Have you watched The Perfume? Do you know this scene? The music above is the soundtrack to the lizard-brain serotonin-releasing real-world fugue-state equivalent your future self will look back to in the same kind of shame you experience when people retell you, with great amusement they do not want to show, your drunk adventures from last night you only remember disconnected pictures of.
Tag: earworm garden
EARWORM GARDEN // DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT — GRACE
OOOMPH!
And yes, that is… *snort* …Devin… *chortle*
EARWORM GARDEN // STEVEN WILSON — ANCESTRAL
I had somehow neglected posting a song from Steven’s latest release. Until now.
EARWORM GARDEN // RAYMAN ORIGINS — LUMS OF THE WATER + THE LUMS’ DREAM
Got Rayman Origins from GOG when I got my new laptop. I played it a lot last summer but I kind of forgot about it until now. Wow does this game have high production values. It’s amazing to look at, listen to, and (perhaps, but not quite definitely) most importantly: play! It has this specific kind of quality upbeat silliness I enjoy a lot in games. Think Katamari Damacy, Paper Mario or Banjo-Kazooie.
EARWORM GARDEN // MAYBESHEWILL – NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING
Post-rock + apocalyptic images + Network (1976) = Ein Hit!
EDIT: I realised I’ve posted this track before in this post (A Collection of Great Depressing Music).
EARWORM GARDEN // MUSE — KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
Youtube comment of the month: “Is that four Varys’ on the cover?”
Randomly started singing this today while changing trains in Thessaloniki. I remember a time when I was trying to learn the bass line to this. I still keep trying to sing the bass line.
EARWORM GARDEN // CHRISTOPHER TIN — TEMEN OBLAK
Christopher Tin. He’s the guy who composed Calling All Dawns, one of my favourite albums of all time and whose first track is Baba Yetu from Civilization IV, the song that was Tin’s claim to fame.
I was looking for an older post where I must have written something about Calling All Dawns but I could find nothing. Now’s the time then! What I adore about Tin’s music and what makes it unique is that every song is sung in a different language and has a different style. At the same time, however, it’s all miraculously held together by something as straightforward as a classical symphonic orchestra. I find this blend quite fresh and satisfying.
His new album, The Drop That Contained The Sea, another concept album of classical music mixed with ethnic, adds another level of metaphor by bringing in the circle of water. There are songs in Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Brazilian and other languages in there, some of which I don’t recognize. It’s quite good, almost as good as Calling All Dawns.
From the whole album, Темен Облак stands out for me (at least for now, because my favourite songs from individual albums tend to go through circles). It’s in Bulgarian which is a heavy bonus, but anyway I find it incredibly powerful! Lots of choir or vocal-heavy songs are dominating my earworm garden lately.
EARWORM GARDEN // IN THE HALLS OF THE USURPER — SHOVEL KNIGHT
Yes, Shovel Knight is every single bit as good as it’s said to be—all eight of them. The little detail that makes me feel all cozy and warm inside? You can change the language in-game.