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Bears_On_Stilts t1_je816mh wrote

Reply to Tell me about the concept of an album that you think is brilliant. by akacoline

Spilt Milk, by Jellyfish. It’s an album that uses nostalgia and childhood imagery to discuss disillusionment both with religion and with pop music (or are they the same thing?). It’s incredibly dense with wordplay and music allusions, and takes a few listens to really take in.

Almost every song on the album is a stylistic homage to one of the artists who inspired Jellyfish, and not all of the pastiches are flattering; “He’s My Best Friend” riffs on Harry Nilsson but turns his famous “Best Friend” ode to fatherhood into a sarcastic tribute to chronic masturbation.

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idontknowwhynot t1_je7xjjc wrote

Reply to comment by Misanthrobbingmember in Why the Music Industry Must Remove the Racist Term 'Master Recording' by NonSecretAccount

I can’t speak to this specific article, but work in legal and tech and have heard lots of complaints for “Master Service Agreement” and a lot of folks are phasing out that terminology for the same reason. Similarly there are a lot of people who don’t like the terminology for “slaving a drive” (adding a storage device as a subordinate of another storage drive).

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Stargazer-night7 t1_je7wluj wrote

Reply to comment by Paragon8384 in I am really tired of rap and most popular music by [deleted]

Thanks for the heads up. I've never heard of any of these bands.

I'm listening to the Steve Wilson album right now. Sounds great! SW remastered five of the best Yes albums from the 1970's. Yes is my favorite band. I didn't know that SW had a solo career. I'll try to listen to everything that you've listed here. Thanks again!

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MumblingInTheCrypts t1_je7wibj wrote

Reply to Tell me about the concept of an album that you think is brilliant. by akacoline

I've recently discovered this dungeon synth artist who works under the name Elyvilon, and his music is just ... really cool. Dungeon synth is a weird genre, to say the least, but it provides the space to approach various aesthetics and concepts in interesting and creative ways. I never quite "got" it until I found this artist.

Drums in the Deepwoods is the Elyvilon album I'm most enthusiastic about because its chosen aesthetic is Trolls. The true, Northern European folkloric/mythological Troll, not all the myriad other things that get called trolls these days. It's really hard to describe exactly how much Elyvilon understood the mission and how well he pulled it off. The song titles - I mean, Moss Laden and Shambling! A Hunger to Carry Off Flocks! And then the songs just sound like troll songs: heavy and lumbering, somehow moist and dark and earthy, but at the same time epic and immersive. And the album art! Dungeon synth artists really go all out on art, I swear.

I'd never call Elyvilon my favourite artist or dungeon synth my favourite genre, but man, any open-minded music listener really ought to try it at least once. It's such an indescribable genre and an unique listening experience, and the good stuff is way better than it has any right to be.

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