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lgcmanager · 2 years ago

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CRYSTALLIS MISSION 002

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER ( PART 1 OUT OF 2 ) SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise. for reference as to whether your muse is eligible for this event, please click over HERE.

( important note: there is two parts to this mission, so this is the first one and the next one will be coming after the deadline has passed! )

in preparation for their comeback, the CRYSTALLIS members gathered together during their free time with their manager, SEO YEWON.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES

as YEWON hands each of the girls their schedules for the next few weeks, she begins to tell them the first event they will be participating, “since you will be promoting at the end of july and beginning of august, you will be attending M! COUNTDOWN’s summer special ( JULY 14 ).” for the special stage, they will be performing TWICE’s DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY ( lyrics distribution can be found HERE ).

like mentioned before, HYEJOO and SOMIN are participating in the LEGACY x PEPSI campaign with ‘SUMMER TASTE’, so they will be working on that during this time and will be performing this in on the last day of lgc’s family concert 2k22, which is scheduled to be on SEPTEMBER 24 in SEOUL. they will also be invited to HANWOO’s ( dbsd’s siwoo & haneul ) radio show on AUGUST 10 where they will talk about their experiences as crystallis members and answer some of the fans’ letters.

since JAEHWA and SOYOUN will be busy with their schedules, they will be missing some of the promotions so the rest of the members will be singing their parts during that time. they will also have fansigns and online fan calls from AUGUST 1-5.

on AUGUST 4 ( while preparing for m!countdown ), DANBI, ICHIKA, and YURA will be visiting BAE SIWOO to give them their album. after receiving the album, SIWOO will ask the girls if they could do a dance challenge with his newest song, “THAT THAT”. the girls will then be taught a short snippet of the chorus before filming the videos.

in addition to that, DANBI, ICHIKA, and YURA will be appearing on AUGUST 7’s episode of THE RETURN OF SUPERMAN. they will be taking care of PARK JOOHO’s children ( NAEUN, GEONHOO, and JINWOO ).

VLIVES WITH CRYSTALLIS

then after their comeback, CRYSTALLIS will be given a chance to pair up and do vlives. since most of the girls have busy schedules ( due to notoriety tiers ), we’ve given an estimated period as to when the vlives have gone live ( sometime between JULY 25 to AUGUST 18 ). the order of the vlive are as follows:

GEUM DANBI & SEO YURA

AHN JAEHWA & YAMASHITA ICHIKA

GONG HYEJOO & MIN SOYOUN

MOON SOMIN

due to the uneven number, SOMIN will be having her own individual vlive. do note that for these livestreams, YEWON will be nearby to monitor the comments and the conversation. in terms of what the girls can do, it’s up to you but the only condition is that they cannot reveal anything related to their future activities ( both group and individual ). on average, the vlives last about 15-20 minutes depending on how much time is allotted from them and when they’re doing the livestreams.

LGC FAMILY CON 2K22

more details about the concert will be revealed at a later time, but for the girls, they are expected to practice on all of their songs in preparation for the concert. they are also told that because lgc’s family concert will be held in various locations, the girls will be traveling overseas on AUGUST.

REQUIREMENTS

SUMMER ACTIVITIES: write a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines, 3 per mun) thread with another crystallis member about anything related to the activities above ( or behind the scenes during the butterfly comeback promotions ) for +6 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +4 NOTORIETY !

VLIVE WITH CRYSTALLIS: write a 300+ word solo OR a 6 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with your partner about anything that was shown during the vlive for +6 VARIETY or MCING/HOSTING and +3 NOTORIETY !

make sure to use the hashtag lgc:crystallismission for all of the tasks. you have until AUGUST 13, 2022 at 11:59PM EDT to complete the requirements and validate your points. please submit the following form ONCE on the points blog.

MUSE NAME ∙ CRYSTALLIS MISSION 002 - SUMMER ACTIVITIES: +6 ( skill points distribution ) , +4 notoriety [ LINK ] - VLIVE WITH CRYSTALLIS: +6 ( variety OR mcing/hosting ), +3 notoriety [ LINK ]

#lgc:event #lgc:q32022 #lgc:crystallismission

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tameila · 2 years ago

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november albums.

November 1st: Tell Me Things You Won’t Take Back, Cate

November 2nd: American Bollywood: Acts I & II, Young the Giant

November 3rd: American Bollywood: Acts III & IV, Young the Giant

November 4th: Créatures, Sweet Crude

November 5th: emails i can’t send, Sabrina Carpenter

November 6th: Dirt Femme, Tove Lo

November 7th: DECIDE, Djo

November 8th: Apocalypse Whenever, Bad Suns

November 9th: Ivory, Omar Apollo

November 10th: Quiet the Room, Skullcrusher

November 11th: Being Funny In a Foreign Language, The 1975

November 12th: Can You Afford to Lose Me?, Holly Humberstone

November 13th: LP3, Hippo Campus

November 14th: People in Motion, Dayglow

November 15th: Bear Creak, Brandi Carlile

November 16th: When I Close My Eyes, Chelsea Cutler

November 17th: She’s so Unusual, Cyndi Lauper

November 18th: Parallel Lines, Blondie

November 19th: Dil Se (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), A.R. Rahman

November 20th: Testimony, Ferron

November 21st: One Day at a Time, Kodaline

November 22nd: Under My Influence, The Aces

November 23rd: The Beauty of Survival, Foreign Fields

November 24th: Islands, Bear’s Den

November 25th: Dilate, Ani DiFranco

November 26th: MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…, easy life

November 27th: Every Feeling I’ve Ever Felt, Ellen Winter

November 28th: Future Shine, flor

November 29th: Billy Talent, Billy Talent

November 30th: Billy Talent II, Billy Talent

#one album each day 2k22 #if anyone's looking for a good pop rock rec #Bad Suns' Apocalypse Whenever really wow'd me #best album of the month for sure #can't believe i'm down to my last month of this project already

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tameila · 2 years ago

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october albums.

October 1st: Over The Garden Wall (Original Television Soundtrack), The Blasting Company

October 2nd: Night Time, My Time; Sky Ferreira

October 3rd: Magnify, Ham Sandwich

October 4th: Tallahassee, The Mountain Goats

October 5th:The Sunset Tree, The Mountain Goats

October 6th: Transcendental Youth, The Mountain Goats

October 7th: Human Overboard, James and the Shame

October 8th: I Was / I Am, Noah Kahan

October 9th: One, Birdtalker

October 10th: Cannot Be, Whatsoever; Novo Amor

October 11th: Below the Salt, Haley Blais

October 12th: Bronco, Orville Peck

October 13th: The Gods We Can Touch, AURORA

October 14th: Spinning the Truth Around (Part One), Blue October

October 15th: Stick Season, Noah Kahan

October 16th: Songs of Love and Hate, Leonard Cohen

October 17th: Tattoo You, The Rolling Stones

October 18th: Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend

October 19th: Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend

October 20th: Rae, Ashe

October 21st: Midnights (3am Edition), Taylor Swift

October 22nd: The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen

October 23rd: The Car, Arctic Monkeys

October 24th: BIG!, Betty Who

October 25th: a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun, Aly & AJ

October 26th: Crybaby, Tegan & Sara

October 27th: People Pleaser, Laura Elliott

October 28th: Best Day of My Life, Tom Odell

October 29th: The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn, Dylan

October 30th: Inside Voices / Outside Voices, K. Flay

October 31st: Afterthoughts, Greywind

#one album each day 2k22 #i can't believe i'm down to my last two months of this project #i've already got my top three albums chosen out #crying screaming throwing up trying to settle on my top ten

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tameila · 2 years ago

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July Albums.

