It would be absolutely incorrect to say that I hit anything like a musical rut over the past year but I had kind of gotten to a point where I was just kind of recycling the same few songs. Not that there is anything wrong with listening to Ado’s Best Adobum for the dozenth time (or more).
However, when Yorushika’s “Plover” hit, it just lit a spark that is still burning bright:
I had already heard several Yorushika songs by that point (mostly off the Second Person album, like “Plover,” which I highly recommend) and had liked them but I was prior to March it was kind of like new and fun music would drift up and then settle back into the noise with only a few standouts.
Jamming out to Yorushika for a few weeks helped all music sound better. Even bands/performers that I had been listening to for years — like Majiko or twenty-one pilots or Oliver Tree — started getting sorted into playlists. I started filling in gaps in the catalog. I started reading up on genre shifts.
I openly braced my absolute adoration of Japanese music and starting playing a lot more indie groups from Japan. It has been nice.
No longer is something like just dragging and dropping a few albums into VLC working for me. I’ve been off an adventure of testing out music apps and ways to back-up my collection.
Thank you, Yorushika.
There is a lot of music I could recommend (short answer: all of it) from them but we’ll stick to two for the second (both also from the same album):
The way that Suis says “Hai…” around the 3min mark in “Martian” melts me, and once you brain realizes the symbolism of “Forget It” it is just a bit soul crushing. Lord.
There’s another one that I am saving because it should show up soon as a two-fer for the band.
Doug’s Daily Music Video Picks is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. Not actually daily. It might not even all be music or dance videos. Absolutely picked by me, though. Usually I have to like both the song and the video, but we’ll see.
You can see the most recent songs here: Doug’s Daily Music Video Picks [Youtube Playlist]. Size of that list will change as the mood strikes. Playlist might contain spoilers for unpublished posts. Just enjoy.