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Day Twelve

Create a Rec Countdown.

5 Books I loved in 2024

• Lights On by Navessa Allen (Dark Romance)
• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Weird House Horror)
• Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings (Modern Romance)
• Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan (A memoir, PNW punk scene)
• The Space Between Worlds by Michaiah Johnson (Multiverse Sci-Fi)

4 Bands/Musicians I am currently obsessed with

• Boys Go To Jupiter (pop/disco) - Start with "Virginia"
• Sofia Isella (angry woman pop) - Start with "The Doll People"
• Maddie Zahm (pop) - Start with "If It's Not God"
• Matt Berry (of WWDITS fame - 60s pop by way of Orville Peck) - Start with "Silver Rings"

3 TV Shows I'm currently watching

• Elementary 2012 (rewatch) on Hulu
• Hysteria (an 80s Satanic Panic themed story with Bruce Campbell & Nolan North) on Peacock
• Nobody Asked (Mythbusters but with comedians) on Dropout

2 Games I'm playing

• Dragon Age: Veilguard (DRAGONS RPG)
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut edition (Zombie post-apocalyptic solo base builder)

1 Fic I recently loved

• Home is Not a Place by bioloyg (a Sam/Evan fic from Dimension 20's Misfits and Magic)

Day Fourteen

In your own space, create your own fandom challenge.

In the comments, or in your own space, I'd love for people to share fics they love that have less than 10 comments or kudos (or something relatively low for the fandom/characters). I love to boost fics with a small reach and others should get the chance to experience them!

Window Shopping by gwendolyngrace (a Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Lenny/Midge in SPACE)
An Understanding of Empty Hearts by tossawary (Dracula - scooby gang at tea)
Oh, The Grand Old Sargent of York by dwemma (Darren's actor change magically explained)

Day 11

In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.

This isn't going to quite fit one of these specifically, but let me tell you that the last year or two when I take breaks between more serious books like for book club or just my personal tbr which is often horror, I fell hard into the "dark" romance genre. Here's the thing though, I only really like it when it's also funny. Like, I'm not actually there for the romance necessarily (though it's often a bonus) but if the characters are witty? Sign me up. 

One of the most popular this year was Lights Out by Navessa Allen, which is a stalker romance where the man is a masked thirst trap dude on TikTok. None of that is my thing. Don't care for stalkers, don't care at all for masks (in fact I find them terrifying) HOWEVER it took me listening to like three different clips on TikTok of the audiobook and I was sold. The characters are flirty and clever, the dialogue is campy, their romance is kind of goofy (when it's not sexy), and nothing in this book is taking itself too seriously. 

This is my favorite shit. I want characters who, like every day real life humans, crack jokes and do silly shit and treat their romantic partners as friends they can joke around with. Sure, yearning is great sometimes, but it's less realistic to me and I get tired of it quickly. 

If I want dark and gritty, I can read my regular horror novels. 

If we're talking fanfic specific - I'm a fan of the yearning, the slow burn, the friends to lovers where we get to see the relationship transform. Because in fanfic, I know the characters right? So I want to know what makes them change their mind about the other person, what is it that finally unlocks the romance for them. If it's also silly, goofy and fun, that's a fun bonus for me. 

Day Seven

In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a wishlist of sorts.

I feel like every year I fall in love with a fandom (or a fandom idea) that literally no one else is interested in that I also can't seem to wrap my head around how exactly I want to do it either. So I don't know if it's that people struggle like I am about how to make that first thing for it, or if it's just that I'm just a sucker for really niche things.

I've talked about it before... actually I think I talked about it in a previous snowflake challenge (I did - it's here), one of the television shows I really love is the Dracula television show from 2013 with Katie McGrath and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Very very very rarely and usually only for Yuletide, do I get any Lucy/Mina anything for that show.

Last year though, I really wanted something for the band, Sleep Token - like a bunch of people are writing smutty fanfics about their ofc and how hot the singer is for her and sure, great for you. What I want though is like worldbuilding for that band. They already have some but there's a whole cosmic potential with their lore and I'd love to see what people come up with for it. Like give me D&D campaign level worldbuilding for this band. (Also a D&D Campaign based on their lore would fucking rock.)