July 1st: Further Joy, The Regrettes

July 2nd: MUNA, MUNA

July 3rd: I Blame The World, Sasha Alex Sloan

July 4th: Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen

July 5th: Hot Fuss, The Killers

July 6th: Sam’s Town, The Killers

July 7th: Day & Age, The Killers

July 8th: Battle Born, The Killers

July 9th: Wonderful Wonderful, The Killers

July 10th: Imploding the Mirage, The Killers

July 11th: Pressure Machine, The Killers

July 12th: Sawdust, The Killers

July 13th: The Execution of All Things, Rilo Kiley [recommended by @kymal]

July 14th: Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa

July 15th: The Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart

July 16th: Special, Lizzo

July 17th: Signs of Light, The Head and the Heart

July 18th: Hadestown, Original Broadway Cast

July 19th: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix

July 20th: Bankrupt!, Phoenix

July 21st: Coyote Stories, The Crane Wives

July 22nd: The Queen is Dead, The Smiths

July 23rd: Flamingo, Brandon Flowers

July 24th: The Desired Effect, Brandon Flowers

July 25th: Ghost Town, Lauren Aquilina

July 26th: Indestructible, Disturbed

July 27th: Build a Problem, Dodie

July 28th: Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park

July 29th: Meteora, Linkin Park

July 30th: Minutes to Midnight, Linkin Park

July 31st: A Thousand Suns, Linkin Park

#one album each day 2k22 #i apologize that i haven't been able to keep up with my usual updates on the albums #turns out that catching covid -- finishing up work -- and trying to get all my ducks in a row before i move countries #takes a lot of mental energy #but feel free to drop me a message if you'd like me to talk more in depth about a particular album

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tameila · 2 years ago

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june week three & four albums.

June 13th: The Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie

favorite(s) before listen: Starman

favorite(s) after listen: Starman, Hang On to Yourself, Ziggy Stardust

June 14th: Ingénue, k.d. lang

favorite(s) before listen: Constant Craving

favorite(s) after listen: Constant Craving, Miss Chatelaine, Wash Me Clean, So It Shall Be, Season of Hollow Soul

June 15th: American Idiot, Green Day

familiarity: @kymal recommended Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown, but I was an American Idiot girl. i would listen to “Letterbomb” on the bus ride home nearly every day, and that’s all you need to know about what kind of middle schooler i was

favorite(s): This is a no-skip album, but -- as mentioned before -- my favorite song is Letterbomb, followed closely by She’s a Rebel and Holiday. Though, during this listen through, I found myself appreciating Extraordinary Girl and Homecoming extra amounts.

June 16th: 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day

familiarity: recommended by casey and i gotta say...there were multiple times while listening to this album where i thought of you, casey, and went, “yeah, this checks out as their favorite Green Day album”

favorite(s) before listen: 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy

favorite(s) after listen: Another solid, no-skip album, but I would say my standouts are -- [proceeds to listen half the album] Know Your Enemy, 21st Century Breakdown, Before the Lobotomy, East Jesus Nowhere, Peacemaker, Last of the American Girls, Murder City, Horseshoes and Handgrenades

June 17th: Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe

familiarity: This is one of those albums that has sat on my to-listen lists for far, FAR too long

favorite(s) before listen: Make Me Feel, Pynk

favorite(s) after listen: Make Me Feel, Pynk; Crazy, Classic, Life; Screwed, Don’t Judge Me, So Afraid, Americans

June 18th: MONTERO, Lil Nas X

familiarity: this album was rec’d by @mischiefseven way back at the beginning of this project, but I had obviously listened to this album front-to-back many times as soon as it came out so had been saving to revisit it for later -- aka, Pride Month, babEY!

favorite(s): This is a no-skip, fabulous from the first to last second album, but my particular favorites are One of Me (ft. Elton John) because Elton John’s collaborations with all these young queer artists makes me emotional, Tales of Dominica, Dead Right Now, and That’s What I Want

June 19th: SAWAYAMA, Rina Sawayama

familiarity: I know Rina from her song, “Cherry”, and I’ve had her on my radar since as an artist that I wanted to explore more.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Dynasty, STFU!, Bad Friend, Chosen Family (I also love the version with Elton John too ofc)

June 20th: Expectations, Hayley Kiyoko

familiarity: As a wlw, I have - of course - heard and listened to just about all of Hayley’s discography with this album being no exception

favorite(s): Feelings, What I Need, Sleepover, Curious, Wanna Be Missed, HNLY, Palm Dreams

June 21st: BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD, Troye Sivan

familiarity: I listened to this album non-stop when it came out, but it’s been a while since I revisited it. In retrospect and with knowledge of his newer music, I can say that this album definitely felt rougher around the edges than I remember it being when I first enjoyed it; however, I still think it stands a great work of art in Troye’s discography and I still genuinely enjoyed each song.

favorite(s): As mentioned, I enjoy each song of this album but I would say that my favorites are Fools, Talk Me Down, Suburbia, Youth, Lost Boy, Blue

June 22nd: Bloom, Troye Sivan

favorite(s): another no-skip album, but my favorites are Lucky Strike, Plum, Postcard, and Seventeen

June 23rd: So Jealous, Tegan and Sara

familiarity: I am more familiar with their other album, Heartthob, but figured I’d start here

favorite(s) before listen: Where Does The Good Go

favorite(s) after listen: Where Does The Good Go, You Wouldn’t Like Me, I Bet It Stung, Speak Slow, Fix It Up, I Can’t Take It

June 24th: Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara

favorite(s) before listen: Closer; Goodbye, Goodbye; I’m Not Your Hero, Drove Me Wild, Love They Say

favorite(s) after listen: added to the aforementioned...How Come You Don’t Want Me

June 25th: If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power; Halsey

familiarity: this album was recommended by @theoh-raeken back when I first started this project but, like Lil Nas X’s album, it was one that I’d listened to when it dropped so I wanted to wait a while to do another listen through. Compared to the rest of her discography, I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed this album as much as her other ones, but it’s still a solid album.

favorite(s) before listen: Bells in Santa Fe, Easier Than Lying, honey; I’m not a woman, I’m a god

favorite(s) after listen: my favorites did not change

June 26th: Superache, Conan Gray

familiarity: new Conan album!!

favorite(s) before listen: People Watching

favorite(s) after listen: People Watching, Disaster, Best Friend, Family Line, Footnote, The Exit

standout lyric: All that I did to try to undo it / All of my pain and all your excuses / I was a kid, but I wasn't clueless / (Someone who loves you wouldn't do this)

June 27th: Good at Falling, The Japanese House

familiarity: I have a passing familiarity with a number of her songs

favorite(s) before listen: Wild

favorite(s) after listen: Wild, We Talk all the Time, You Seemed So Happy, Marika is Sleeping, Worms

June 28th: BADLANDS, Halsey

familiarity: it’s been so long since I’ve listened through this album that I just had to come back to it. might relisten to their other albums later on as well.

favorite(s): A solid, solid album but I would say my favorites would be Haunting, Young God, Strange Love, Roman Holiday

June 29th: White Noise, PVRIS

favorite(s) before listen: You and I

favorite(s) after listen: You and I, Holy, White Noise, Smoke, St. Patrick, My House

June 30th: RINA, Rina Sawayama

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Ordinary Superstar, 10-20-40, Cyber Stockholm Syndrome

#one album each day 2k22 #once again wilding cutting corners wherever i feel like just trying to keep this part of the project afloat

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tameila · 3 years ago

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April Week Three Albums.

