Vespair
@Vespair@lemmy.zip
Formerly @Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on So, not? 9 hours ago:
- Comment on Can you believe it? 10 hours ago:
Not if you tell the officer that you’re a cop too and you were screaming “Wee-ooo-wee-ooo” so you’re allowed to speed too, then they have to let you go.
- Comment on He'll realize one day 11 hours ago:
Yep, exactly what confirmed it for me
- Comment on He'll realize one day 14 hours ago:
Imo it looks like the back wall of a Spencer’s-type novelty shop rather than a sex shop
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 15 hours ago:
This is a small one, but can you please make it so that all menu descriptions actually list all the major dish components so I’m never surprised by secret onions or mustard again?
- Comment on See their point 1 day ago:
I’m so glad you dig the picks! Happy to help, feel free to ask me about music anytime ✌
- Comment on See their point 2 days ago:
To add another real quick, they don’t have any recent output, and they’re frequently instrumental, but FM-84 might be up your alley too:
- Comment on See their point 2 days ago:
My pleasure! I love talking music so I’m happy for any excuse.
And okay, now that I understand we’re talking like retro vocal synthwave, I have some better recommendations!
My first recommendation immediately came to mind, but I’m gonna be honest and say that the best part of this recommendation does extend past the 5yr guideline I alluded to in my original comment, so you’ll have to excuse that. She’s still an active artist, but her recent work has been as features or a 2020 album collab with a more aggressive synth artist that probably isn’t what you’re looking for. But anyway, I definitely recommend Dana Jean Phoenix if you haven’t heard her yet!
Start here, the opener title track of ‘Le Mirage’ is an absolute banger than I think is totally gonna work for you:
open.spotify.com/album/3NuANBUmoNZH5x2BZzXSQV
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/le_mirage/
2018 album ‘PixelDust’ is probably overall the better album but it doesn’t have a mega-banger like the track ‘Le Mirage’:
open.spotify.com/album/1vJClfLqAeNTyAHbv5sqWN
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/pixeldust/
If you’re open to slightly darker/heavier synth stuff, ‘Megawave’ is the collab album I mentioned above with artist Powernerd, and I think it’s pretty groovy:
open.spotify.com/album/3ft0lmyttvgoCrja0jAI0Q
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/megawave/
Beyond Dana Jean Phoenix, here are some other artists I’d recommend but with less specific recommendations (probably just listen to their popular songs to get a feel):
NINA - very similar space to Dana Jean Phoenix:
open.spotify.com/artist/31KAV0Dg1UNmnfSmvLT2XG
rateyourmusic.com/artist/nina_f11
Summerdrive is not this sound exactly, but they’re kind of synthwave meets clean pop so you might dig them (The Midnight who I previously recommended also sit in this space, but they’re a little jazzier):
open.spotify.com/artist/5RASv130lmR8GyP0EcQLjJ
And finally Gunship are also not this sound exactly, but rather sort of what you’d get if you mixed that synthwave sound with 80s hard rock, and it’s goddamn glorious (I love Gunship):
- Comment on See their point 2 days ago:
Love to hear it. No plans to slow down on my side either 🤘✌
- Comment on See their point 2 days ago:
Sure, if you don’t mind some random top of mind recommendations.
For 90s alt/grunge fans, I definitely recommend the latest album by Scowl, ‘Are We All Angels’:
open.spotify.com/album/0zDdwRsOg2sVvOFpjEOtHs
rateyourmusic.com/release/…/are-we-all-angels/
80s synth is pretty broad, so let me give you two fairly different recommendations and see where you land with them. First off, I’m gonna reach back a little bit to 2020 to recommend ‘Monsters’ by The Midnight, a great album by a great band:
open.spotify.com/album/1WKMbxcldmwnXaCIGgEpUW
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/…/monsters/
But if you’re talking the more kind of pop-influenced, singer/songwriter side of 80s synth, I’m actually gonna recommend a really small release to you, ‘It Ain’t Too Late For One More Ride’ by indie musician Calvero:
open.spotify.com/album/6i5MYveOM35x8twOhfpYim
rateyourmusic.com/…/it-aint-too-late-for-one-more…
I do consider myself a bit of a music buff and I listen to an incredibly broad range of genres and styles, but I will confess that rave music isn’t one of my specialties. But a couple quick recommendations that might fall in the same rough proximity:
First off I dig the chillout beach party vibes of some of the tracks by artist “elsaaa” on Spotify, mostly the songs on the top of her popular section:
open.spotify.com/artist/0l9ymNLUakebec39MWLAuE
I also like a bit of ARMNHMR, but they’re not super new so if you’re into EDM/rave music you may already know them:
open.spotify.com/artist/0P2bZXPyjHYRW4guHVAFl1
If you just want some fun dance music that’s very modern, and you have any openness to metal, may I recommend a few tracks by the very excellent and very fun Electric Callboy, with the caveat that this is not rave music and may potential be a stretch for you:
Electric Callboy - Everytime We Touch (TEKKNO Version):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBXeF5acqE
Electric Callboy - PUMP IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag
Electric Callboy - WE GOT THE MOVES:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w
Again, these are just quick top of mind recommendations, so if they don’t hit for you or you want more recommendations, let me know and I can think on it a bit longer. But if you do check any of it out, feel free to let me know what you think!
