by Estevan B. | Mar 5, 2019 | Exploration of Emotions, Optimism |
03-04-19 This song has stood as a waypoint in my memory. It represents the unyielding prospect of youth and potential. In 2010 when I first started listening to Freelance Whales thanks to the late Sasquatch! Music Festival, I was immediately drawn into their melodic...
by Estevan B. | Mar 5, 2019 | Exploration of Emotions, Optimism |
03-02-19 Life pushes us to extremes. These extremes make us often feel that if we are to stumble and fall the reality of getting back up, may be too much to endure. So, we do our best to walk our own proverbial tightropes. The momentum that one gets when they are on...
by Estevan B. | Mar 2, 2019 | Exploration of Emotions, Optimism |
03-01-19 Cloud Cult and its album Light Chasers has come up a few times through this project. I’ve been extremely fortunate to be able to revisit this album in such depth over the last few months. From the moment I first listened to it, I was wholly captivated. I...
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...