notthatdreamy

I stumbled upon another concept I really liked at the time. This one I'd probably rework into something I'd eventually use, but I'm not sure. Also, I sneaked a few featured artists just because - pretty much wishful thinking and whatnot.
 
Artist: Edward Sidler
Album: When the World Was Beautiful, I Dreamed of Massive Destruction
Cover description: It shows a dystopian landscape, with me standing in the distance looking towards an undefined spot far away. It is a textless album cover, with dark colours mostly. A sunset appears to be happening.
Genre and sound: It leans to alternative and synthpop with strong cinematic influences to mirror its dystopian motifs. It also features songs with minimalist acoustic production (piano, acoustic guitar) like "Mother Earth", "Rivers of Hope" and "But the World Is Still Beautiful".
Lyircal content: It depicts lyrics with dystopian motifs (mind control, environmental crisis, pollution, pandemics, destruction of individuality, absolutism), to amplify the singer's fear for the planet's future.
Tracklist:
A World Like This Weapons of Mass Destruction White Noise Human (feat. Kerli) Mother Earth (feat. AURORA) Little Problems You Finally See Chemical Attack Poisoned Paradise (feat. Lana Del Rey) Strength I Need Rivers of Hope But the World Is Still Beautiful Singles from When the World Was Beautiful, I Dreamed of Massive Destruction:
"Weapons of Mass Destruction" "Mother Earth" "A World Like This" "Strength I Need"

That is a certainly a song that exists and I have now heard, with lyrics, melody and other components that typically make up a piece of music.

That is a certainly a song that exists and I have now heard, with lyrics, melody and other components that typically make up a piece of music.

Actually y'all are kinda mean
I gave Portals another chance and apart from a couple of duds this shit is actually so good
Obviously some of the lyricism is.... yeah and the visuals are a joke but the production here is fucking magical and there's so much emotion here even if the messages are sometimes far from perfectly presented
Spider Web, The Contortionist and Leeches are pure magic, Faerie Soree makes me feel so much nostalgia and Evil, Battle of the Larynx, Nymphology and Void are FUN + not a single one of the deluxe songs missed

Are there far better demos and scrapped songs for this era? For sure. But the finished product is not half bad either. Or maybe I'm just easier to please. Either way, I firmly believe she's still got it, she just needs refinement.

That is a certainly a song that exists and I have now heard, with lyrics, melody and other components that typically make up a piece of music.

That is a certainly a song that exists and I have now heard, with lyrics, melody and other components that typically make up a piece of music.

That is a certainly a song that exists and I have now heard, with lyrics, melody and other components that typically make up a piece of music.

Handmade Heaven was actually the song that made me a Marina fan because I saw people in Lana's Insta comments dragging it to hell for some reason, gave it a listen out of curiosity and fell in love with her stuff

Handmade Heaven was actually the song that made me a Marina fan because I saw people in Lana's Insta comments dragging it to hell for some reason, gave it a listen out of curiosity and fell in love with her stuff

Handmade Heaven was actually the song that made me a Marina fan because I saw people in Lana's Insta comments dragging it to hell for some reason, gave it a listen out of curiosity and fell in love with her stuff

Handmade Heaven was actually the song that made me a Marina fan because I saw people in Lana's Insta comments dragging it to hell for some reason, gave it a listen out of curiosity and fell in love with her stuff

Portals was good shut up. And the outtakes were even better 

Tbh I love the production on most LF tracks because of it's semi-electro-minimalism (can't specifically describe that). Not talking about Baby or Enjoy Your Life or something but look at Emotional Machine, Handmade Heaven, Soft To Be Strong, End Of The Earth, To Be Human, Believe In Love, Too Afraid, even Superstar. They sound so crystal clear, smooth like silk in water.
 
I still dunno why am I still so soft on Love + Fear but I guess it had a huge impact on me.

