The one where I try to make myself cry

It didn't feel fitting to end the last blog post with only more reviews. Also the things I tried weren't notable enough for me to comment much on, they were okay at best, (I'm looking at you, Yuck) and some were just bad. So rather I thought I'd close out with some comments about how some of the ones I reviewed earlier stuck with me and what I'm looking forward to. Then I'm going to review an album I'm going to listen to soon after I type this which is allegedly one of the saddest albums ever. It's Hospice by The Antlers. I have almost no idea what I'm getting into. I think the genre is indie folk or something and that it's about a guy who's girlfriend is dying. Can't wait!

Gonna start by saying I actually thought this was more fun than I thought it would be. Blogs aren't bad. Hard to keep up sometimes though. But most importantly I finally got back into listening to music. Really happy about that. I got a lot of great bands out of this whole thing and I'm doing pretty good at just listening to new things on my own often now Loving it. I haven't stuck with all of that bands I listened to, but many of them I try to play often depending on my mood. But the one that really stuck out to me was fun. They were my absolute favorite band to come out of this now. Really hope they keep going in a good direction with their music. Also GDP, that was just a really good hip hop group, and SBTRKT and Bonobo's albums are the best electronic pieces. Also I'll probably see I Fight Dragons this summer, they're pretty great.

Also I didn't go to Coachella. Which makes me sad because beyond all the great bands there, just, hologram Tupac guys.

It's got some kinks to work out but I freaking love that we can just do this now.

But I know the question you're all asking yourselves, "But Sam, what happened to the zombies?" Settle down.
Well those became increasingly hard to work in and eventually I learned a lesson. You can't pick and choose what music to listen to. There's so much good music out there if you just give it a shot, so take what you get and make the most of it! Also if you tried to sync your ipod with new music just before the zombies break in your windows, well frankly you probably deserve to be eaten. Priorities people!

Now without further ado, let's see if this album will actually make me cry. Bring it!
TRACK BY TRACK STYLE!

  Prologue:Okay well that was a pretty cool build up but nothing so far, moving along
  Kettering: Okay first thing I noticed was that I should take this nice youtuber's advice and look at the lyrics while I do this, because his voice is quite hard to understand. Everything else sounds pretty good though. And the lyrics are quite sad, it's a guy talking to this girl in a , get this, a hospice. They seem to have a thing, she's quite unhappy and wants him to leave but he won't. She's not going to make it. Okay it is a pretty sad start.
  Sylvia: Sylvia Plath references and mostly just confirming what the last song said. He seems to be a worker, okay. he seems to really care for her. Sad but still not crying. Come on Antlers.
  Atrophy: Really poetic stuff right here. It's rather pretty.
  Bear: The lyrics kinda threw me for a loop here, seems to have been a shift but I'm following in my own way. This is the catchiest track.
  Thirteen. Mostly instrumental. Alright. Oh and more Sylvia Plath apparently? I'm interpreting it as this girl just wants to die already, but then wants to be saved, conflicted and whatnot.
  Two: I lied this one, pretty good lyrics, and the instruments were very fitting. Things are getting real, this just sounds very dysfunctional to me, but what a devoted guy. Hearing two different stories now.
  Shiva: Oh no... the ring part got to me a bit. Again very very nice music behind the voice.
  Wake: Still rather sad but not as bad as I thought. That "Don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that," bit in this song hit me a bit. This whole song had interesting lyrics but wasn't my favorite.
  Epilogue:Welp, no tears. A very very sad story though. Both telling of a hospice worker trying to save a patient he loves and an abusive relationship at the same time.

Overall Very artfully done. The lyric are practically poetry at times and the music in the background is very nicely fitting and well done. I especially liked the duality of it all I realized about halfway through. I rather enjoyed it. Though it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be it was very emotional. Now I don't know if I'd listen to it often though... but for the first time it did good. A very good indie or artsy album. Not so much for listening if I'm in any other mood though.

I suppose that's it. What did I learn today? Probably not very much. But I enjoyed the ride. Now to try Mountain Goats...