The Midsummer Station by Owl City
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I've been listening to Candyland by BOTDF
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I am listening to the Album Melanie C - The Sea
It is probably the album that is getting me through my hard break up right now. This album speaks volume of how I feel my previous relationship just went. Highly suggest you take a listen.
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Loveless is one of my all time favorite albums; every time I listen to it I hear its sonic architecture in a different way. It's really dense and at first listen it's pretty repetitive. The more I listened the more I picked up on buried melodies and entangled layers; texture is really a chief focus, and I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. I think when people call it one of the greatest albums ever made they are waaaay over-hyping it, which is a shame because it's a good record that people build up into something bigger than it is and raise people's expectations too high. That's part of why their third record took so long to finish - how do you meet people's expectations if they think your last record was the best thing ever?
As for the new Daft Punk, some of it's pretty good but nothing amazing. It differs from their earlier albums in that they used session musicians instead of doing it electronically and using samples, and it encompasses more varied styles, but still follows the approach of vamped beats and repeated vocal hooks with 'robotic' effects.
Last record I listened to was Nocturne by Wild Nothing. Some chilled out dream pop that makes for great driving music.
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