She should open the album with the sound of crickets and cicadas humming in the night. A soft breeze jingles wind chimes in the distance, thunder rumbling low and steady. You hear the slosh of an alligator cutting through swamp water, the creak of an old wooden rocker on a porch, and the crackle of a blues record spinning somewhere deep in the dark. Footsteps crunch on gravel, slow and deliberate, growing louder and closer until, just barely above a whisper, you hear: "boom like that."

Genuinely one of the best ballads ever, it’s gorgeous

I have nothing nice to say about MargarineInsect so instead I will say that my girl Buy The Stars will always be famous, played her in the car for my dad and got that heavy metal man into Marina immediately, her impact cannot be overstated

My goodness some people need to lay off this woman, much as I agree with the points about her losing herself to the bubble of rich LA celebrities. She's been horribly ill for a long time and to our best public understanding, was in an abusive relationship for years and years. I don't enjoy all the directions her newer music takes and some of her art lacks soul, yes, but I really don't think we need to be this harsh on someone who has struggled this much for this long. And as much as L+F was mostly a flop, it is very clear to me that record was born out of a desperation to hide the abuse and illness she was going through and it breaks my heart that instead of seeing that album for the cry for help that it was, people just took to mocking the superficiality and subpar lyricism of it. I don't know how someone could listen to that record without getting chills from how obviously it is coming from a victim of abuse. I'm not saying anyone has to like the music but have a little grace for a suffering woman, goddamn.

I have nothing nice to say about MargarineInsect so instead I will say that my girl Buy The Stars will always be famous, played her in the car for my dad and got that heavy metal man into Marina immediately, her impact cannot be overstated

I have nothing nice to say about MargarineInsect so instead I will say that my girl Buy The Stars will always be famous, played her in the car for my dad and got that heavy metal man into Marina immediately, her impact cannot be overstated

I do agree that cohesiveness was a problem for this album, so two seperate projects would have been a good idea

Actually y'all are kinda mean
I gave Portals another chance and apart from a couple of duds this shit is actually so good
Obviously some of the lyricism is.... yeah and the visuals are a joke but the production here is fucking magical and there's so much emotion here even if the messages are sometimes far from perfectly presented
Spider Web, The Contortionist and Leeches are pure magic, Faerie Soree makes me feel so much nostalgia and Evil, Battle of the Larynx, Nymphology and Void are FUN + not a single one of the deluxe songs missed

Are there far better demos and scrapped songs for this era? For sure. But the finished product is not half bad either. Or maybe I'm just easier to please. Either way, I firmly believe she's still got it, she just needs refinement.

I do agree that cohesiveness was a problem for this album, so two seperate projects would have been a good idea

My goodness some people need to lay off this woman, much as I agree with the points about her losing herself to the bubble of rich LA celebrities. She's been horribly ill for a long time and to our best public understanding, was in an abusive relationship for years and years. I don't enjoy all the directions her newer music takes and some of her art lacks soul, yes, but I really don't think we need to be this harsh on someone who has struggled this much for this long. And as much as L+F was mostly a flop, it is very clear to me that record was born out of a desperation to hide the abuse and illness she was going through and it breaks my heart that instead of seeing that album for the cry for help that it was, people just took to mocking the superficiality and subpar lyricism of it. I don't know how someone could listen to that record without getting chills from how obviously it is coming from a victim of abuse. I'm not saying anyone has to like the music but have a little grace for a suffering woman, goddamn.

I do agree that cohesiveness was a problem for this album, so two seperate projects would have been a good idea

Actually y'all are kinda mean
I gave Portals another chance and apart from a couple of duds this shit is actually so good
Obviously some of the lyricism is.... yeah and the visuals are a joke but the production here is fucking magical and there's so much emotion here even if the messages are sometimes far from perfectly presented
Spider Web, The Contortionist and Leeches are pure magic, Faerie Soree makes me feel so much nostalgia and Evil, Battle of the Larynx, Nymphology and Void are FUN + not a single one of the deluxe songs missed

Are there far better demos and scrapped songs for this era? For sure. But the finished product is not half bad either. Or maybe I'm just easier to please. Either way, I firmly believe she's still got it, she just needs refinement.