1. I recently drew a line connecting the British band Dry Cleaning and King Missile. The former got my pick for 2021 record of the year, so I'm not sure what that says about me.
2. "If I know the album, it’s a rapid-fire association game and I immediately run to my inherent biases for or against. If the album is unknown (by me), my mind runs to anything I can associate with the artist."
SAME. Is that kinda half the fun?
3. Lastly, Mitch's pitch knocked home a truth for a lot of us and how/why we write about music--or even why we like/hate a particular record. it can often be subjective, but there is often something lying just underneath.
Well said. We listen to music because it makes us feel something that other art forms don't. And we write about music because we want other people to understand what we felt. It's why we're enjoying this format so much.
A few random thoughts about one random pick:
1. I recently drew a line connecting the British band Dry Cleaning and King Missile. The former got my pick for 2021 record of the year, so I'm not sure what that says about me.
2. "If I know the album, it’s a rapid-fire association game and I immediately run to my inherent biases for or against. If the album is unknown (by me), my mind runs to anything I can associate with the artist."
SAME. Is that kinda half the fun?
3. Lastly, Mitch's pitch knocked home a truth for a lot of us and how/why we write about music--or even why we like/hate a particular record. it can often be subjective, but there is often something lying just underneath.
Well said. We listen to music because it makes us feel something that other art forms don't. And we write about music because we want other people to understand what we felt. It's why we're enjoying this format so much.
Yes, that definitely is at least half the fun.
And I agree with both you and Mitch. There is often lying just underneath. Sometimes, it’s not even underneath, it’s very much “above”