September

14/09/2023: Machine Girl ⋅ うずまき

うずまき is pronounced "uzumaki" and translates to whirlpool from Japanese. It is unclear why Machine Girl chose to give this song that name, I have tried scouring the internet to no avail. Some people have pointed out that うずまき could refer to the horror manga series by the famous Junji Ito.

I will link a video by FUNke talking about Junji Ito. It's very well produced!

The connection to Junji Ito is not far-fetched since the band's name comes from a 2008 Japanese movie, The Machine Girl. But onto the music itself we go.. it is very chaotic with many moving parts, overwhelming but at the same time mesmerizing. I like that there are short calm segments of the music sprinkled in between the screaming, one of these segments in particular (1:39-1:49) is quite popular, more so than the actual song itself probably.

This is because it was quite a popular trend at some point to make edits/animations based on this segment, see this for example. There are also people who have extended this segment to a full song.

This segment is actually a sample from the Sonic CD video game soundtrack: Palmtree Panic "P" mix.

I also want to share this Chainsaw Man edit which uses うずまき, because it is just SO COOL.

04/09/2023: Willy Rodriguez ⋅ Bad Therapists

I'm back! Let's just ignore that August has only one song in it. I was busy moving places and while looking for some new music to listen to while packing I came across Willy Rodriguez.

I was first drawn because the art style is similar to (in fact, inspired by) Car Seat Headrest's Twin Fantasy album cover AND I LOVE CAR SEAT HEADREST.

You may also notice that this is also where I got my YouTube character from.

The similarity is only in the artstyle, the music itself is quite different. It is more pop than rock, but both have lo-fi aspects. Anyways, I like their music and I listened to it on repeat while preparing to move. This EP in particular is my favorite so far.

I should also mention that Willy Rodriguez is a project by two people, William and Star. They also go by WillyRodriguezWasTaken, because, well, Willy Rodiguez was already taken by someone else.