April 18th: ULTRA BLUE, Utada Hikaru

familiarity: The love I have for Utada HIkaru is immeasurable. They were one of my first introductions to J-Pop with their album, First Love, and I have followed their music through the years. After hearing (belatedly) that they were at Coachella, which I didn’t give a damn about until I heard they were there, I knew I wanted to relisten to one of their albums. I plan to go back and listen to the others eventually but, for today, I chose this one because it’s especially nostalgic for me. I used to listen to this album while typing up my roleplay replies to my best friend back when we’d just started building our world and were chatting on MSN every night.

favorite(s): This is a no-skip album for me! I would say my particular favorites are Keep Tryin’, COLORS, BLUE

April 19th: Strange Trails, Lord Huron

familiarity: I made a previous attempt to listen through this album since it seemed right up my alley but never finished it. so I’m back!

favorite(s) before listen: The Night We Met

favorite(s) after listen: The Night We Met, Until The Night Turns, Fool For Love, The World Ender, Meet Me in the Woods, Way Out There

standout lyric: “I had all and then most of you / Some and now none of you”

April 20th: Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones

familiarity: I was talking to my co-teacher about this project one afternoon -- she’s around my parents’ ages -- and mentioned how I’d like to look into some more classic rock. This is one of the albums that she suggested.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Wild Horses, Bitch, Moonlight Mile

April 21st: Candy-O, The Cars

familiarity: recommendation from my co-teacher

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Night Spots, Shoo Be Doo, Double Life

April 22nd: A Night at the Opera, Queen

familiarity: I mean, it’s Queen! But, I would say that I know their music in bits n’ pieces rather than from listening to full albums. For no lack of not wanting to, mind you, which was why I was happy for this recommendation from @wookiees

favorite(s) before listen: You’re My Best Friend, Bohemian Rhapsody

favorite(s) after listen: You’re My Best Friend, Bohemian Rhapsody, Death on Two Legs, Seaside Rendezvous, The Prophet’s Song, Love of My Life

standout lyric: "Mama, I don’t wanna die / I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all”

April 23rd: G*psy Punks: Underdog World Strike, Gogol Bordello

familiarity: recommended by @jabletown

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Sally, Not a Crime, Illumination

additional notes: The standout quality of Gogol Bordello is their tunes, in my opinion. The rambunctious, foot-stomping instrumentals were the real seller of this album to me.

April 24th: Man on the Moon: The End of the Day, Kid Cudi

familiarity: This is an album that I’ve always wanted to explore but felt daunted by the length of it. An hour? Who’s got that kinda time! Me on a rainy Sunday, it would seem.

favorite(s) before listen: Day ‘N’ Nite (Nightmare), Up Up & Away

favorite(s) after listen: Really loved this album as a cohesive whole. Some of my top favorite include...Day ‘N’ Nite (Nightmare), Up Up & Away, Man on the Moon, Make Her Say, Enter Galactic, My World, Heart of a Lion

#one album each day 2k22

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tameila · 2 years ago

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May Week Two-Week Four Albums.

May 9th: New Again, Taking Back Sunday

familiarity: we are now entering the territory of TBS albums that I have not heard yet

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: New Again, Summer, Man; Swing, Where My Mouth Is, Cut Me Up Jenny, Capital M-E, Carpathia, Everything Must Go

May 10th: Taking Back Sunday, Taking Back Sunday

familiarity: happy birthday to me! we’re breaking into the self-titled album today.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Faith (When I Let You Down), Sad Savior, Since You’re Gone

May 11th: Happiness Is, Taking Back Sunday

familiarity: Funnily enough, when I was studying abroad in Ireland back in 2014, I checked in on TBS and - instead of checking out all the albums in between this one and the last one i remembered - i jumped straight to this one. don’t regret it! this album feels like a slight turn from their older stuff, but it was a direction i really enjoyed and it reminds me of long, evening walks around the University of Limerick’s campus.

favorite(s) before/after listen: Flicker, Fade; Stood a Chance, Beat Up Car, It Takes More, Better Homes and Gardens, Like You Do, Nothing At All

standout lyric: the bridge and outro of “Flicker, Fade” is [chef’s kiss]

May 12th: Tidal Wave, Taking Back Sunday

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Homecoming, I Felt It Too, Call Come Running, I’ll Find A Way To Make It What You Want

May 13th: Dance Fever, Florence + The Machine

familiarity: [bangs on pots and pans] new Florence album!! NEW FLORENCE ALBUM!!!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: King, Free**, Choreomania, Girls Against God, Dream Girl Evil, Cassandra, Heaven is Here, Daffodil, My Love

standout lyric: the bridge of Free, my friends. that’s what it feels like to be a creator of any media of art. that’s just the meaning of life right there.

May 14th: Monsters, The Midnight

familiarity: discovered The Midnight through Julien Solomita. he uses their song “Good in Red” a lot on his streams, and I would highly suggest their Horror Show EP. it’s an album for driving at dusk with the windows down. figured, since I enjoyed it so much, might as well check out an album!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: ((gonna be honest with you. i am filling each of these days out right now and i usually like the songs that i like the most on spotify so that i remember but i don’t have any liked on this album. but i remember enjoying this album so i think i just thought the whole album was a vibe overall. maybe, someday, if i have an extra hour, i’ll relisten and update this with specific songs but...until then...I’ll just give it a thumbs up!))

May 15th: Preacher’s Daughter, Ethel Cain

familiarity: No familiarity with the artist but I ran into a tiktok on my fyp that included a snippet from the scream in Ptolemaea and I was like,”Sign me up!”

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: American Teenager, A House in Nebraska, Family Tree, Thoroughfare, Ptolemaea, Televangelism, Sun Bleached Flies, Strangers

standout lyric: "What I wouldn't give to be in Church this Sunday / Listening to the choir, so heartfelt, all singing / God loves you, but not enough to save you / So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself”

May 16th: Back of My Mind, H.E.R.

familiarity: I am going to see my favorite boys, Coldplay, on the 28th, so we are officially entering the preparation stretch of the month. H.E.R is one of Coldplay’s openers. Also, should be noted, I will be skipping the song on this album that features a certain abuser.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: We Made It, Damage, I Can Have It All, Slide

notes: Since I am getting to these write-ups so late, to the point that the concert has come and gone, I can say that H.E.R was amazing on stage. This album was pure R&B, which I enjoyed, but she was up on stage, shredding on the electric guitar and playing the drums and just rocking out. Loved that style from her!

