Coastal - Halfway To You

this is the soft side of sleep.
it is perfect.

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Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill

This album is
endlessly relatable.
Marked by an honest, flat affect
and painful lucidity,
it will always stand as
one of the greatest,
(and certainly one of my favorite,)
slowcore releases.

I am holding my breath
and closing my eyes
and clenching my teeth
crossed fingers, broken ties.

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small town boredom - Autumn Might Have Hope

This is one of my favorite
recently released slowcore albums.
It is consistently sad, exhausted
and devastated, unlike many
other slowcore albums which
have at least one reasonably
upbeat track.
those tracks are lame.

Unfortunately,
while this band excels
in delivering what the genre
calls for; unwavering sadness, their vocals
are at times a bit irritating.
one of the fellows sounds
almost bob dylan-esque
(blech. that in of itself
is reason enough to be
clinically depressed.
bob dylan is seriously horrible.
horrible.)

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Soul Whirling Somewhere - Everyone Will Leave You Eventually

"Everything starts
and everything ends in october"
eerily mirrors my life's patterns
and has become exceedingly
relevant in lieu of the absolute
anguish that awaits me
this halloween.

it has been a year
and i am still here.

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