This past Yuletide it was for the Butcher & Blackbird novel (or the whole Ruinous Love series) by Brynne Weaver. Sorry, I love Hannibal and you thought two serial killers who fall in love wasn't going to make me want fanfic? I get it, they're straight and it's less exciting so I haven't really seen anything for it. HOWEVER I want more of them so much.

Day Eight

In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for a beloved character, relationship or fandom.

Let's talk about Sleep Token in fact. Their genre is a little rock/metal amorphous. Technically I think they count as Prog Rock/Metal, but there's so much of it that could straight up be pop if it wasn't for a mid song breakdown, or a lyric of screamed lyrics. However, if you like rock and or metal music here's a few comps - Bad Omens, Dayseeker, Starset, Architects, Leprous, Nothing More, We Came As Romans. And I don't think they're a far comp from more mainstream rock bands like Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Sevendust, Deftones.

My favorite Sleep Token song is Alkaline (link to the YT video).

LORE: Sleep Token is a masked, anonymous band. You COULD look up who the singer is and find his name (and maybe the names of other band members) but that would make you a bad fan. They're specifically going out of their way to stay anonymous.

The lead singer is called Vessel. This is his name because he is the Vessel for the god they worship, Sleep. The rest of the band is known as II "Two" (drums), III "Three" (bass) and IV "Ivy" (guitar). They all wear masks. In the last year they've also added a few backup singers (also masked) who go collectively by Espera.

The songs (as far as the fans know) are telling a story about Vessel and Sleep's relationship. When asked about Sleep, Vessel has said, "We are here to serve Sleep and project His message. He is everywhere, at all times." Vessel encountered Sleep in a dream, with promise of glory and magnificence if Vessel followed Him. (That said, a lot of people and I think the songs too, often make it feel like Sleep is a woman - but perhaps they're just a genderless cosmic entity.)

Vessel writes most of the songs (sometimes with help from Two). The lyrics are often complex and personally I feel like there's a lot of water and technology imagery. There's also themes of death and possession (or feasting) and it's hard to tell if Vessel is afraid of Sleep taking him over, or if Vessel feels as though Sleep is helping him through things and welcomes this kind of ownership/possession. 

I don't particularly agree with all of it, but on Reddit a few years ago someone went through and put some thoughts into their whole discography to try and fit it into the Sleep/Vessel lore. It's a fun read. 

I think all the songs are bangers personally, but if you listen to Alkaline, like it and want more, I suggest the Take Me Back to Eden album. It's varied and interesting and the most recent of their albums. "The Summoning" is usually a hit for just about everyone (link to YT video). 

Day Three

In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.

I'm not sure about this one exactly, I think that when I was younger and newer to fandom^(TM) I felt a lot like I was an outsider. Like all the cool kids new the special codes and language and if you didn't know it, you shouldn't bother. And like fandom is very gatekeepery still. There's always going to be a corner of misfits who feel like they're bigger and better and know more and are above reproach in some way. But it's also not like that at all. It's welcoming, it's open, it's exuberantly accepting of excited new fans. They want fresh writers, podfics, remixes, and artists but I think they're a little harder to find and it can be really hard to put yourself out there for the first time (or the second, or the third). But sometimes, you have to just do the thing for you. It's why I started to write fanfiction and now, I'm back to the same feeling. Get the urge to write a thing, write and maybe post the thing. That's it.

When I finally found a big fandom that I loved, I got very caught up in the "I can't write that" mindset, because I didn't want to infringe on certain aspects of fandom. Oh, so-and-so is the Anora person, so I can't write this Anora fic because they did something based on ... whatever.

But, that's just two cakes. I love the surprise of two cakes. Six enemies to lovers fics about my favorite ship? YES PLEASE and I'll take a seventh. Have I seen a gifset of this same scene from five different gif makers? YEAH and I'll happily do it again! *bangs pots and pans* GIMME MORE

Day Four

Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good!

I have a few, mostly because the past year and a half or two years has been really hard on me creative/writing-wise. My word for this year is GROUND. To me that's getting back to my roots, feeling present, being me as much as I can be.

