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My first instinct is to share Yes songs, that I can magically pick the song I’m obsessed with that will click with anyone who hears it. But alas……

SO! I’ll go with a more recent song. Island “Set The Fairlight” youtu.be/D_blCeS9kdw?si=5JqVazYWz7-acBlp in under 6mins it’s a frenetic sprawling masterpiece of up and down and left and right. Nick always has some prog tendencies (listen to Islands Arm’s Way album all the way through, wow! But this one he kept super tight and fun, and that scratchy fast dry guitar strumming and wild synths! UNf!!!111

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My new album Chasing Shadows is out (my 10th!)! Let's do a shameless self-promotion! 💕

My alt-rock-pop music project is Fairy Eyelashes 🧚 and my 10th album is out right meow! As always, it was made on my iPad.

ALL services https://songwhip.com/fairy-eyelashes/chasing-shadows

https://open.spotify.com/album/0rM5KTaKQGBvisYjOUS9Iv?si=IyXHAc9GRyiKvrLlAbBGZQ

https://music.apple.com/us/album/chasing-shadows/1704225202

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njt4EszUVoewOHHjW2Q9M4y5_y_ohM5Ps

https://fairyeyelashes.bandcamp.com/

@alternativenation

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LET’S HEAR YOUR MUSIC!

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haha! thank you so much!! I’m having an absolute blast with it.

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I answered on Mastodon, but I think because there were images in the reply it didn’t federate over (lemmy.world is restricting images due to some trolls posting CSAM).

Here for the album art before & after images: mstdn.social/

My reply:

“most proud of? Probaby “I’m in love with you” - a 4 part 15 min epic. Whenever I can pull off a long Yes-length song, I’m so happy. I think I did here!

And yeah, made my own art! We went to the caverns in Shenandoah last month, I took a photo then illustrated over it!”

<3

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thanks!! I do all my own art, really have fun with it. Had a whole separate thing in works until I was going through my photos and saw the monster in the cavern and just started drawing on it lol

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ugh! love Cloud Cult!

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know those vibes, will check it out!

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Haha! Really??? 💕💕💕

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I don’t know if you realize it but comments like that make my day/week.

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Matthew Sweet - Evangeline youtu.be/rjffOMJxXlY?si=_ct80C4j9OY9N8wm

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love Clairo!

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such a great album!

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In hindsight, surprised no one said Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” <3

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I know a few people now who live and die by their plexes, good stuff!

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that’s awesome!

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For me, as much as I love my myriad of headphones and used to love my record player and my iPod Classic - I think it’s now my iPad Pro. I’ve made 10 albums on that thing (new one out this Thurs), which not only was a dream come true, but has allowed me to build an even deeper connection with my daughter (a real full-blown professional musician) as we build songs, share, talk music & music theory together.

Here’s her band, Tyche songwhip.com/tyche

Here’s my DIY little alternative rock pop “band of one” - songwhip.com/fairy-eyelashes (all songs made 100% on my iPad)

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I LOVED my XM3s! They were literally my lifeline for the past 3 years or however long I had them. I passed them on to my youngest when she needed a pair and I got a pair of Bose (good quality, but better mics so I could use them in meetings). But XM3s and XM4s are GOAT for music. XM5s they changed the driver to be smaller or something and they sound (imo) like crap.

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thanks so much! Yeah, I pulled that song & a couple others and reworked them a little - it’s on the new album on Thursday!

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haha! I’m happy with Spotify - every blue moon I run into an issue of something not available, then I just buy it.

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CDs work! Good stuff. I had a huge collection that got stolen once. Turned out to be the best thing to happen to me as it forced me to start over and keep my music discovery going.

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they really are great. A little bass-heavy, but the equalizer lets you scale it back if it’s too much. I looooove good ANC cans!!!

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that’s super fair - it has access to infinite content!

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tried my first pair of bone induction headphones recently while waiting for my oil change - so bizarre!!! still blows my mind that it’s even possible.

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it’s all good! never a bad time to share a Cat Power song.

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amazing place - feel so fortunate that I got to visit!

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god damn, this SMACKS!

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oh video is slightly NSFW.

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I’m definitely going to dig in. Their energy was EPIC on this song!

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Yesssss

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I mean the whole Aeroplane album from Neutral Milk Hotel, but one song, Holland, 1945 always gets me thinking…

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

youtu.be/XLaFLztnL84?si=CEWmp_bT_upPG1mb

Even got some lyrics tattooed on me, “And she was born in a bottle rocket…” love that imagery.

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I was thinking Bleachers at first. Imagine my confusion

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I’m betting you’ll love it.

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oh wow! nice!!

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Oh dang. Thats unexpected

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haha! awesome

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lol, it really is the 2000s all over again.

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