June 2013
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“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.”
—Kurt Vonnegut (via somethingscosmic)
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“The old adage is true—writing is rewriting. But it takes a kind of courage to confront your own awfulness (and you will be awful) and realize that, if you sleep on it, you can come back and bang at the thing some more, and it will be less awful. And then you sleep again, and bang even more, and you have something middling. Then you sleep some more, and bang, and you get something that is actually coherent. Hopefully when you are done you have a piece that reasonably approximates the music in your head. And some day, having done that for years, perhaps you will get something that is even better than the music in your head. Becoming a better writer means becoming a re-writer. But that first phase is so awful that most people don’t want any part.”
—Ta-Nehisi Coates (via theatlantic)
It All Feels Right
Washed Out
“It All Feels Right” by Washed Out // Paracosm (Out 8.12.13 via Sub Pop)
This is certainly a nice surprise. Washed Out has announced a new album, “Paracosm”, and brought along the first taste from the August release. Ernest Greene is clearly stepping outside of the bedroom pop sounds of previous releases and aiming for something bigger. “It All Feels Right” comes out loaded with swirling synths, hazy guitars, and dreamy ethereal sighs, which are the perfect accompaniment for Greene’s lullaby vocals. The song definitely steps Washed Out away from the chillwave moniker that has haunted him these past few years and finds him dabbling more in psych pop waters - akin to early Deerhunter or the recent Youth Lagoon release. It’s a great sound that suits him well. I’m excited to hear more. You can check out the lyric video now at Youtube. Highly recommended.
This song and video are my everything right now.
