by shifting rhythms, textures, and affects. This is mood music, flecked with beauty and riven with hurt, a compelling, complex work that extends itself outwards, generously inviting the listener to share in its triumphs and disappointments.” (---)

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“Yeah, man. I only want to make hits. [laughs] What else would I want to make? I don’t mean in a radio sense. I don’t mean, like, Usher hits. I just mean a track or song that people constantly need to play over and over and over and over again.” (---)

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Yves Tumor is among the many artists springing up exploring the possibilities that exist at the intersection between black and queer. Work that is obsessed and informed by colonialism, the beauty of the body and soul, and the horrors of the body and soul. Among other things.

I thought he was a staple of the NON crew but turns out he is his own dude, and is only loosely affiliated with those folks, as well as Mykki Blanco through Dogfood Music. Similar artists include AMNESIA SCANNER, Gaika, Chino Amobi, ANGEL-HO, and so forth.

But Tumor does his own thing, and loves to keep an elusive profile. This is less out of an artistic grand vision, as much as it is him not wanting to divulge too many personal details to the music media for fear of obsessed fans being unable to respect the line of public and private worship.

Anyway, this album is like a journey through some dark dystopian urban landscape and everything is made of body parts, or most things are made of body parts.

This Will Destroy You / This Will Destroy You (2008) [Magic Bullet]

“Much like Explosions in the Sky and Mono, This Will Destroy You use their instruments expertly to create a brooding anxiety that threatens to erupt at any moment. They often build in traditional instro-post-rock fashion, starting calm before growing to a dense wall of guitars and cymbals, but they never really feel bound by that formula … But mostly this is an exercise in controlled arrangements. The band employs its fair share of effects, especially delay and reverb, but rarely does the noise spiral out of control.” (---)

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People fuck to Explosions in the Sky. People don't fuck to this.

OTHER SHIT:

E M O TI O NAL T O K Y O / High in School mix

Especia / Gusto

Don Caballero / What Burns Never Returns

Jeru the Damaja / The Sun Rises in the East

Codeine / Frigid Stars

The Story So Far / Under Soil and Dirt

Kool G Rap / 4,5,6