• I signed up for getyourwordsout at 75k. I struggled last year and only got about halfway. This year I know I can do it. 
• I've been wanting to come back here for awhile - now I've done it
• I plan to do an unofficial version of NaNo this year. Not having the community there last year (I won't be going back no matter the changes they make) made it hard to keep with it, but I feel like I can figure it out and do something.
• I want to do book reviews somewhere. Maybe TT if it sticks around. Maybe YT shorts. (I'll do them here too.)
• Oh and I've set a goal of 50 books this year. I met it (just barely) last year, and I want to do it again this year. Having a regular book club means at least 12 books are accounted for.
• I have at least 1 fanfic I need to post a long chapter for, I've been editing forever and putting off finishing it. I need to do that. I don't want to set the goal to finish the whole fic this year, but if I can post this one, I want to at least get a good ways into another chapter on it.
• I think I'd also like to make sure to write something in an exchange or challenge that's not just Yuletide as well.
• ETA: We bought a Little Free Library kit for Christmas and I want to get it up and stocked in the yard by the end of January. I'm very excited, it just needs to be painted and put up. I've already made a website for it!

Cats Tamed & Old Flames (3059 words) by thesunsaid
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: EDS "Cat Herders" (Commercial)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character
Characters: Original Male Character(s), Worldbuilding (EDS "Cat Herders" Commercial)
Additional Tags: Fluff, Cats, Hurt/Comfort, Past Relationship(s), Worldbuilding
Summary: Two experienced cat herders meet again after a long absence.

"There was a time when they were younger that a soft look like that might’ve meant something. Some kind words and a sly smile still went a long way with Luther after having been gone from the ranch for a few years. He hadn’t shared much of this life with anyone there but here was Roger who not only knew the life, but lived next door and was kind enough to stay and help heal some minor bites and scratches on his arms."

It's spooky season and while I watch horror movies year round, this is the time of year I watch something almost every night. So, here's some quick and dirty reviews on horror things if you're looking for something to watch (or not watch) in the lead in to Halloween.

Right now I'm watching the penultimate episode of The Midnight Club on Netflix. It's the new Mike Flanagan series based on the book (and other books) by Christopher Pike. No lie, The Midnight Club has been my favorite book since I read it in the 90s. It's not a great book, but it is my favorite and I reread it often. So far, I've enjoyed the series a lot. It's not an exact match for the book, but I wouldn't have wanted it to be.

If you don't know what it is, The Midnight Club (the book) is about a group of teenagers in a hospice for teens with terminal illnesses. Every night, at midnight, they meet in the library to tell stories (very Twilight Zone style stories). I read it again before the show came out and it was just as good as I remembered it and even knowing how it ended, I was still moved by it. The Midnight Club (the tv series) is done in the same framework, terminal kids who tell each other stories at midnight, but the framing stories of the kids is slightly different. And, the stories for the show are some of the stories in the book but mostly their stories from other Christopher Pike novels. They're well done, Flanagan's style is all over them, it's just that the cast are teenagers and not adults.

The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan - A really really low budget found footage movie about a woman who returns to her small town home to investigate the stories about a haunted home/family. This is so low budget, I actually recognized the lead actress as a woman who does ASMR on YouTube full time. That's not to say it's not good though. It's a little weighed down by the investigation pieces, but if you like found footage and don't like a lot of gore and something just a little spooky, this is a great option. It's also free on either TUBI or Roku. Free somewhere.

Who Invited Them - This is a type of movie I tag in my notes as "rich people" horror. A couple is having a party to celebrate their new fancy home. Another couple they don't recognize attends the party and is still hanging out in the house after the last actual guest has left. This is very much a slow burn thriller, where the end is pretty predictable. The suspense is well done, and it's very much about how far people will go to please someone else in a social situation. This couple keeps going along with the strangers because it would be awkward and impolite not to, even when they know something's wrong. (If you get secondhand embarrassed or cringe, this won't be for you.)

Revealer - This is classic B movie fodder in the modern age about a woman who works at a peep show and another local woman who as a staunch Christian protests where she works. This is gory and gross and really well done apocalyptic horror and it's better if you don't know what the apocalypse is going into it. The acting and dialogue are over the top, but I honestly enjoyed this one.