May 17th: FANDOM, Waterparks

familiarity: had an extra day in my concert preparation to slip in a random album. I know Waterparks from their song “I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don’t Wanna Die Anymore”, a Scanlan Shorthalt anthem, but felt compelled to check out the rest of this album after hearing another song on a playlist. also, i gotta be real here. didn’t realize that this album came out in 2019. it has the vibe of the mid-00s emo/punk scene.

favorite(s) before listen: I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don’t Wanna Die Anymore

favorite(s) after listen: I Miss Having Sex But At Least I Don’t Wanna Die Anymore, Watch What Happens Next, High Definition, Telephone, Turbulent, [Reboot]

May 18th: Gallows (Deluxe), DRAMA

familiarity: another one of Coldplay’s openers.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Barely Friends, Falling, Missing

May 19th: Parachutes, Coldplay

familiarity: ah, and here it begins, the album where my love for Coldplay began. I used to “steal” the CDs for this album and A Rush of Blood To The Head from my dad’s car and listen to them on our 5-CD boombox in the basement. I listened to “We Never Change” with all the wistful melancholy that a prepubescent child can possess.

favorite(s): Since I love Coldplay and they are My Boys™, I feel entitled to wax at length about my feelings on each album. because I have opinions. That being said, there are only two Coldplay albums that I consider to be true “No Skips” albums and Parachutes is very close...but not one of them. I would still highly recommend it to be listened to from start to finish. There’s no true “duds” on this album, just a couple songs that take some warming up to. While Yellow is, of course, a classic, I would pick a live version of it over the album recording any day. my personal favorite picks from this album are...Don’t Panic (one of their best and my favorite from this album), Shiver, Trouble, We Never Change, Everything’s Not Lost

standout lyric: "Oh, all that I know / There's nothing here to run from / ‘Cause yeah, everybody here's / Got somebody to lean on”

May 20th: Harry’s House, Harry Styles

familiarity: Taking a break from Coldplay to check out the new Harry Styles album

favorite(s) before listen: As It Was

favorite(s) after listen: As It Was, Music For a Sushi Restaurant, Late Night Talking, Little Freak, Matilda, Day Dreaming, Keep Driving, Satellite

standout lyric: not a lyric, but the outro to As It Was where, after the bridge, he brings in wedding bells...that shit changed me fundamentally

May 21st: A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay

familiarity: remember when I said that I only have two Coldplay albums that I consider to be perfect? This is number #1 out of the 2.

favorite(s): There’s not a single song on this album that I would ever dare to skip. This album should be enjoyed front-to-back often and with reverence. Not only are these songs all amazing on the album recording, but this album is best known for having the most songs that are staples to Coldplay live performances to the point that I was disappointed when songs like In My Place and God Put a Smile upon Your Face were not included on the setlist for their current tour. That’s the problem with having a 20+ year discography. You can play a 2-hour long show and still not be able to fit in all your best hits. In particular, those two aforementioned songs MUST be enjoyed alongside their live versions. God Put a Smile upon Your Face, especially. I love this album so much that I even struggle to pick a favorite. I long dream of them embracing this sound again but, at the same time, you could never replicate this album..Just...You Gotta Listen To This Album. That is my platform. That is my truth.

standout moment: I think I’m gonna hand my honorable mention to the bridge of Politik. life-changing bridge. Also, See You Soon, a song from this era that was never officially released but has a live recording is one of my absolute underrated Coldplay songs. Highly recommend.

May 22nd: X&Y, Coldplay

familiarity: notoriously the most hated Coldplay album by Coldplayers. if someone names this album as their favorite, it’s one of the most surefire ways to out yourself as not really listening to Coldplay. that being said, this album holds a lot of sentimental value to me and, as such, I think quite a few songs that I love like Low and The Hardest Part would be scoffed at by more reasonable fans.

favorite(s): My favorite from this album is Swallowed in the Sea. It’s attached to be a very specific and personal childhood memory for me, and I am very protective of it. I think we all have a song like that. Which is to say, seeing it crop up on Fjorester playlists all throughout CR2? Drove me mad. How dare you reduce it to a simple love song when it means so much more than that!! Other notable mentions from this album are X&Y (listen, and listen close, the lyric is “YOU become my best friend” not “SHE become my best friend”. Coldplay uses gender neutral pronouns more often than not which is why they are beloved among the queer community, you fools!!) and A Message.

standout moment: When the bridge hits in A Message and Chris’ adds on, with absolute devastation and heartbreak, “And I love you, please come home” to the chorus lyrics. yeah. We should talk about it more.

May 23rd: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay

familiarity: and here we have it -- the second perfect Coldplay album. I may be biased because this is the era where I saw them in concert for the first time and when I actually felt like I was a part of the Coldplayer community, but I think every song from this era -- Prospekt’s March and all the B-sides -- are worthy of praise as well. though I could take or leave most of the “remixes”. After X&Y, this album was a huge comeback for Coldplay. X&Y almost tore them apart, and every inch of this album is built on togetherness and love between four best friends who chose each other and the music they loved to make. Like A Rush of Blood to the Head, it has such a unique and distinct sound to it that, as much as I’d love to see it, I know that it’s not replicable.

favorite(s): My favorite from this album is 42, but my underrated favorite is Yes. Do the people know? Do they know that Yes is one of Coldplay’s sexiest and most sensual songs? Do they know? Also, the best version of Viva la Vida can be found on their live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, only now available on Spotify as of this year.

standout lyric: My standout lyric is actually gonna go to “Gravity, release me and don't ever hold me down / Now my feet won't touch the ground” from Life in Technicolor ii from the Proskept’s March EP. I can’t explain it; it’s just always meant a lot to me.

May 24th Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay

familiarity: Coldplay’s official entrance into the pop genre, and -- Damn, they did it with style. It was also the introduction the Xylo bands at concerts -- now a Coldplay staple. This is another album that has a lot of sentimental value to me. The first single, “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”, came out the day of my high school graduation and it was also the day that we had to put down our childhood cat, Annie. The full album was released on the day that we had to put down our childhood dog, Ellie. It was an album that was there for me during a year where it felt like I was having to say goodbye to my whole childhood. This album also saw a huge boom in the Coldplay fandom on tumblr. It’s since died down, but those were fun days.

favorite(s): My favorite song from this album is Charlie Brown. You know when you’re at a concert and suddenly everything seems to slow as you look around at the thousands of people who are there with you? Confetti rains down around you. Every nerve in your body is buzzing. You are elated and bright-eyed. and every single person is experiencing the same moment as you. all of you, together. and you are just hit with a wave of total adoration and affection for every single one of them? Yeah, Chris Martin captured that feeling with the last 35 seconds of Charlie Brown in 2011, and I have never emotionally recovered. Honorable mentions go to Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Hurts like Heaven, and Up With The Birds. Major Minus is also majorly underrated.

standout moment: when the instrumental shifts in Up With The Birds, and Chris sings “Might have to go, where they don't know my name / Float all over the world just to see her again”....yeah...i cry every time....

