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The self-identified sad-girl  Sasha Alex Sloan  made a "mad record" in 2022. There was a podcast I listened to reacting to Sloan's EP  Self-Portrait .  While the podcasters enjoyed the EP, they hoped that Sloan would never make a full-length record. She did release a full album in 2020.  Only Child   is   a heart-breaking masterpiece, but it pulls back from the gut-wrenching, sometimes mean-spirited lyricism of her EPs. On 2022's  I Blame the World ,  Sloan is caustic as ever. The title track " I Blame the World " is probably the most catchy, but the other songs are worth a listen. Emo surely was alive in 2022.    WHY TALK TO GOD IF I AIN'T GOT PROOF HE'S EVEN THERE?  When I counted down my favorite albums of last year, Sasha Alex Sloan's  I Blame the World  was my seventh favorite record, which is code in my blog for I didn't listen to it that much. I think that Sloan writes better when she's more sad than angry. There are certainly enou

  Today, we’re going to explore 21st-century singer-songwriters. Beyond the Taylor Swift s, Ed Sheeran s, and Phoebe Bridgers and my favorites like Tyson Motsenbocker and Sasha Alex Sloan , I also include some up-incomers I’ve found more recently but haven’t delved into their music as much. For example, LA-based artist Rosie Darling released her debut full-length album, Lanterns , last year. Her debut EP, 2021’s Coping , and its follow-up 2022’s Golden Age were more indie pop than Lanterns uses more acoustic guitars. I’m not considering either style for my playlist as more worthy of the title of singer-songwriter , though the acoustic guitar does seem to satisfy the stereotype better. I hope you enjoy the playlist and discover some new music.

The self-identified sad-girl Sasha Alex Sloan made a "mad record" in 2022. There was a podcast I listened to reacting to Sloan's EP  Self-Portrait .  While the podcasters enjoyed the EP, they hoped that Sloan would never make a full-length record. She did  Only Child   is a heart-breaking masterpiece, but it pulls back from the gut-wrenching, sometimes mean-spirited lyricism of her EPs. On last year's  I Blame the World ,  Sloan is caustic as ever. So, this record may not resonate with you. The title track " I Blame the World " is probably the most catchy, but the other songs are worth a listen. Emo surely is alive in 2022.   WHY TALK TO GOD IF I AIN'T GOT PROOF HE'S EVEN THERE?  When I counted down my favorite albums of last year, Sasha Alex Sloan's I Blame the World was my seventh favorite record, which is code in my blog for I didn't listen to it that much. I think that Sloan writes better when she's more sad than angry. There are cer

Regaling her listeners with a series of hot takes, Sasha Alex Sloan shows her relatable song writing on the third promotional single from her debut LP, Only Child , “ Is It Just Me ?”  Sloan's songwriting is never precipitous, so any backlash from a hater is calculated. In fact the premise of this song is to start a conversation. Some of Sloan’s opinions resonate with your own. Some may not. After releasing Only Child in October of 2020, Sloan released a remix of the song featuring singer-songwriter Charlie Puth . Puth said of the collaboration on Instagram : “ I only sing on songs I didn’t write when I wish I wrote them. And this is a song I really wish I wrote. Excited about this one.” THE SHOW FRIENDS IS OVERRATED. My Seinfeld fans Facebook group would agree with this statement. Of all the tangents I could break off and address from this song, I feel it’s time to address the great ‘90s NBC TV debate. There has been contention between the fans of both shows. Seinfeld came

  It's officially spooky season, so I decided to make a playlist celebrating the spookier songs I've blogged about or artists that had a spooky song. The 31 tracks that I included perhaps won't make you writhe in horror, but they have a loose connection to Halloween. Maybe there's a lyrics or a creepy video, or maybe it was just a song that I listened to a lot in October. I will post the Spotify playlist below and links to the posts and the tracks so that you can read the spooky stories behind the tracks.  1.       " Ghost " by Yellow Ostrich 2. " Closer " by Kings of Leon 3. " Unholy " by Sam Smith ft. Kim Petras 4. " I'm Pretty Sure I'm Out of Luck and Have No Friends " by Underoath 5. " Two Graves " by Anberlin 6. " Moonlit " by Falling Up 7. " Panic Switch " by Silversun Pickups 8. " Killer " by Chvrches   9. " Midnight City " by M83 10 " Edge of Seventeen "

We're a less than a fortnight away from both Taylor Swift 's Midnights and  Carly Rae Jepsen 's upcoming release of her record  The Loneliest Time . Yesterday, Jepsen released the disco-infused ballad title track from the record, a collaboration with LGBTQ+ legendary singer Rufus Wainwright leading up to album's release. I didn't immediately love the song like " Beach House " and " Talking to Yourself ," but it seems that The Loneliest Season is shaping up to be a cohesive record about loneliness; perhaps more cohesive than her previous record,  Dedicated,  which dealt with crushes, being in relationships, breaking up, and sex.   WHERE THIS GOES, HOW THIS GOES.  " Happy Not Knowing " is the sixth track on Carly Rae Jepsen's 2019 record  Dedicated. Listening back to the record puts me back in 2019. Everyone was talking about how great it was before Covid changed everything, but do we really remember? I remember everything feeling u

The first single form Sasha Alex Sloan 's debut record Only Child ,   " Lie ," continues to reveal the singer-songwriter as a voice of truth, even if the truth hurts a little. Sloan said in a  Newsletter  that the song came from a relationship that for the last two years turned into apathy. She said that while he worked a steady job, but she would stay at home, eventually starting to spend a lot of time on the Internet, talking to strangers during the day when her boyfriend was at work and after he went to bed. This unhealthy relationship fell apart, and Sloan met and started dating the producer of Only Child Henry Allen, better known as King Henry . TOUCH ME LIKE THERE ISN'T SOMETHING MISSING.  There are some interesting statistic to read about lying. Some surveys say that 7% of all communication is lying and 90% of all lies are white lies. Another survey showed that Americans tell four lies every day on average. But b ecause all of the statistics are based on surv