We Need to Do Something - I think this is a Hulu exclusive, but boy this one really surprised me. This is the story of a family that hides out in their master bathroom during a heavy storm. Except once the storm is over they realize they're stuck. There's no way out and no one comes to check on them. There's some jump scares in this one, but mostly it's the tension about what's outside that's interesting.

We're All Going to the World's Fair - Just don't. It's slow, plodding and meandering and the ends do not justify the means. This is about a girl who gets caught up in what's essentially a creepypasta ARG. We watch her make YouTube videos about what happens to her after the 'game' starts. Like I said, it's boring and not worth the time. CW for depression and a relationship that definitely reads as grooming.

Okay, last one for this post:
Speak No Evil - This is brand new and had some buzz for a foreign film so I probably had too high of hopes after I'd heard the premise. In this, a Dutch family and a Danish family meet on vacation in Italy. One family invites the other to come visit them at their home for a long weekend. Once they get there, they realize something is DEFINITELY off about the family they're staying with. This is slow but tense, awkward and another one that preys on the main couple's need to try and stay polite and grateful for the other family's hospitality. I don't know that it's necessarily predictable, but I don't think it's hard to figure out the scary hook of this story. If you're okay for slower, tense tales, this is an interesting one. CW for kids in this one.

That's all for this time. If you have very specific triggers that you want to know about for any of these, I'm happy to answer questions in the comments. This doesn't catch me up to my most recent watches, but there will definitely be more of these posts this month. I'm not online much so I have to share them with someone, so I hope those spooky movie lovers out there enjoy.

I continue exist quietly, busy and kind of slightly but not completely burnt out. I have a major project at work that launches labor day weekend, and every day between now and then is full of things I likely will not finish in time. *shrugs* I've learned to just put it on a list rank by importance and do my best. When I'm not working, I've been spending a lot of time reading. Matt and I went to CONvergence in Minneapolis last weekend - a little be to at the con, and a little just to be away from home - and I read like three books while we were there between panels and movies and whatnot. I've finished two more in the week since we've been back. My goal on Goodreads was 40 books for this year and the next book I finish will get me there.

Books I've finished recently:
Go Hunt Me by Kelly deVos -  A group of high school seniors somehow raise enough movie and the help of a famous actress to travel to Transylvanian to shoot a movie ad Dracula's castle. This is written like a slasher almost, the premise of shooting a movie goes away almost immediately. The main character is weird and I really hated most everything about this book. Do not recommend. 1/5

Alien: Out of Shadow by Tim Lebbon (canonical post Alien book) - I did the audiobook for this one and it was great. Felt like an Alien story and the woman who read for Ripley sounded very much like Sigourney Weaver. Didn't really connect with all the new people we're introduced to (and you know, lose shortly after). 3.5/5

Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett - idk what this book was trying to be but it wasn't very scary, and the story felt underbaked. 3/5

The Darkwater Bride by Marty Ross - this was an Audible original, and it was awful but short so I did finish it. It's an extremely misogynistic tale about a Scottish woman who travels to London to investigate her father's death and she finds out he was not a good person... and also there might be a ghost to blame? 2/5

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo - a kind of haunting modern supernatural & also dark acadamia novel about a college student who inherits everything from his best friend/kind of foster sibling/maybe something more, after this friend dies. He gets embedded with his dead friend's friends, shenanigans and spooky things ensue as the main character tries to unravel what happened to his friend. I really like this one by the end, but the MC is not likeable for a good portion of the beginning. It's GAY. 4/5

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - a like new adult dark acadamia about two black students a prestigious private school. Someone starts spilling secrets about these two students who don't really know or interact at all until their lives begin to unravel as more secrets are outed. This is Very Gay and has a lot of classism & racism commentary baked in. Also very good, quick read. 4/5

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin - a fantastical story about a woman who travels to the heart of the Empire to compete in a competition to become the tea magician (and advisor of sorts) to the Empress. But our MC wants to win to help save her sister who has been infected by something in a batch of poisoned tea. The magic system in this is very cool, the story obviously has a lot of Chinese & Japanese influences. There's also a bit of a love story and there are queer characters. Also the covers for this book and it's sequel are GORGEOUS. 4/5

All's Well by Mona Awad - I have no idea what to say about this book. It's written like a magical realism horror novel. The MC is the theater director in the college where she teaches, she's in debilitating chronic pain, and also her mind isn't ...all there. There's a Shakespearan backdrop as she prepares the school's production of All's Well, and also plenty of hints at MacBeth as well. It's a very strange story, with a very unreliable and unlikeable main character. I'm going to let this one ruminate a bit longer.

