pedral
Internet Refugee
I have so so so many great experiences I could share here. I'll have to be that annoying guy who gives a few of my favourites instead of my one favourite.
In no particular order:
My most fond memories are basically from concerts or albums that blew my mind so hard they made me cry like I just understood the meaning of life. My one favourite concert of all time is the band Au Revoir playing in a tiny bar of my hometown in 2018. It's a post-metal/shoegaze/post-hardcore/post-rock band. The show costed like 8€, I listened to right before going to the concert because I had nothing to do that evening. After listening, I thought it was just okay enough to go to the show and didn't expect much.
I've never cried that much at a concert before.
They had 3 guitars and they were LOUD for such a tiny bar. A relentless and non-stop wall of sound, melodies, saturation, anger, love, anxiety, sadness, fear. I felt it all together at once and could not stop crying. I was sitting at a barstool and could not move a single muscle for their whole set. I walked home beholding (and still crying), trying to grasp what just happened to me. I've never felt something so powerful before. Listening to their studio albums isn't the same obviously and I've been craving their return here for 3 years and a half now.
My favourite band of all time is Duster, a slowcore band. A friend of mine made me discover them back in 2017 and I have literally not spent a single month without listening to them ever since. Their music has been with me at every point of my life, the highest of highs and the truly abyssal lows too. It's always there to cheer me up, make me feel cosy, warm, calm and help me not feel alone. The calmness and minimalism of their music has helped me so much with anxiety, it helps me breathe and take my time.
They don't try to play as fast as possible or as slow as possible. They don't try to play as loud as possible. To play the most complex thing ever. They're just playing their calm, simple songs with everything they have and it means the world to me.
While I've never seen them perform live, I'm more than ready to travel thousands of kilometres for their next Europe tour dates (whenever that might be).
My favourite music of all time came from listening to the album Wind's Poem by Mount Eerie for the first time (also one of my favourite bands/artist ever) while being super high on space cake. Mount Eerie is this kinda lo-fi rock/folk/drone/experimental/cloudy and atmospheric music I guess?
I was listening to the deluxe edition of the album or whatever was uploaded on his Spotify profile. The original album consists of 12 tracks, but this version added a bunch of bonus songs after, like this alternative version of his song Lost Wisdom:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWRspHYVbU
I was already sitting on the couch just contemplating the wall listening to this beautiful album. When this song came on, I just started crying, shivering, feeling like I was drowning in all my emotions, dark thoughts, happy thoughts, everything. I had to replay the song 6 times in a row to keep that feels going. Honestly, I think something in me shifted after this. I can't really pinpoint what exactly, but I've felt different.
It became my favourite song ever. But now every time I'm listening to it again, it slowly loses its magic that it had back then. I don't want it to become stale but I want to listen to it again so many times, it's such a dilemma for me.
My girlfriend and I got closer and eventually started dating thanks to our mutual love for music. It's a very strong bound between us and I couldn't be happier about it. We often make each other step into our own musical universe by listening to our favourite albums/songs together and I love it. She's my everything and sharing the same passion for music means the world to me.
Music literally saved my life a bunch of times and changed me in ways I cannot fathom.
I honestly cannot imagine my life without it.
Everyday, I'm chasing music as far as possible, constantly trying to expand my musical boundaries.
Yo, let's give a quick shoutout to The Beatles for creating music!
I'll spend the rest of my night probably lurking, reading this thread and listening to the music posted here. Thank you all
In no particular order:
My most fond memories are basically from concerts or albums that blew my mind so hard they made me cry like I just understood the meaning of life. My one favourite concert of all time is the band Au Revoir playing in a tiny bar of my hometown in 2018. It's a post-metal/shoegaze/post-hardcore/post-rock band. The show costed like 8€, I listened to right before going to the concert because I had nothing to do that evening. After listening, I thought it was just okay enough to go to the show and didn't expect much.
I've never cried that much at a concert before.
They had 3 guitars and they were LOUD for such a tiny bar. A relentless and non-stop wall of sound, melodies, saturation, anger, love, anxiety, sadness, fear. I felt it all together at once and could not stop crying. I was sitting at a barstool and could not move a single muscle for their whole set. I walked home beholding (and still crying), trying to grasp what just happened to me. I've never felt something so powerful before. Listening to their studio albums isn't the same obviously and I've been craving their return here for 3 years and a half now.
My favourite band of all time is Duster, a slowcore band. A friend of mine made me discover them back in 2017 and I have literally not spent a single month without listening to them ever since. Their music has been with me at every point of my life, the highest of highs and the truly abyssal lows too. It's always there to cheer me up, make me feel cosy, warm, calm and help me not feel alone. The calmness and minimalism of their music has helped me so much with anxiety, it helps me breathe and take my time.
They don't try to play as fast as possible or as slow as possible. They don't try to play as loud as possible. To play the most complex thing ever. They're just playing their calm, simple songs with everything they have and it means the world to me.
While I've never seen them perform live, I'm more than ready to travel thousands of kilometres for their next Europe tour dates (whenever that might be).
My favourite music of all time came from listening to the album Wind's Poem by Mount Eerie for the first time (also one of my favourite bands/artist ever) while being super high on space cake. Mount Eerie is this kinda lo-fi rock/folk/drone/experimental/cloudy and atmospheric music I guess?
I was listening to the deluxe edition of the album or whatever was uploaded on his Spotify profile. The original album consists of 12 tracks, but this version added a bunch of bonus songs after, like this alternative version of his song Lost Wisdom:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWRspHYVbU
I was already sitting on the couch just contemplating the wall listening to this beautiful album. When this song came on, I just started crying, shivering, feeling like I was drowning in all my emotions, dark thoughts, happy thoughts, everything. I had to replay the song 6 times in a row to keep that feels going. Honestly, I think something in me shifted after this. I can't really pinpoint what exactly, but I've felt different.
It became my favourite song ever. But now every time I'm listening to it again, it slowly loses its magic that it had back then. I don't want it to become stale but I want to listen to it again so many times, it's such a dilemma for me.
My girlfriend and I got closer and eventually started dating thanks to our mutual love for music. It's a very strong bound between us and I couldn't be happier about it. We often make each other step into our own musical universe by listening to our favourite albums/songs together and I love it. She's my everything and sharing the same passion for music means the world to me.
Music literally saved my life a bunch of times and changed me in ways I cannot fathom.
I honestly cannot imagine my life without it.
Everyday, I'm chasing music as far as possible, constantly trying to expand my musical boundaries.
Yo, let's give a quick shoutout to The Beatles for creating music!
I'll spend the rest of my night probably lurking, reading this thread and listening to the music posted here. Thank you all