May 25th Ghost Stories, Coldplay

familiarity: ah, the divorce era. I honestly don’t have a lot to say about Ghost Stories. I see it as the yin to Mylo Xyloto’s yang. It was an intimate era -- quiet and subtle -- compared to the big, loud explosions of color that were the trademarks of MX. and, I think a lot of Coldplayers view it in the same way. It’s not an album for discussion and Opinions. it’s just an album for listening and nodding understandably.

favorite(s): My favorite song from this album is Oceans. When I went to see Coldplay live in 2016, our show got rained out, but they went out with a bang by playing A Sky Full of Stars. The energy in the stadium that night was and remains unmatched. To this day, 3 minutes and 3 seconds of ASFoS hits and I tear up....I just...love Coldplay so much...

standout lyric: “You’ve got to find yourself alone in this world” are the lyrics for the one and only tattoo that I am dead-set on getting one day

May 26th A Head Full of Dreams, Coldplay

familiarity: another notoriously hated album by Coldplay fans. which is a fact that I’m glad I found out much later because this album carried me through the worst years of my life. Coldplay really said “When you’re in pain, when you think you’ve had enough / Don’t ever give up” and I sobbed on the interstate, driving 70 mph, because I knew they were right.

favorite(s): Up&Up has my heart. It’s what hope sounds like to me. A Head Full of Dreams deserves to be used in some kind of cyperpunk/sci-fi media -- 1:50 and onwards? Perfect sci-fi ambience. I am in space. We are the universe and the universe is us. Birds is beloved amongst Coldplay fans, and for good reason. I also have a soft spot for Adventure of a Lifetime. It should also be noted that Everglow is only valid when it’s played live; the album recording is meh.

standout lyric: Gotta give it up to “When you’re in pain, when you think you’ve had enough / Don’t ever give up”

May 27th Everyday Life, Coldplay

familiarity: After the more pop-rooted sounds of the previous three albums, this album was a return to their more alternative sound -- with a lemon wedge of pop. In a lot of ways, this album listens to me like the culmination of all their previous eras. There’s elements of Parachutes, elements of A Rush of Blood to the Head, elements of It’s also the first album where Chris Martin let himself say ‘fuck’; we were all very happy for them.

favorite(s): My favorite song is Champion of the World. Honorable mention to Arabesque. The sax solo goes on just a little too long, but it’s otherwise perfect. I love any Coldplay song where they go a bit harder, dig a bit deeper with their sound, and Arabesque is definitely one of those songs. You also can’t go wrong with Sunrise, Trouble in Town, Orphans, Èkó, Everyday Life, and Old Friends.

standout lyric: when Chris sings “I guess we’ll be raised on our own then” in Orphans

May 28th Music of the Spheres, Coldplay

familiarity: It’s the day of the concert, and we have reached the most recent Coldplay album! This album is very hit-and-miss for me. Songs like Colortura and People of the Pride are easily two of the best amongst their entire discography, but they’re stuck on an album that feels very sparse and mid-tier. Out of all the albums that they’ve released before now, this one has felt the most incomplete and poorly executed. Coldplay always puts on a great show, but this album was truly saved by the graces of its best songs.

favorite(s): The moment Coldplay dropped that minute-or-so long trailer video for Music of the Spheres and I heard that snippet of People of the Pride, I was in love. The moment I heard People of the Pride on the album, I knew I needed to hear it live. The moment I heard it live, I lost my goddamn mind. People of the Pride is easily one of the best Coldplay songs, and it makes saying this album isn’t that great so hard lol. If Coldplay would just release an album that’s full of songs like God Put a Smile upon Your Face and People of the Pride, they would be unstoppable, and I believe this whole-heartedly in my heart and soul. Colortura is also a masterpiece. It’s over 10 minutes long, and it should be. When the music box instrumental starts at 5:34, I ascend to a higher plane of being. I was so disappointed that they took it off the setlist of the tour, but also I would have been sobbing in that stadium if they’d kept it. Honorable mention to Infinity Sign for immortalizing the “Olé Olé Coldplay” chant, which is the best Coldplay chant, and to Humankind. Biutyful won me over eventually, mostly because it comes right after People of the Pride and I listened to People of the Pride so much, but it’s mostly saved by Chris’ solo vocals at 2:12.

standout lyric: “We’re only human / But we’re capable of kindness / So they call us Humankind”. Also, the last 30 seconds of My Universe are the best part. I love when it just sounds like they’ve having fun.

#one album each day 2k22 #the project is still going strong! im just completely incapable of doing anything that requires effort these days #also beep beep pretentious Coldplay fan alert!! IT'S ME!!!#get ready for Opinions!! and Thoughts!! and most importantly - Feelings!!!

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April Week Four Albums.

April 25th: The Ditty Bops, The Ditty Bops

familiarity: recommended by @thesylversmyth

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Ooh La La, Pale Yellow, Four Left Feet, There’s a Girl

April 26th: Speak For Yourself, Imogen Heap

familiarity: As I mentioned when talking about Frou Frou, Imogen Heap has been in my musical lexicon for some time now. I have always had a particular for “The Walk” from this album, but I think this listen through has “The Moment I Said It” replacing its top place

favorite(s) before listen: Headlock, Goodnight and Go, Hide and Seek, The Walk, Just For Now

favorite(s) after listen: Headlock, Goodnight and Go, Hide and Seek, The Walk, Just For Now, Clear the Area, The Moment I Said It

April 27th: Ellipse, Imogen Heap

favorite(s) before listen: First Train Home, Between Sheets, Canvas

favorite(s) after listen: First Train Home, Between Sheets, Canvas, Swoon, Tidal

April 28th: Life in Cartoon Motion, MIKA

familiarity: I was introduced to MIKA by a friend in school through the song, “Lollipop”. After ever since, I have interacted with his music here and there, but No Place In Heaven is the only album of his that I have listened through fully. which is a real shame, especially since a line in “Stuck in the Middle” gave me pause and I have now discovered that MIKA and I are essentially the same person -- middle of five children with two older sisters and a younger brother and younger sister. like, bestie, call me, i think we’d have a lot to talk about

favorite(s) before listen: Grace Kelly, Lollipop, Love Today, Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

favorite(s) after listen: Added onto the aforementioned list...My Interpretation, Any Other World, Billy Brown, Stuck in The Middle, Erase, Happy Ending

standout lyric: “Are five kids better than one?”

April 29th: The Boy Who Knew Too Much, MIKA

favorite(s) before listen: Rain

favorite(s) after listen: Rain, We Are Golden, Blame It On The Girls, I See You, Good Gone Girl, By The Time

April 30th: The Origin of Love, MIKA

familiarity: I just gotta add a note that “Popular Song” is so...Glee...iykyk

favorite(s) before listen: Popular Song, Emily, Elle Me Dit

favorite(s) after listen: Popular Song, Emily, Elle Me Dit, Origin of Love, Stardust, Make You Happy, Tah Dah

May 1st: No Place in Heaven, MIKA

favorite(s) before listen: Talk About You, Oh Girl You’re The Devil, No Place in Heaven, Staring at the Sun, Good Wife, Rio

favorite(s) after listen: Added onto the aforementioned list, I really enjoyed “The Last Party” and “Good Guys” during this listen through

standout lyric: "maybe I’ll be myself when I’m somebody else”

#one album each day 2k22 #oh god oh no this is so late life is so wild anyway

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April Week Two Albums.

