From dcf36ce8e472d4f89965c763852814e3a57e8c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Drew Haven Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:49:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adds some favorite albums --- src/content/notes/Music/Favorite Albums.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/notes/Music/Favorite Albums.md diff --git a/src/content/notes/Music/Favorite Albums.md b/src/content/notes/Music/Favorite Albums.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c0a59b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/notes/Music/Favorite Albums.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Favorite Albums +--- + +I'm an album listener. I really prefer to listen to a coherent set of songs that are narratively linked and have a cohesive them and tone. The algorithmic feeds never seem to quite leave me happy with the results. Though there is the one exception of 90s rock because that's what I grew up listening to on the radio. + +As I remember them and listen to them, I'll add more albums here under various genres. + +## Metal + +### Unleash the Archers + +I've been following this Canadian band since their third album, Time Stands Still. It has some catchy tracks like Test Your Metal. + +All their following albums are built around a narrative, which progresses throughout the album. There are a few recurring characters and themes between them such as The Matriarch. I listened to Apex many times, but didn't find myself drawn to Abyss as much initially. However, later I came back to the album and listened to it a dozen times on repeat. + +Their latest, Phantoma, didn't have the strength of execution and I've struggled to like it as much as many of the others, even though I enjoy the story. The sand out track for me is Ghost in the Mist, but sometimes I just want to listen to Buried in Code when I'm coding. + +### Elevation by We are the Catalyst + +This Swedish alt-metal band got my attention with the track Askja. I was fed it by some algorithm or list and it's stuck with me. I've enjoyed that album, Elevation, but never really picked up their others.Their lead singer, Cat Fey, infuses a lot of emotion into her vocals. Their music is melodic and relatively heavy. The singing never quite loses it's clarity, but has the force of screaming. + +## Electronic / Synthwave + +### Unicorn by GUNSHIP + +I've been really liking this album lately. It seems like a collection of concept pieces because GUNSHIP got various guest artists to join for single tracks. The overall album is more on hopeful and nostalgic side of retro-futurism. Bonus points for the Blood for the Blood God reference. + +### Scandroid by Scandroid + +I'm a sucker for robots. This was actually one of the first albums I encountered that started to embrace the retro-futuristic aesthetic, with a little bit of cyberpunk mixed it. It introduced me to two terms I hope will someday become common: "probots" vs "robophobes".