fanmix rec and sobbing over music and djinnis and such
most of the time i tell myself that i need to stop doing that thing i do where i lurk on tumblr even after explicitly telling myself i wouldn't
and then there are other times where it is totally totally worth it because i run into gems like:
good intent: a nathaniel+bartimaeus fanmix (for the bartimaeus trilogy)
i can't even articulate how much i love this person's fanmixes, and yes, in fact, months later, i am still sobbing over that bart/ptolemy one that i know i rec'd before and i could probably post about 1000000x over again because feelings. part of me doesn't even care if people don't know about these books because these mixes are full of so much amaaaaazing music on their own right (although okay the fabulous track cracks me up but it's still perfectly true to character, as is shut up and let me go, omg). all the other parts of me swear that one day i will incept everyone into reading these books and partake in my misery by the sheer power of reccing fanmixes...SOMEHOW, because the best summary of these books tbh is:
and actually, on that note, i need to flail about my love for an artist a little bit because between youth (the first track i'd heard thanks to that second fanmix up there--ie. the song that will wreck me forever and always), landfill, falling in love with both her ep's, and finally, coming across this one:
Click to view...i think daughter might just be one of the best musical finds i've come across this year. elena tonra's vocals are drop-dead gorgeous, a mix of sweet, haunting, and absolutely evocative, and they bring to mind this metaphor i can't quite translate properly in english but it involves something seemingly delicate but still able to cut right through you.
and of course she's playing in my city when i'm not around la la la /WRISTS
anyway, i'm always over the moon when i find music that i know will stick with me for some time and am all about screaming it from the rooftops.
this post was brought to you by neverending bartimaeus feelings ie. pretty much always a part of my state of being.