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user-inactivated  ·  3653 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Seventieth Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

I just posted most of it in fragments, but let me just comment all this together.

First, Christopher Tin's new album came out, The Drop That Contained The Sea. There's still a focus on world-wide music, but rather than represent the rising and setting of the sun, as in Calling All Dawns, this album focuses on the push and pull of the tides. It's more epic than Calling All Dawns, and I'd love to see it live, if the guy would just tour outside of New York for one minute.

You can read more about what the album's all about here

One of my favorite tracks:

Also been watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, which is exactly what it sounds like - that is, bizarre. Lots of musical references, however, and it introduced me to Roundabout, which I am eternally grateful for:

Plus it has a pretty epic opening theme-song:

Also, WMD released his new album, Jenny Llewellyn. This kid is 17, I feel wholly inadequate in comparison.