awakeohsleeper's Recent Activity
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awakeohsleeper liked justin.'s post in the thread Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS (September 8, 2023).
Finally got this fixed and can listen to her albums. Looking forward to it [ATTACH]
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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awakeohsleeper liked BigMouth's post in the thread Band mewithoutYou.
Got mine too, the rainbow picture disc is stunning!
Apr 21, 2024 at 1:59 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Serenity Now's post in the thread Band mewithoutYou.
“Pale horse songs of a slow decline…”
Apr 21, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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awakeohsleeper liked Why Bother?'s post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
Calling this thing a double-record is confusing and deceiving. The Anthology just seems like a bonus record of glorified b-sides. Just seems pretty evident, otherwise there would be no The Anthology, the whole thing would be called TTPD?
Apr 21, 2024 at 1:48 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked heymattrick's post in the thread Band Paramore.
Hayley just posted on her instagram yesterday that “AL is her favorite child”. Usually artists almost always say their most recent record is their favorite, so the fact that TIW isn’t her favorite seems a little telling to me. I get it though, AL is supreme.
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Micah511's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
I’m not sure if I’m properly expressing this, but this album feels like it was more focused on the spectacle and lore around drop day hype and how euphoric the fanbase would feel with a whole separate album dropped on the same day than trying to write an actual good album. i just want Taylor to go “alright, I’m going to spend the next year+ writing songs, and we’re ONLY going to release the 12-13 best songs for this next album.”
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:56 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Tim's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
…and this is why that album hovers around #2 in my Taylor rankings, lol. “November-into-December sad bitch vibes” is so incredibly me.
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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awakeohsleeper liked Jason Tate's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
Name drop Absolutepunk next Taylor.
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Garrett's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
Re: All Too Well Original supremacy always. Singing the 10 minute version with 75,000 other people word for word was one of my favorite “this is what it feels like to be a human” moments.
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Garrett's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
I think when all the dust settles and the discourse and initial reactions have run its course, this will settle into the lower third of her discography. However, this may be the most personal record she’s ever written (with the exception of Red), and on that front, I find it pretty fascinating. I think any creator of art, any medium, understands that moment where the only way to process everything going on is to craft through it. I wrote an entire poetry collection trying to just process 2020/2021 in a way that let my brain expel feelings. This activity is on full display here with Taylor and some distance will allow us to actually see Taylor the person. We joke about “capitalist queen” and “billionaire” because she is those things, but at the end of the day, neither of those things made her happy. Her songs say it blatantly, but do we know if she’s learned it yet? The songs about Travis (The Alchemy, So High School) feel like an entirely different person than the other 29 songs at times. Those two and Clara Bow really do seem like the Taylor the lyricist we may see going forward. But Daddy, I Love Him is probably going to be the main one from this album that sticks in the fandom at large. The chorus has been stuck in my head for days. It’s got the grandiosity of Getaway Car with a smidge more personality. Personality is a big factor with the songs I’ve started to latch onto with this project. The ones that have little flares over calculated presentations really do stand out to me. (Including ICDIWABH and WAOLOM? as personality choices.) Just some rambling thoughts I’ve had thinking about the album this morning over coffee.
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked sophos34's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
I quite frankly can’t stand the ten minute all too well and think the original is her best song and everyone gassing up a far inferior version has done horrible things to her as a writer
Apr 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Craig Manning's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
As a fellow verbose lunatic, I have a soft spot for Taylor’s uber-wordy era. That said, some of these songs really buckle under the weight of all the language, and it makes me really want her return-to-country album. I think of that song “The Architect” from the new Kacey Musgraves album and really want to hear Taylor (and a new team of co-writers) take on the challenge of writing with that kind of economy again. We’re really in the “All Too Well 10-minute version” timeline, but just like the original version of that song is better and more devastating with less *stuff* I think she could benefit from trying to pare it down, lyrically.
Apr 19, 2024 at 9:41 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked SamLevi11's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
I am BEGGING artists to stop with the double/triple albums. I just cannot listen to that much music and properly absorb it. I mean, I’ll try with this, but 31 songs and 2 hours is insane.
Apr 19, 2024 at 9:33 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Jason Tate's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
Early impressions: Better than my first listen of Midnights but very one note. Missing a new level, which means the over exposure becomes a factor and it just feels … ok? And a little lacking. the Starting Line reference rules If you told me this was a bunch of bsides or (fake) versions of the vault tracks I’d believe you. this roll out has bugged me and felt exploitative if I was a consultant for a career (lol no one cares what I think at this level) .. I’d recommend a break, a reset, and work on the songs until they don’t feel like lesser versions of what you’ve don’t before
Apr 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked troyplaysbass's post in the thread Spanish Love Songs - No Joy (August 25, 2023).
Yeah, last night was doors at 6, show at 7, SLS on around 9:55 and done at 11:00. They've refined the setlist a little bit from the first few shows (dropping the Killers cover for "Beer and NyQuil" and moving "Clean Up Crew" to the penultimate spot are both great moves) and they seemed like they were having a lot of fun. I miss them having an actual bassist on stage though. I get why they do it, but backing tracks for bass is a pet peeve of mine [points at username].
Apr 19, 2024 at 12:22 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked contra11mundum's post in the thread Band Relient K.
Sure, Taylor Swift might drop a double album in the middle of the night with 31 brand new songs for her fans, but has she ever got too high and accidentally posted a poorly cropped screenshot of an iPhone lock screen in the middle of the night? I didn't think so.
Apr 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked kbeef2's post in the thread Spanish Love Songs - No Joy (August 25, 2023).
Buddy try processing it in real time while SLS is in the middle of playing Buffalo Buffalo
Apr 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked irthesteve's post in the thread Spanish Love Songs - No Joy (August 25, 2023).
@kbeef2 that post is an absolute rollercoaster
Apr 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked kbeef2's post in the thread Spanish Love Songs - No Joy (August 25, 2023).
First time seeing them tonight and they ruled! Midway through the show I was approached by a couple in their 70s who it took awhile but i eventually recognized as family friends of my ex who I used to see all the time. And that’s how I learned my ex’s dad’s longtime friend is the uncle of a member of Spanish Love Songs
Apr 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Craig Manning's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
I kind of wanted to have a bad attitude about this album, because I think her announcing it on the Grammys was pretty tacky. But of course it's good.
Apr 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Garrett's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
This album is what I expected Midnights to sound like.
Apr 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked Craig Manning's post in the thread Album Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (April 19, 2024).
The first two songs here (all I've heard so far) sound way more "late night vibes" to me than anything on Midnights. Should have saved the album title Taylor!
Apr 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM -
awakeohsleeper liked ChampsMusic's post in the thread Album Underoath - Voyeurist (January 14, 2022).
It looks liked they finished recording the new album yesterday from what I can gather on Instagram. In talks with people on their old label, it sounds like they had an album ready to go after Voyeurist that was pushing in a different direction and it was scrapped, or partially scrapped. And now they've gone back and recorded something new.
Apr 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM