Spring 2025

My love for this album is not based on any rational thinking or arguments and I can totally understand why its glitch-trance combination isn't for everyone. For me however, it is physically impossible to sit still while blissing out to this album and I've often used it as a push to go out for a run. I wish I had the ability to express all of its feelings into words but I'm just genuinely thankful to have been alive and enjoying it since its release.

Recommended Track: Light In Things

Find someone who looks at you like I look at this album. Colors has to be one of my favorite albums of all time because I've gone whole weeks with it on repeat. Beck truly found magic here with every track enkindling a fun and energetic world I want to live in. My only problem is picking just one track to recommend because I love them all.

Recommended Track: Dreams

This album feels like quality time alone, just realizing an exciting thought that you didn't expect your brain to have. Some undramatic, but joyful, little ideas just came together and you should probably jot them down so you don't forget. The sky sure is pretty today, isn't it? It sure is nice to have a day like this where nobody is expecting you to do anything.

Recommended Track: Pensive Marimba

This album is so utterly and thoroughly 1990's rock that I was surprised I didn't get bored with it after a couple of songs. Instead, it reminded me of what I loved about 90's rock in the first place: short pop songs that never overstay their welcome, a wall of guitar sounds, and a fresh vocalist that makes you want to listen again so you can sing along.

Recommended Track: Great Things

The cover artwork perfectly visualizes the swirling feelings that Maria Zardoya invites us to swim through in this album. Some tracks have you bopping happily through little currents while other tracks pull you into longer waves of emotions. The musical momentum never approaches anything close to an inescapable riptide which makes it great for repeated listening.

Recommended Track: Run Your Mouth

This is a special album. It's somebody's deep favorite that they discovered at just the right moment in their confusing youth. Phoebe expressing complex emotions they could not otherwise recognize or understand within themselves. Maybe their friends love it too and they share their love together on a car trip. Or, maybe their friends don't get it so they play it loud in the cocoon of their headphones. They cry to it and hug their pillow to it and they fall asleep with it playing on repeat. This is a special album.

Recommended Track: ICU