by Estevan B. | Dec 16, 2018 | Awe, Exploration of Emotions |
12-16-18 On an album with numerous other heavy hits why go with this one? My inspiration for using a Beach Boys song is not because I’m a fan—don’t get me wrong, I appreciate their music—however ever since learning more about Brian Wilson, and the process behind...
by Estevan B. | Dec 15, 2018 | Awe, Exploration of Emotions |
12-15-18 If Awe is “the sensation of being in the presence of something vast that simultaneously transcends one’s understanding of the world,” then Moonchild by M83, has always been one of the most prominent songs to demonstrate this emotion. I realize it’s easy to...
by Estevan B. | Dec 14, 2018 | Awe, Exploration of Emotions |
12-14-18 The groundbreaking “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space” comes from the album of the same name, released in June 1997. The song’s title comes from the novel Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder: Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to...
by Estevan B. | Dec 13, 2018 | Exploration of Emotions, Sympathy & Empathy |
12-13-18 “While I’m alive, I’ll make tiny changes to earth,” Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison sang in Heads Roll Off on the Scottish band’s 2007 debut album. Hutchison, who passed away at age 36 earlier this year, is widely considered to have been one of the...
by Estevan B. | Dec 12, 2018 | Exploration of Emotions, Sympathy & Empathy |
12-12-18 This song, from the very beginning it always caught me, something fierce. When An Awesome Wave came out in 2012, surprisingly I hadn’t heard it despite the critical acclaim and almost cult-like following they had been garnering. It wasn’t until about...
