I LIVE

The pads upon which I played
On tender days, rain or sun
Cursors upon which fingers laid
Far too harsh, the damage done
I will have you back
And return again
To the songs which held us
Through the night

Burial – Untrue

Untrue is a parade of simple, stilted beats and R&B vocal samples pitched about while drowning in reverb. It’s poorly mixed and almost ugly. It evokes a nearly universal reaction of what the hell from everyone.
But despite sounding like poo, it’s very engaging. The mood is, however, entirely that of feeling like the dude(s) who [...]

M83 – Saturdays=Youth

Pure shine pop.
Every song on this album exists as the soundtrack to a perfect prom that exists only in the imaginations of relatively well-adjusted people. It’s intensely focused on delivering that feeling of what being young and invincible is imagined to have been like.
It’s almost a little too much at points but never quite crosses [...]