Stevens never fails to impress, her knowledge of music theory is far beyond my feeble mind's ability to comprehend, on par with say Jacob Collier, and like Jacob Collier her work can, to a lesser extent, sometimes feel a bit cold and hard to deconstruct. But this couldn't be more soulful and accessible.

I cried twice, real hard, hasn't happened to me since Regina Spektor's 'What we saw from the cheap seats' in 2012. Actually not sure I've cried at all since then, not really, fuck. Fuck. That's probably not good.

Anyway just Becca and her Guitar this time, each and every track is a goddamned work of art. Oh and the poetry, yeah there's english lyrics too, which I believe may rival the melodic and harmonic structures in quality. It's my album of the decade so far, 11/10.

Genre: Music, 12 TET

You might have already noticed this idk, it's the type of thing I like to point out to people when I want to detract from their enjoyment of a song that's playing.

This one is what I have been calling "pseudopolyrhythmic", not sure if there's an actual word for it. Basically you have a polyrhythm but truncate it at some point to match a meter in which it wouldn't normally fit. You'll hear this a little on some king gizzard tracks although they tend to go fully polyrhythm/polymeter. Other than that there are of course some common beats that would technically count but I don't feel they actually evoke the polyrhythm so I don't count them.

Anyway you could divide the intro into 32 8th notes, there's a regular 4/4 dancey type beat, and then another that hits on every 3rd 8th note 10 times but only lasts for 2 on the 11th. And actually it sort of becomes an actual polyrhythm by the end, except really it's not as 3 against 4 sounding. Is this why the track goes so hard? Idk but I like to think so.

Then again Taylor Swift has a song in 10/8 (I shit you not) and it's entirely unremarkable, so apparently there's more to making good pop music than fucking with people's usual dancing and clapping motions.

Show is the 25th, anyone want/need? First come first serve I guess? No cum no serve. Only exception is if you can prove you're a fed in which case you get priority and cumming will merely be encouraged

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More pics. I have no idea what I'm doing so will be accepting tips. The medium is roughly 1-1-1 of clay based cat litter, jiffy mix, and perlite, little bit of crushed limestone and vermiculite.