April 11th: Ma Fleur, The Cinematic Orchestra

familiarity: Was in the mood for some orchestral flourishes on this fine Monday and went, “You know what always sounded right up my alley but I only ever listened to one of their songs? The Cinematic Orchestra”. So, anyway, here we are!

favorite(s) before listen: To Build a Home

favorite(s) after listen: To Build a Home, That Home, Music Box, Time and Space

April 12th: London Calling, The Clash

familiarity: I would say that I know all of The Clash’s hits but I have never sat down and actually listened to one of their albums. recommended by @jabletown

favorite(s) before listen: London Calling, Lost in the Supermarket

favorite(s) after listen: London Calling, Lost in the Supermarket, Hateful, Wrong ‘Em Boyo

April 13th: Wet Leg, Wet Leg

familiarity: This album popped up in my Spotify recommendations and, after also having them pushed to me through my tiktok algorithms, it felt like a good time to check ‘em out

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Chaise Longue, Angelica, Wet Dream, Ur Mom, Too Late Now

standout lyric: that part in “Ur Mom” where she’s like,”I’ve been working on my loudest and longest scream”? cathartic. wish that were me.

April 14th: ¡Viva la Cobra!, Cobra Starship

familiarity: Foreseeing a rough end to the week, I decided to revisit another old pop punk haunt that was also recommended to me by my best friend. Cobra Starship was never amongst my “favorites” of their era, but I saw them open for FoB once and their songs that I did love I loved very much, so it felt only natural that I should give them the “lemme see if I was missing something” treatment. Also, I meant to start with their first album but only realized halfway through this one that I’d chosen the wrong one. I was just eager to hear “Kiss My Sass”. That’s their best song.

favorite(s) before listen: The City Is at War, Guilty Pleasure, Kiss My Sass**, Damn You Look Good and I’m Drunk

favorite(s) after listen: The City Is at War, Guilty Pleasure, Kiss My Sass**, Angie, Prostitution Is the World’s Oldest Profession, My Moves Are White (White Hot, That Is)

additional notes: I love “Damn You Look Good and I’m Drunk”. I do. That “S-C-A-N-D to the A to the L-O-U-S” chant? iconic. but it has been forcibly removed from my favorites because I just can’t stomach the transphobia of the “VIP party boys” interlude these days

April 15th: While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets; Cobra Starship

familiarity: Cobra Starship’s New Jersey energy is so strong that, even though I never knew that they were from New Jersey...I knew.

favorite(s) before listen: Send My Love to the Dancefloor, Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)

favorite(s) after listen: Send My Love to the Dancefloor, Bring It (Snakes on a Plane), The Kids Are All Fucked Up, Keep It Simple

additional notes: I feel like this first album was very run-of-the-mill, standard pop punk. Like, if I didn’t know it was a Cobra Starship album, nothing about the lyrics or sound would have stood out to me as being their style. Their personality as a group really jumped out in their next two albums.

April 16th: Hot Mess, Cobra Starship

favorite(s) before listen: Good Girls Go Bad, Hot Mess

favorite(s) after listen: Good Girls Go Bad, Hot Mess, Nice Guys Finish Last, Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We’re Famous, Living in the Sky with Diamonds

April 17th: Night Shades, Cobra Starship

favorite(s) before listen: You Make Me Feel...

favorite(s) after listen: You Make Me Feel..., Anything for Love, Don’t Blame the World It’s the DJ’s Fault, Fucked in Love

additional notes: I never really got into this album and, if I had to guess, it’s because this album felt like a more matured version of their first and let go of the more campy, playful style that they embraced with their two middle albums. I just feel like this album had nothing to offer that I couldn’t get from any other pop punk album. A decent listen, but it’s a shame that this is the album that they finished off on.

#one album each day 2k22

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April Week One Albums.

“April 4th: Well, I Should Have...*, H. Jon Benjamin

familiarity: Saw a tiktok talking about this album where H. Jon Benjamin hired a jazz band to record an album with him and he filled in to play the jazz piano. But, he doesn’t know how to play the piano. I knew I had to listen immediately. Not doing the full shtick for this one. Just here to vibe on a Monday!

April 5th: Soundtrack to the End, Communist Daughter

familiarity: recommended by @thesylversmyth!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Not The Kid, Oceans, Northern Lights, Soundtrack to the End

standout lyric: “When we were younger / We had nothing to do / So we'd close our eyes / And spin around in circles / Happy to hit the ground / Or happy to just fall down”

April 6th: Nothing Happens, Wallows

familiarity: I got recommended their newest album when it came out but decided I wanted to listen to this album first since I had previous exposure to it through their song “Do Not Wait”, which I really enjoyed

favorite(s) before listen: Do Not Wait

favorite(s) after listen: Do Not Wait, Only Friend, Treacherous Doctor, Scrawny, Worlds Apart, What You Like

standout lyric: "I’m a scrawny motherfucker with a cool hairstyle”

April 7th: Tell Me That It’s Over, Wallows

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: I Don’t Want to Talk, Especially You, Marvelous, Hurts Me, That’s What I Get, Guitar Romantic Search Adventure

standout lyric: less one lyric and more a love of the lyric parallel in “I Don’t Want to Talk” where, in the chorus, he sings “Tell me that it’s over now / Then i could shut this off” -- referring to his overthinking and, especially, his emotions about the situation. and how we get a glimpse at the quote unquote ‘truth’ of those wanting-to-be-dismissive lyrics in the bridge with, “Don't usually cry, but looks like that's over / I start to lose sight of myself and I wish I could shut it / Wish I could shut it off”. What can I say! I love songs where man explore the effects of toxic masculinity and how they feel the need to be “shut off” their emotions but, really, they can’t.

April 8th: How to be a Human Being, Glass Animals

familiarity: I’ve had a passing familiarity with Glass Animals over the years and, being familiar with “The Other Side of Paradise” from this album, I was happy to take the rec from @kymal on this one

favorite(s) before listen: The Other Side of Paradise

favorite(s) after listen: The Other Side of Paradise, Agnes, Mama’s Gun, Youth, Life Itself

standout lyric: [woof] -- also, the delivery of “I miss him / Don’t you blame me / That boy went stone cold crazy”? marvelous. love performing that in the car by myself

April 9th: PEP, Lights

familiarity: I’ve been familiar with Lights music since "The Listening” and, with every new album, it’s just such an experience to hear how her sound has matured and evolved since then. [this was not recommended by @kymal outwardly but i saw her talking about it on twitter and that’s how i found out about the new album so i’ll credit them lol]

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Beside Myself, Prodigal Daughter, Jaws, Rent, Okay Okay (this song makes me wish i had long hair so i can twirl it around my fingers during the chorus i need to perform)

standout lyric: “If you wanna live in my head, you gotta pay the expenses / And honey, you can't afford what the rent is”

April 10th: five seconds flat, Lizzy McAlpine

familiarity: listened to her 2020 album a while back for this project and this album just dropped on Friday

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: doomsday, called you again, all my ghosts, reckless driving, ceilings, hate to be lame

standout lyric: less a lyric and more a moment where, at the end of ‘all my ghosts’, you hear her whispering, “fuck yeah” in the studio and laughing and you realize that the explicit rating on that song is solely for that

#one album each day 2k22 #me?? actually remembering to finish this and post it on Sunday?? Amazing

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March Week Five Albums.

