Catwyrms
ISSUE #64
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Welcome to the year’s best music so far—and I have to say, in the music realm? It’s been a good early year. There’s plenty of great stuff that didn’t make this round, but these were the real clappers (lights on) to me in these first few months. Just remember, if you like a track, there’s a lot more where that came from on each respective album!
Every year, spring comes back. At least there’s that. The sun’s non-scorching warmth remains the greatest balm for the mind and skin. It’s as good a time as any to step away from slopaganda—the flowers are here again! So, here’s my annual playlist of the soothing and the meditative, the peaceful and the pastoral.
The human is a musical animal. We’re one of the few: the birds, the whales, maybe the cats. Profiteers try to pretend like music's some exclusive skill or talent. It’s not. It’s a spiritual compulsion. A limitless drive. As rebuttal, ask them—"Remember gospel?" "Read about life before microphones?" Sorry—probably: "Seen someone make a video about that stuff, or imagined it?" "Felt like there's something you wanted to sing?"
Exit 8 is a film about being trapped in a subway platform. It’s based on a video game, which remains unique as an art form because it gets closest to balancing the relief and futility of waking up day after day. Any time, in Exit 8, you feel like you’re making any progress, you turn a corner to face a new challenge, a new silence, a new dead end.