'Get Out'

Hello again, I'm pretty bored and haven't had much work to do at the moment so I wanted to talk about what's going on. 

Yesterday was a great day for me - probably one of the best of the year because of how everything just fell into place so calmly. 

Replaced my laptop charger after dealing with the faulty default one I'd been using for years, it was the first consistently sunny day in ages and a sign that Spring is on the way in New Zealand at last.

My Stepdad and I listened to the new rock music station that just started up here which plays nothing but the music! I can't stand the local rock DJs on the other stations. Their jokes about hating the missus, their crude sound effects, and their non-music-related shows probably take up more talking space than discussing music. I just want the songs with as little interruption as possible. I haven't listened long enough, but I hope that I'll hear more female artists tuning in than I do on the other stations too. 

I had the first milestone for the project I'm working on with my group. We showed off everything in a PowerPoint to our lecturer and she seemed more impressed with how on track we were compared to the others. I asked other classmates about how their milestones went down and apparently, their feedback was way less chill than what my group ended up getting. I won't share much about the project right now because I probably need to be confidential about school stuff but just know I actually am genuinely enjoying it. It's the first time I'm doing a project where it's a collaboration where we all have artistic autonomy rather than just following a prompt to get a good grade. We came up with this whole story ourselves and envisioned it in our own unique way. I feel like I'll be proud of it when it's finished. 

Shortly after class, I went to a networking event at the school. Most of my friends from class were there and we were all a bit shy trying to talk to the professionals who were hanging around. Luckily we worked in a group, and although the people we chatted with weren't the ones who had job opportunities - they were lovely and they gave great advice. 

Today is Friday right now and it's very relaxed, I was just home working until I needed to send my work in for feedback. I'm waiting on it right now before I can keep going cause I want to make sure I'm working at 100%. 

Tomorrow I have a loaded evening. My uncle's birthday dinner first, and then somewhat of an 18th birthday celebration for a friend who I'd known for a long time but only just started getting close with this year thanks to us both experiencing a magical twist of fate together (a My Chemical Romance concert). We're going to a local emo nite, I cut my bangs again and got a disposable camera for it (lucky my hair is naturally curly so I can't be judged for the emo bangs when I'm being stealthy at school living in normal mode - it just looks like a normal curly shag haircut fresh after a wash day) 

Since that day, not only have me and her been spending more time together lately - but my music taste has opened back up to being able to enjoy not just the emo tunes* (I've read the copypasta, I know what "real emo" is and I also listen to it sometimes - chill out) I liked when I had the phase the first time around - but also bands I didn't listen to at all when I was deep in it. My palette has really been digging the post-hardcore sound particularly as I've begun expanding. I don't know how I didn't fall in love with his projects sooner but Anthony Green is an amazing artist. 

As I was writing this I just spun Circa Survive's album Blue Sky Noise and I'd definitely already liked the other two albums of theirs I'd listened to but I think this one is my favorite so far. So theatrical and catchy- really feels like all the best parts of their sound shining through. In terms of Anthony's other projects I like LS Dunes, his solo music, and Saosin too (still need to get more into Saosin) 

I also love his voice. Even in the first round of my emo phase, I wasn't a fan of high-pitched, chipmunk-y, nasally post-hardcore vocalists and preferred voices in that genre that felt more mature to me. Somehow though, Anthony Green has that voice, in fact, I've heard some people say he pioneered that specific style of singing in the genre - if that's true then he did it first and did it best, but it makes the music better and it certainly doesn't irritate me. Probably because it's versatile. It works in that classic woe-is-me emo vibe in early Saosin where that whininess is essential, it works in Circa's more progressive and otherworldly sound, it works in the more raw and raspier LS Dunes, it even works in the whimsical folk rock I've heard from his solo catalog (a swerve I didn't know he could pull off but I like surprises). He's got a great scream, but I love that he doesn't do it often. It means that whenever one does come out, the emotional potency within it has more of an impact on you. It's a scream I tend to call pretty, which is not a word I'd often use to describe a scream. 

Anyways, that's everything I needed to fill you in on. Just getting by, but luckily it hasn't felt too hard lately. I'm very excited for Saturday night and maybe I'll fill you in on that later. 

- Edie <3