by Estevan B. | Mar 1, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-28-19 This particular beginning to what would be David Bowie’s last album brought a strange appeal. The song is laden with hidden meanings, and dynamic creative method to the point that Bowie uses ritualistic chanting, and what even feels like spell casting within...
by Estevan B. | Feb 28, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-27-19 In a slightly different approach to Apprehension, this song has always cast a scene of a person going through the effects of reverse Apprehension. Having lived a life of regret, not taking the opportunities, they now look fondly back on and wanting there to...
by Estevan B. | Feb 27, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-26-19 When Death Cab for Cutie’s Narrow Stairs came out in 2008, I was about as tangled up in my own world and drama as I ever had been. Overly consumed with the prospect of chasing fleeting moments of euphoria instead of taking stock in what I indeed was growing...
by Estevan B. | Feb 26, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-25-19 “Idioteque,” not being a real word has been said to be closer to “idiotic” despite the lack of the lyric in the song, then again the entire song much like Kid A, the album it comes off of, reads like one long protest letter against the continued actions and...
by Estevan B. | Feb 25, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-24-19 Alt-J’s opening song from their highly anticipated sophomore album set a tone for an album rife with moments of emotional conflict and complexities. Hunger for the Pine, sort of says it all in the title. The desire for something so profoundly intoxicating...
by Estevan B. | Feb 24, 2019 | Apprehension, Exploration of Emotions |
02-23-19 When I first heard this song I was immediately transported to an old western. There isn’t much to suggest this particular atmosphere beyond a guitar progression that lends itself to the theme of the west with it’s changing chord progressions sounding like an...