I think I'm going to try and participate in Jordaline's "Spooky Smart Bitch" read-a-thon in September, hopefully find some good horror to read before spook season really starts. 

I'm also currently trying to participate in the Story Collective's Fanfiction Challenge for August. It's a free to participate and the discord for all their lessons and events is always a good time. Have I written anything yet? Great question...no I have not. But I'm going to start something at the very least. 

Lastly - I know I've not been keeping up with New Music posts. But, listen... I just want to listen to "Engravings" by Ethan Bortnick on repeat right now. It's SO VERY GOOD. (OH OH! Did you know that Rhett from Good Mythical Morning's (Rhett & Link)? Rhett has put out a country EP under the name James and the Shame. If you like country, and religious deconstruction, the songs are a great listen. Like "Believe Me" is greal and he did "Where We're Going" with his wife and it's lovely. Consider those your unofficial belated music items (for now).

I hope you're all doing well, I'll be in the comments and trying to catch up on things here this week. If I've missed something exciting, please let me know! 

There's a brand new album out from one of my favorite bands, Within Temptation, Don't Pray for Me which feels perfect in line with my feelings from last week. But that's not all I'm bringing back with me this week.

The Mars Volta - "Graveyard Love" isn't the first song they've put out since coming back, but it's really good. The Mars Volta felt like one of those rock bands that no one I knew had any idea who I was talking about when I mentioned them. (I think they opened for Nine Inch Nails once and that's how I found them.) I'm really excited about the potential for a new album.

Watch on YouTube

Halocene - "Livin' on a Prayer" (feat. Lauren Babic & David Michael Frank) (or if you prefer Lauren Babic's cover of "Under Pressure" which features the same group). Both of these are really great metal covers and I went back and forth about which video to post but I think having just watched the new Thor movie influenced my decision.

Watch on YouTube

Usher: Tiny Desk Concert - several of these are the older songs I was in love with when I was younger and it's wild to see these performed live and he sounds as good as he ever did even in this environment. I don't think a lot of you are R&B fans, but it was the first music I fell into on my own without someone else influencing me. This is great.

Watch on YouTube

Honorable Mentions:
Belle and Sebastian: Tiny Desk Concert
King Princess - Change the Locks
Elle King (feat. Dierks Bentley) - Worth a Shot for my country fans

And from over at Bandcamp, this: Only the Poets - "Forget Your Name" is something in the intersection of Harry Styles and The 1975. They're a small, unsigned band of Englishmen with a kind of low-key pop-punk kind of style.

What have you been listening to this week?

You know that saying "We plan, God laughs" of some variety... that's been my whole week. I went into this week with so many good, exciting plans. I'm holding out that my Sunday plans hold fast, but we'll see I guess.

I don't have a lot of spoons left, but I do have music I wanted to share. "New" is subjective, these are either very recent or recent-ish and new to me. So here's the basics, if you're looking for something new to listen to this week.

Tiny Desk (Home) Concert from Feintstein's 54 Below for the Broadway show, A Strange Loop. It's a musical about a fat, black, queer man. And in 2020 Composer & Playwright, Michael R. Jackson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Strange Loop, becoming the first black musical theatre writer to win the award. There's so much queer happiness in this video and cast.

Watch on YouTube

Chappell Roan - My Kink is Karma, this song has been on repeat for me lately. The video is cool, and the song's lyrics are just so much. I feel like this is Villain era pop music, so if that's a thing for you, try this. Lyrics for example: "People say I’m jealous but my kink is watching you / crashing your car / You breaking your heart / You thinking I care / People say I’m jealous but my kink is karma"

Watch on YouTube

And then we've got another video/song from King Princess, which I think means we're getting close to a new album and I will not be quiet about it when it shows up. This is my music vibe right now, these kind of devil may care, badass vibes. I'm liking it a very normal amount... probably.