March 28th: Hounds of Love, Kate Bush

familiarity: i heard Placebo’s cover of “Running Up That Hill” when i was in, like, middle school because i loved a couple of songs off their Sleeping With Ghosts album. listened to the original. didn’t like it as much. relistened to it again a decade later and changed my mind. yes, i’m one of THOSE people. I’M SORRY.

favorite(s) before listen: Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)

favorite(s) after listen: Running Up That Hill (Deal With God), Hounds of Love, Cloudbusting, Waking the Witch, Jig of Life, Hello Earth

March 29th: Here, Here, and Here; Meg & Dia

familiarity: I discovered “Here, Here, and Here” from an amv. don’t ask me for what fandom. i’m a different person now. anyway, i adore it and still love to come back to it now and then. but, I actually discovered Meg & Dia through their song “Monster”.

favorite(s) before listen: Here, Here, and Here; Fighting for Nothing

favorite(s) after listen: Here, Here, and Here; Fighting for Nothing, Going Away, Hug Me, Black Wedding, One Sail, The Last Great Star in Hollywood

standout lyric: “I'm a wanderer now, sorrow befalls me / I laugh often so I suppose I'm gonna be fine / Mozart he said "there's nothing to composing" / And that's all we do, we just / Write and play and write and play and write and”

March 30th: NATURAL, ORANGE RANGE

familiarity: Orange Range was a staple of early 00s anime, so I know a spattering of their songs across numerous albums. “Natural Pop” was and still is my favorite song of theirs. It’s their best song, okay? You can’t tell me otherwise...Asterisk is close though....

favorite(s) before listen: Natural Pop, *~Asterisk~, Kirikirimai

favorite(s) after listen: Natural Pop, *~Asterisk~, Kirikirimai, Rain, sunrise, Love Parade

March 31st: Kid Krow, Conan Gray

familiarity: Discovered Conan through his song, “Maniac”, stayed for his queer hit, “Heather”. Always gotta support young queer artists! I’m familiar with some of his more recent singles like “People Watching” and “Telepathy”, as well as some of his older songs like “Crush Culture”

favorite(s) before listen: Maniac, Heather, Little League

favorite(s) after listen: Maniac, Heather, Little League, Wish You Were Sober, Checkmate, The Cut That Always Bleeds, The Story

standout lyric: "Both our parents were evil, so we both made a bet / If we worked and we saved, we could both run away / And we'd have a better life, and I was right / I wonder if she's alright”

April 1st: Light Upon The Lake, Whitney

familiarity: A recommendation from my best friend!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: No Woman, Golden Days, No Matter Where You Go, Follow**

standout lyric: "I pray your troubled mind remembers / When it's coming to an end / At least the rain won't come again”

April 2nd: Leave The Light On, Pillow Queens

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Be By Your Side, Hearts & Minds, House That Sailed Away, Well Kept Wife

standout lyric: “You came to worship but the godless kind”

April 3rd: Flickers, Niall Horan

familiarity: I was a little too old to board the 1D train, but I claim Harry and Niall in the divorce....though I’ve never kept up with Niall’s stuff. However, I got a tiktok boosting “On My Own” from this album and really enjoyed what I heard, so I figured it was as good a time as any to check it out. I have heard “Slow Hands” from this album but it never really piqued my interest. As an after listen note, I gotta say that whoever on his team decided that “Slow Hands” should be the single from this album failed Niall miserably.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: This Town, Seeing Blind, Paper Houses, Flicker, On My Own, Mirrors

standout lyric: “Everybody's got somebody / I just wanna be alone”

#one album each day 2k22

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January Week Four Albums

January 22nd: We Are Pilots, Shiny Toy Guys

familiarity: another adolescent favorite! there’s only two songs -- “Waiting” and “Jackie Save Me” -- that I am not familiar with from this album

favorite(s) before listen: Chemistry of a Car Crash is one of those songs that I wish I could experience again for the first time they didn’t need to go that hard but they did, Shaken, Starts With One, We Are Pilots, Le Disko

favorite(s) after listen: favorites stayed the same

January 23rd: This is What I Live For, Blue October

familiarity: Blue October is one of those bands that I’ve always checked back with from time to time to find new music. When I was relistening to Foiled, I was excited to see they had a new album!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Fight For Love (ft. Blue Reed), Moving On (So Long), I Will Follow You, Stay With Me, The Weatherman. the fact that his daughter is featured on “Fight for Love”? im not crying YOU ARE!!!

January 24th: Take This to Your Grave, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: My best friend suggested a Fall Out boy themed week and, since they have seven albums and i love them, how could i resist? I would say that this album is one that I don’t know as well as some of their later releases, but...I think you’ll see by the favorites list that it’s not by too much lol

favorite(s) before listen: Grand Theft Autumn / Where is Your Boy, Homesick at Space Camp, Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today, Homesick at Space Camp, Chicago is So Two Years Ago, The Pros and Cons of Breathing, The Patron Saint of Lairs and Fakes

favorite(s) after listen: [adding onto aforementioned list] Calm Before The Storm, Reinventing the Wheel to Run Myself Over [if only for that name amirite ladies]

additional thoughts: “stop burning bridges / drive off of them”? still iconic.

January 25th: From Under The Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: I hadn’t realized that it’d been so long since I listened to this album until it started and damn...sounds like staying up too late on a school night, waiting for my internet bestie to get on MSN so we could roleplay and talk about our charaters. ah, the good ol’ days.

favorite(s) before listen: [im realizing it’s gonna be easier to list these as a bullet pointed list]

- Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year

- Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued

- Of All the Gin Joints in All the World

- Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends

- [and an honorable mention to...] Dance, Dance and Sugar, We’re Goin Down [...of course]

favorite(s) after listen: [adding onto aforementioned list] I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song), A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me", Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows)

additional thoughts Pete Wentz lyric of the day: “The best part of believe is the lie” a lyric that defined a generation, truly

January 26th: Infinity on High, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: I definitely slept on this album a lot when I was younger, which is sadly true of quite a few of their “early-to-middle” albums for me, but has been one of my go-to Fall Out Boy albums as of late.

favorite(s) before listen: I gotta say that this one is a no skip album for me! With my top awards going to...Hum Hallelujah, The Carpal Tunnel of Love, Bang the Doldrums, and Fame < Infamy

favorite(s) after listen: I already love all these songs, but I really vibed with “You’re Crashing, But You’re No Wave” and “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” during this listen through. For the latter, I can’t tell if it’s just been years since I heard it or if the version that I listened to was mixed differently because it sounded not completely different but different enough to give me pause. Also, more of an overall album thing, but I loved how each song bleed into the next. [chef’s kiss]

Pete Wentz lyric of the day: nothing gives me a god complex quite like “I could write it better than you ever felt it” like yes. i want that on a t-shirt. embroidered on a pillow. i sing it passionately and loudly. i could write it better than you ever felt it. thanks for the ego boost, pete.

