here's a chance to broaden ur musical scope! like this tweet and i'll post my fav non-btxt albums. if you like my rec, please rec me a non-btxt album in return! ^♡^

i love how imogen was able to incorporate sounds from her travels without being culturally appropriative. she's a brilliant creator of soundscapes. fav tracks: propeller seeds, you know where to find me, the listening chair https://open.spotify.com/album/2QXSgSkygBOEO3Ei2ejwzP?si=bKzdOfkBSbK4VHXfE37sUA

he faded into obscurity in the U.S after one album failed to crack the industry in early '70s. unexpectedly & without his knowledge, Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumored to have died. here is the album. https://open.spotify.com/album/3q90UAYeHLvAtnowiQlmgp?si=24v-_LrWQrurLBOD9S5lXQ

the original white woman lyricist--the lovelorn, broken, sad, despairing yet honest and free joni mitchell. fav tracks: blue, a case of you, all i want. https://open.spotify.com/album/1vz94WpXDVYIEGja8cjFNa?si=tL3QQlMjTpiMYf3laV5MIw

in 2016-2018, i was depressed and doped up on a cocktail of drugs. i don't remember most of what happened during those days but i remember sitting in the hallway with a pack of cigarettes and playing this album on loop. somehow, it grounds me. https://open.spotify.com/album/19RUXBFyM4PpmrLRdtqWbp?si=nAe5xjEAR0Ctib2tuap1eg

(i'm still depressed at times, but age and wisdom made it easier for me to handle myself and i am less likely to float listlessly in my head)

it feels and sounds and tastes like a hollow city on the edge of nowhere.

(and ive always loved sigur rós) https://open.spotify.com/album/1rRNqn4MTZfh393GzGvBtY?si=pmaSDERsRImvxGCZ8o1u-g

there is a universe in matt bellamy's head that i can't quite capture except through my interpretation. he edges closer to this line where musicians talk about the liminal space where reality and dream world sort of blurs. and, well. u know me. https://open.spotify.com/album/5OZgDtx180ZZPMpm36J2zC?si=atJKvKeVSKqdhF5EnYbqqQ

yes, everyone on tumblr know of this album. yes, it's called arctic monkeys' most "commercially successful" album, which is a dirty term in the indie landscape. but there's a reason why it's the one album that reaches the mainstream. https://open.spotify.com/album/78bpIziExqiI9qztvNFlQu?si=TW1_rfm2T5GzWFw48xIBbw

this one feels like sitting in the back of a cab, half-drunk, your eyes sort of glazed over while counting the skyscrapers that pass you by. your thoughts don't have to make sense, you'll regret them six hours of sleep and one aspirin later, anyway. https://open.spotify.com/album/7v6FNgLDS8KmaWA1amUtqe?si=W7KTzUFzSbSwSZtu-49ETQ

critics hated this album which means it's an album you should check out. this feels like the after party to the after party. it's 2am and all you can do is shuffle side to side and grab another bottle of beer before passing out on the couch. https://open.spotify.com/album/4WnkQO4xD9ljQooB3VIxCV?si=9-t6yN0sSvW3jv8UQCK6eQ

virginia woolf would laugh and spit out the water she kept in her lungs if she knew the tears i have shed over this album, high on nicotine. https://open.spotify.com/album/19J2iqK89BCrNG4El2FRi5?si=7tIRmgONScWlWbnF4-CKvg

'The Dolphin Hotel is distorted, much too narrow. It seems more like a long, covered bridge. A bridge stretching endlessly through time. And there I am, in the middle of it. Someone else is there too, crying.'

from 'dance dance dance' by haruki murakami https://open.spotify.com/album/5IrjPvqdC4Wxse4oKSwaQe?si=jmVd2XcvS1WGUTV-xpVW5g

'ashes to ashes, funk to funky. we know major tom's a junky, strung out in heaven high, hitting an all-time low.' https://open.spotify.com/album/5fxvWHvIDPIALfTfRiwyB0?si=r_-eMF-WRgeEaMgghZQqOA

one of the first cassette tapes i've ever owned and i wore the shit out of this. i have memorised every single line and learned how to belt out a note from freddie. it's jazz only in feeling but it's glorious still. https://open.spotify.com/album/2yuTRGIackbcReLUXOYBqU?si=IW9PV3vtTVygiusWrS9s8g

this band only has 1 (one) album out in 2008 yet it's one of the most ambitious albums i've ever heard. the album is a musical and it literally sounds like a lewis carrol-esque type of story. https://open.spotify.com/album/1TtcqoTGxpZdPIWPrFqO5t?si=btjkY7MHTMagAarQLgP--w

^ i listened to the album pre-spotify era. you have no idea the effort i went through to unearth this album

i literally have nothing to say about this album except for the fact that this is their magnum opus. i dont care. argue with your mother. https://open.spotify.com/album/0FZK97MXMm5mUQ8mtudjuK?si=z9JmiFslRJar3h8vfydzHA

pov: youre in a department store in the 1980s and perusing through the rack's fifth sequined blazer. https://open.spotify.com/album/3MqWUQ2vC4TKIu11WOYn6w?si=dtyibyiRTjGJYmwydOv98w

actually, while we're at it: you're stumbling out of the cab waiting for the girls. there's glittering lights and you can hear the muffled music from outside of the bar. you're relaxed and ready for more. https://open.spotify.com/album/3Sg1ELxekhLpbMiEMBNsk3?si=Zj8SClQ9SLimjuJLK2N5Dw

alright back to this thread

do you ever wonder if perhaps the raging storm that threatens to drown you in your sorrows have a sound? https://open.spotify.com/album/2jn2n5OkuHliOLKCqHnjXV?si=CkUaktruSEyBFtpdbeunEQ

in light of kylie minogue releasing an album recently, here's a throwback of the album that carried my little gay self in middle school: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Z8FgyCYgC6ApRi7ZXbT55?si=HpwoqZOCTNWQrkipjdeFng

STEAMPUNK VAUDEVILLE-ESQUE ALBUM FOR THE GAYS COMING THROUGH https://open.spotify.com/album/3YIdZQ7UbWoTxPgznAYVOC?si=8-XshfaOR3mgcXN9iOL8Hg

fav tracks: i don't feel like dancin, i can't decide, everybody wants the same thing ^

my quarantine album, aside from btxt. i love the sparse arrangement, i love the little quiet moments, the rustling papers and the slow drag of the finger on the guitar string. it helps me think. https://open.spotify.com/album/3DG5MS8iKYcJROCnb1DYDf?si=GdBlXqH7T9WCC2DZtM8Sog

a very specific interest of mine is retro futurism, which manifests in a lot of ways but in particular: using the radio motif to reimagine how old songs would sound like in a futuristic narrative https://open.spotify.com/album/6wp5uATZ1wfcngYTJ7QBOm?si=-fnhgukKRLS845THrdlh5Q

(its not so much futuristic as it is, you know, an alternate universe)