Watch on YouTube

Last week we got the Deluxe Inside album from Bo Burnham from the outtakes of his show from last year that he recently loaded to YouTube. If you liked his show Inside and want more of where that came from, you'll want to take a listen to this one.

Last week there was also a full Spanish language album from Christina Aguilera which if you like her voice and her style, is exactly that but now in Spanish. It's titled simply, Aguilera.

One of my tiktok musical crushes, emlyn dropped her full album today, loneliest b!tch in america. And if you're also to into Villain vibes pop songs, this album has you covered.

I hope your week has been better than mine. If you've been listening to something new lately, drop it in the comments. <3

I've been exhausted since we came back into town on Tuesday night, and I'll post more about it later but for now I'll say that everyone is healthy and happy and went home on Monday. It was so hard to leave them, but I was ready to be in my own house and my own bed again by the time we got here.

I'm not going to post any videos this week because by golly we got a big number of brand new album drops between last week and this week so I figured I'd just go through them all because the flights gave me a lot of listening time.

First up. Harry's House by Harry Styles. It's good. It's somewhere between rock and pop, it's incredibly joyful and very horny. I very much recommend it.

If you like that but you're not a Harry fan, but like a joyful rock style, might I (re)introduce you to Hanson and their new album, Red Green Blue. Listen, if you want something a little less horny but love the style of Harry's album, this is definitely for you. I listened to these two albums back to back and they pair really well together. Like, yes, THAT Hanson. It's good.

Now, if you ARE in a mood for more horny music like Harry's House, but maybe you want a louder more pop-punk vibe, please go listen to Panther island by The Unlikely Candidates. I love this band, their lead singer has a very Patrick Stump or Brendon Urie sound and their music is a full on bop. I love them.

If you want a true pop album with a breakout artist of Moroccan-Canadian origin, check out Faouzia's new album, CITIZENS> I've been following her for a while and I love the culture and joy she introduces into her music and her voice is AMAZING.

If you haven't been living under a rock, you probably know that Florence + the Machine's new album, Dance Fever came out last week. If you haven't listened to it yet, I highly recommend. It's pure Florence vibes, if you didn't like her before, this probably won't change your mind. But I think it's really good.

One of my most unhinged favorites is a rock band called Church of the Cosmic Skull, which I have posted about before in the lead up to this new album. But There Is No Time is very good, I love it a lot. It's just as weird and good as their previous albums and worth the listen if you're into new rock that sounds like retro/70s rock, check them out.

Red Balloon by Tank of the Bangas. Listen, if you've been following my music posts for any length of time, you KNOW how much I'm in love with this band. They're SO good. It's rap, soul, spoken-word and it's so very good. I just can't tell you how much I love them, there aren't words enough.

OMG I almost forgot, this absolute surprise album drop from Emma Ruth Rundle, EG2: Dowsing Voice on Bandcamp. If you were a fan of Delerium or Lisa Gerrard in the late 90s/early aughts, check out Emma's music. If you don't those references, she's kind of this ethereal goddess voice and her music feels like it belongs on a Pure Moods album. This is the music to cast spells to.

Another on Bandcamp is the new BEKA EP Your Skin. BEKA has this sweet pop/soulful voice and definitely not enough people know about her voice. If you're a Taylor Swift fan, check out BEKA. Her lyrical style is very similar. (Some of her stuff also reminds me a little of Caroline Polachek.)

Last but not least, Two Feet's new album Shape & Form is exactly what I expect from him. Two Feet is an electronic/alt rock band and I feel like this album is just as good if not better than previous albums. The previous two albums got me through a lot of long days at my previous job while I was working from home.

There are some singles that are worth a listen too like this ABSOLUTE pop-punk banger from Loveless, Middle of the Night, and this new Matt Maeson song, Blood Runs Red which is a rock song I don't even really know how to classify properly, except that it's good.

Okay, I think that's all for this week, which is more than plenty. If you check any of these albums out or are super into something new, let me know!