January 27th: Folie à Deux, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: Now this is an album that I unfairly slept on for years! I’m ashamed to admit it considering that each song of this album is a banger but, for years, I only ever listened to “I Don’t Care” from this album and wrote off every other song. It wasn’t until I was in my early 20s that I gave it another listen through and, even then, not until a couple years ago that I fully came around to every song. I’m a Folie à Deux truther now! It’s not my favorite favorite -- we’ll get there tomorrow ;) -- but you gotta put some respect on its name!

favorite(s) before listen: Another no-skip album for me! With my particular favorites being...Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes, She’s My Winona, America’s Suitehearts, The (Shipped) Gold Standard, (Coffee’s For Closers), What A Catch, Donnie, and 20 Dollar Nose Bleed

favorite(s) after listen: Found myself vibing especially to “America’s Suitehearts” and “w.a.m.s” during this listen through

FoB lyric of the day: this one was a hard one because there are so many lyrics on this album that i just feel in my heart and that i have to Perform™, not sing every time i hear them. but i’m going to give it to...”and perfect boys with their perfect lives / nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy”

January 28th: Save Rock and Roll, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: yes! here we are!! this album is my absolute favorite within FoB’s discography and have enjoyed it front-to-back, no-skips since the day it came out. and though it hasn’t been that long since my last listen through, i was still so excited to do it again!

favorite(s) before listen: no skips! this album is a masterpiece! it doesn’t matter if i ‘personally’ relate to what the song is saying. i sing them passionately and borderline screaming. as we all should. my ultimate favorite is “Save Rock and Roll”. i mean, come on! the f-bomb is perfectly used and it’s got the man, the legend, Elton John. but another one of my favorites to sing is “Where Did The Party Go”

favorite(s) after listen: N/A, vibes remained at an all-time high

FoB lyric of the day: since this is my favorite album, i picked a couple of favorites...

- My heart is like a stallion / they love it more when it’s broken

- I’m the lonelier version of you / I just don’t know where it went wrong

- I’m either gone in an instant / or here ‘til the bitter end / I, I never know

January 29th: American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy

favorite(s) before listen: I enjoy each song when I listen to it, but there are definitely some that I’m prone to skip in favor of getting to songs I like more. I do want to say, though, that I think FoB gets a lot of flack for “Immortals” and “Centuries” (maybe just because they were the singles?) but I think they’re both bops. Not my favorites, but -- Come on! Have a little fun! That being said, my favorites are...Fourth of July, Favorite Record, The Kids Aren’t Alright, Jet Pack Blues

favorite(s) after listen: My favorites are p solidly placed but Irresistible really BROUGHT it on this fine Saturday

FoB lyric of the day: that Fourth of July bridge? my god. “I wish I’d known how much you loved me / I wish I cared enough to know / I’m sorry every song’s about you / The torture of small talk with someone you used to love”....damn.

January 30th: MANIA, Fall Out Boy

familiarity: I remember hearing “Young and Menace” from this album and hating it. which is funny. because I go hard to that song now. I think, after Save Rock and Roll, this is the album that I lose my absolute mind over the most. If “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)” comes on while I’m driving, I WILL be committing vehicular crimes.

favorite(s) before listen: another album of “all great songs, but there’s some that I could take-or-leave”. My heart goes to Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea, Wilson (Expensive Mistakes), Champion, Sunshine Riptide, Young and Menace, Bishops Knife Trick. every day, i am both angry and grateful that FoB didn’t release “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)” when I was in middle school. for the former, because it feels like an elevated version of all those old songs. for the latter, because i would have been absolutely insufferable and i was already insufferable enough in middle school without it.

favorite(s) after listen: Favorites hold their places, but I found myself vibing with “HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T” more than I usually do

FoB lyric of the day: not to be a sap who definitely cried to this song in the parking lot of target before her 4 am shift during one of the shittest years of her life but i gotta give it to...“If I can live through this, If I can live through this / I can do anything”

#one album each day 2k22 #was gonna include jan 31 in this one #but decided to include it in Feb Week One #so then I post every Monday and that felt so clean and organized #also -- sentenced to be under a cut due to Fall Out Boy related crimes

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March Week Three Albums.

March 14th: Hazards of Love, The Decemberists

familiarity: A band that I’ve encountered here and there. I had this album recommended to me by one of my best friends.

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Won’t Want For Love (Margaret in the Taiga), Isn’t It a Lovely Night?, The Queen’s Rebuke / The Crossing, Annan Water, Margaret in Captivity, The Hazards of Love 4

side note: This is definitely an album for digesting over multiple listens. There’s a whole storyline here that I only understand, like, 15% of lol!

March 15th: The King is Dead, The Decemberists

familiarity: This Is Why We Fight is the first song that I ever heard by this band, so I recognized the album art when I went to save this album on my Spotify. love that song; excited to hear the rest! this album was recommended to me by @pretty-empic

favorite(s) before listen: This Is Why We Fight

favorite(s) after listen: Don’t Carry It All, All Arise!, This Is Why We Fight, Dear Avery

March 16th: Holst: The Planets, Gusatv Holst & Berliner Philharmoniker

familiarity: Recommended to me by one of my best friends!

favorite(s) before listen: I don’t think I can claim it as favorites, because I wouldn’t have known it by name before listening through but I was familiar with “Jupiter”

favorite(s) after listen: Can’t beat the classics! It was easy to vibe with “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”, but I don’t want to hand out my Best of The Movement to it since I feel like I’m just more familiar with it compared to the other suites. Instead, I shall give my awards to “Uranus, the Magician” and “Neptune, the Mystic”

March 17th: Rak-Su, Rak-Su

familiarity: Technically an EP, but my best friend suggested it and so it counts!!

favorite(s) before listen: N/A

favorite(s) after listen: Mamacita, Mona Lisa

March 18th: Historian, Lucy Dacus

familiarity: "Night Shift” is one of the first Lucy Dacus’ songs that I heard. I will admit that, after hearing it hyped up so much, I was initially lukewarm to it after my first listen. It’s a great song! It’s just maybe not the one for me, though I have warmed up to it more since.

favorite(s) before listen: Night Shift

favorite(s) after listen: Night Shift, Nonbeliever, Body to Flame

standout lyric: “I feel no need to forgive, but I might as well”

March 19th: Good Luck, Kid; JOSEPH

familiarity: Found their song “Green Eyes” a while back and it’s become a favorite on a number of different OTP playlists of mine. I actually tried to listen through this album once on a roadtrip but fell asleep. Not that it was boring. I just get sleepy on road trips. Second time’s the charm!

favorite(s) before listen: Green Eyes

favorite(s) after listen: Green Eyes; Good Luck, Kid; NYE; Revolving Door; Shivers; Room For You

standout lyric: "I don't really feel a whole year older now / I'm still shaking but I'm bolder now / I need you to hold me even closer now / I know we'll make it another year, though I don't know how”

March 20th: SUPERBLOOM, MisterWives

familiarity: One of those classic “I’ve picked up their songs here and there”. Gotta say from the one (1) song that I knew from this album, was definitely not prepared to listen to a 1-hour journey of this poor person working through a breakup. but such is the journey of album listening!

favorite(s) before listen: SUPERBLOOM

favorite(s) after listen: SUPERBLOOM, the end, stories, valentine’s day, decide to be happy, love me true

standout lyric: "Nobody walks away the way you do”

#one album each day 2k22

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