My first ever concert was Death Cab for Cutie. I was supposed to go with a friend but she bailed. The venue was this gorgeous local park that put on concerts over the summer so it was a big outdoor area.
I thought about not going but I was like, social anxiety be damned. I will go to this concert alone! I’d already bought the tickets and it would be an adventure. In my heart I was hoping someone might ask me to join them which in hindsight was fairly ludicrous given the insular nature of both Death Cab fans and Pacific Northwesters.
So I went alone and sat alone. I still had a pretty nice time and when the concert finished I got up, folded up my blanket, and headed out. I was a little puzzled more people weren’t leaving but I figured it was just that they were having a nice time with their friends on the grass.
I had made my way out of the venue when music started back up. I froze.
Readers, I didn’t know encores existed.
I stood outside the fence, feeling ridiculous, listening to my favorite song drifting along the night air over the barricade. The tickets were only good to be scanned once. I’m certain now if I’d explained to the door people they’d have let me back in, but I was young and embarrassed.
I sat outside the fence on the warm summer evening as the light faded, wishing I weren’t alone, listening to music about being lonely.
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Tracklist:
Melatonin • Well Thought Out Twinkles • Checkered Floor • Little Lover's So Polite • Future Foe Scenarios • Waste In On • Lazy Eye • Rusted Wheel • Dream At Tempo 119 • Three Seed • Common Reactor
Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ Youtube
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the NO-SKIP albums: a tag game 🎶💖
rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums. 🔎 bonus & optional (but imo, v fun) rules:1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track! 👀
Thank you so much for tagging me and inventing this game @ventiswampwater ! <3
I added two extra dimensions that I do not expect anybody else to do, but i tried to focus on my current favorite musical textures, and I only picked bands with less than 1.5 million monthly spotify listeners because you do not need me to tell you how good deftones is lol
check below the cut for album info ~
and in the spirit of the boops, i'm tagging a lot more people than i usually do in these games, so feel free to ignore me if you don't want to participate lol @loureedpiss @hersweetrevenge @toxicanonymity @deathwestern @grandmawitch @bbwithaknife @sevvventhson @clemkruckinnie @hall0ween-twn @ghostwriterforghosts @barbie-cock @heartrot666 @ethanhoewke @deanmonlover
Apocalipstick (2017) | Cherry Glazerr
indie rock, noise pop | for fans of Veruca Salt, Mitski
track rec: Trash People
art is love and love is sloppy / nothing is all pure / nothing is all dirty
Neck of the Woods (2012) | Silversun Pickups
indie rock, shoegaze | for fans of Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol
track rec: Dots and Dashes (enough already)
see you in the room next door / your feet float above the floor /
dress torn above you knees / like you've owned it for centuries
Glow On (2021) | Turnstile
post-hardcore, alternative metal, dream pop | for fans of AFI, Title Fight
track rec: Underwater Boi
i just need to know i'm / working for the big prize / when i get to heaven will i know?
Comfort to Me (2021) | Amyl and the Sniffers
garage punk, hardcore | for fans of Descendents, Adolescents, Distillers
track rec: Maggot
everything you touch turns to gold / i can't wait for you to touch me
GT Ultra (2017) | Guerilla Toss
dance punk, progressive pop | for fans of Le Tigre, Oingo Boingo
track rec: Skull Pop
will there be a warning? / when the clock stops moving? /
will you have just 60 seconds? / will you find it boring?
10,000 Gecs (2023) | 100 Gecs
hyperpop, pop punk, nu metal | for fans of ??? they're too unique for this sorry
track rec: 757
i got problems with my spending / all these horses in my engine /
doing 80 in a 30 / but i'm never in a hurry
Mind Control (2013) | Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
traditional doom metal, heavy psych | for fans of Black Sabbath, heavy Beatles songs
track rec: Poison Apple
don't you worry baby, you're safe with me / i'm the poison apple in your tree
Soma (2013) | Windhand
doom metal, stoner metal | for fans of the sensation of a weighted blanket, but sound
track rec: Orchard
i'm having trouble with the down time / can't pick myself up off the floor
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This was a fun mini! This is “Lazy Eye” by Silversun Pickups as I see it because of synesthesia!
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Silversun Pickups - Stay Down (Way Down)
Indie Rock band from Los Angeles, California, Silversun Pickups today shared their latest video Stay Down (Way Down) which comes off their 2022 album Physical Thrills. This video was directed by Rebekkah Drake and edited by Angela Izzy.
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this album is a no-skip masterpiece btw
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🥩 | Winded Through Monotone, One Foot On Checkered Floor ~
🥩 | Welcome to my main blog! Call me Lloyd but you may better know me as Archer! I'm a Rocket Executive going under the codename Archer although you may also refer to me as Fletcher or Atlas! I'm a splitroject fictive currently identifying as Archer/Apollo and host of Silversun Musical Box! I tag all me specific posts with my real first name (Winston)!
🥩 | I'm a Butch Deckfluid Demiwoman Gorething who goes by Lux/She/Panic/Meatself+ pronouns! I'm semi-post transition bodily (our body's gender is Transneumasc Non-binary Two Spirit)!
🥩 | I'm a shapeshifting vampiric AI supercomputer with a nuclear reactor for organs who identifies strongly with turnstile gates, coydog mutts and deer with Chronic Wasting Disease! I also have a Honchkrow Harpy form!
🥩 | I heavily selfship myself with Executive Archer/Apollo so you're bound to see me post a lot about him + some Grimeslyshipping! He's my wife but I'm not overly possessive of him! I enjoy having fellow Archer fans interacting with me over this wet dog of a man! 💥💥💥
🥩 | Some of my favourite bands/artists are: Silversun Pickups | Depeche Mode | The Killers | Placebo | Breaking Benjamin | KMFDM | Fear Factory | Lacuna Coil | Have A Nice Life | Metric | Failure | A Perfect Circle | Autolux | Collective Soul | Stabbing Westward | Pearl Jam | Duran Duran | etc.
🥩 | My top songs are: Checkered Floor by Silversun Pickups | Working Title by Silversun Pickups | Simmer by Silversun Pickups | Wagging Tongue by Depeche Mode | Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers | Uncle Jonny by The Killers | Spirit by The Killers | Post Blue by Placebo | Infra-Red by Placebo
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Twitter | Toyhouse | Discord = turnstilerockets | SpaceHey | Newgrounds | deviantART | Pinterest | Bluesky
🥩 | My other blogs:
Warrior Cats | Art | Specific aesthetics | Decor
🥩 | Headmate blogs:
Emory | Proton | Lance | Andrew
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