- Comment on See their point 2 days ago:
I’ll never understand this. I’m 40 and I’m still actively seeking out new music and listen to vastly most new releases than anything 5+ years old.
Of course I understand everyone has “their thing” and music happens to be my thing, so I understand the additional interest in my case, but the alternative just seems so damn boring to me…
- Comment on I really want to like the new ff7....but it's just so buggy. 6 days ago:
It also has the most boring combat. I’ve still struggling to finish the first FF7R because I keep falling asleep during combat
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
If you are so pedantic so as to not consider the support for the banister as part of the banister, then frankly I have no interest in the necessary effort required to discuss this or any matter further with you.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
If our view was from the top looking down at the bottom then the banister would be rotated 90 degrees towards us.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
I guess I should address the “wear” on the carpet as well: it doesn’t look worn to me, it looks disturbed. Like before this person tried shoving their mattress up the stairs and got it stuck, they carried a heavy dresser or or something up the stairs and dragged it up each stair, sliding it along the carpet. I suspect this is a person moving into a cheap efficiency apartment, since the one my father moved into last when he was still alive looked extremely similar.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
My stairs don’t have a visible ledge. I don’t know why people are acting like that’s standard. I think only one of the homes I’ve lived in has had a stairwell with ledges.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
My guy, the banister.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
Carpet is softer and more enjoyable to walk on than hard floors. I will never understand this weird anti-carpet trend we’ve gotten into in the past decade, except that it’s the same thing as grass lawn emulating the wide expanse of the wealthy.
- Comment on Perspective 2 weeks ago:
How are y’all arguing this? The banister makes it unquestionably obvious that it’s at the top. There’s no debate to be had here unless the banister was intentionally installed wrong just for the purpose of this meme, which would be crazy.
The mattress is at the top, y’all.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 2 weeks ago:
I think we’re gonna have to call this one a skill issue actually, as I don’t think I can discretely put a canoe into my pocket so I’m sure how you expect me to actually get from canoe acquisition to open seas without arrest.
- Comment on Milking dust 2 weeks ago:
In general I feel like I’m more likely to want to revisit and spend more time in the world of a good book than the world of most films, even films I enjoy, so it makes sense to me that there’s enough to easily fill two books worth.
- Comment on Milking dust 2 weeks ago:
I saw the first Jurassic Park. I enjoyed it. But I feel sated with that single entry. If you love these movies, more power to you, but I don’t really understand it myself.
- Comment on Viewers like you 2 weeks ago:
Honestly even the over-the-top caricature that he is is still well-meaning and mostly decent, just jealous. Like literally even their worst case boogyman version is… Mostly fine?
- Comment on Dolph is prime human 3 weeks ago:
…Does Bill Nye need more qualifications to be an effective science educator?
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 3 weeks ago:
A cursory glance implies a decent canoe starts at $2000, so my bank account is stopping me, at bare minimum
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 3 weeks ago:
I think you’re asking the wrong question. It can take months, years, hell even a whole lifetime to get over something like that. Or maybe you’ll never get over it!
The question you should be asking isn’t “is feeling this way normal,” it’s “what can I do to approach this healthier?” It’s not about what’s normal or understandable, it’s about what you can do with your own autonomy to improve your condition.
And on that, personally I would start by finding and speaking with a counselor who can help you process your thoughts, feelings, and emotions to achieve a sense of clarity and empower yourself to confident decisions moving forward.
- Comment on RIP America 3 weeks ago:
That’s only the half of it. Look at the rest of the policies, look how they want to cut Medicare and food stamps and other safety net programs.
Make no mistake, this administration wants to see people die.
This is the end game the technocrats have been working towards, this is how they’re enacting their eugenics. They want poor people, disabled people, disadvantaged people, to die. They believe they are culling the weak members of the herd for the sake of the betterment of “their” kind (rich, white, “healthy”, etc).
These policies aren’t stupid or ineffective, they are cruel and insidious by design
- Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em 5 weeks ago:
That is “pries,” from “pry,” my friend b
- Comment on The duality of mothman 5 weeks ago:
Moths like lights. Somebody noticed.
Now you’re all caught up.
