Weekly Recap (Oct 6th-12th, 2025)

Monday

Death Above Life by Orbit Culture. Hydra reminds me of Down With The Sickness by Disturbed. The way he sings "No giving in" in Hydra sounds like "Will you give it to me" in Down With the Sickness. The word 'give', the tone, I think the notes are also similar...

Pretty good album, but it's missing a "wow" factor. Screams are good, but not mindblowingly amazing. Melodies are good, but not epic. Choruses are catchy, but I won't remember any of them in an hour. There's nothing surprising on the album.

This world still fucking sucks by Cassyette is pretty much the same one she already released in April. Skip.

Vie by Doja Cat. 

- AAAHH MEN! samples The Knight Rider theme.

- It's alright. I was entertained.

Wednesday

Naarmuja by Joe L. Pop, apparently. Was expecting hiphop. And it ain't even that good. I don't know who gave this high enough scores for it to end up on my radar...

Should I just stick to listening to music I know I'll like? I'm so sick and tired of these average ass albums some random critic thinks are the greatest thing humanity has ever came up with. Or, who get paid to write about certain albums and people, maybe even positively by default? Idk, just speculating how can mainstream music be this boring and stagnant...

Not just Joe L, I don't blame him. This sentiment and feeling of boredom is bigger than just him and his album. I've listened to over 200 albums this year and most are pretty good, but only a handful are ones I would rate 5/5. 

I'll probably get back to Three Song Listens soon. I don't have to waste an hour on someone who might not be worth it.

BLiND by DAMAG3. Lets see if she's past that weird period blood phase... There is a song called TiM3 OF DA MONTH, so... maybe not. 😕

...yeah, she's not over it. DAMAG3, you're trans. You don't have a uterus. You don't get periods. I am also trans, and I do get periods, and I fucking hate them so much. I'm in pain, the hormones make me even more emotional than I normally am, and both the bleeding as a sign that "*passive aggressive tone* Hey, in case you forgot, you have a uterus! And you can get pregnant! You are biologically female, just making sure you remember!" and the extra emotions make me even more dysphoric than just seeing my boobs hang on my chest every day and being referred to as a woman or girl or "auntie" (kids in Finland don't say "that lady over there", they say "that auntie over there")...

DAMAG3 has the artistic freedom to write about whatever she wants, but I have the right as a consumer to find an artist who doesn't make me feel dysphoric...

Didn't finish the album. Just got to work, I'm gonna distract myself with work...

Thursday

HCNO by DUST IN MIND. Yup, sounds good. 🤘

Then I listened to the Release Radar Backlog. Most of it's been pretty good, but not amazing enough that I'd feel the need to talk to someone about it = write about it here, because this is my space and here, my opinion is the one that counts. If I'd talk to other people about the music, they might have a different opinion about it and that's not what I want. I just want to gush about music in peace.