Honey Toned Thoughts

have you ever listened to an album so damn good you MUST talk to someone about it? well that’s kinda the point of this segment on my website

i’ve been journaling since i was 12. the year things in my personal life felt so heavy i had to learn to express myself through words. taking inspiration from charlie’s character in the book Perks of Being a Wallflower, i’d start every entry with “dear you,”that was also the year i became a good student lol shoutout to my smart friends who made me appreciate education (and my well-read immigrant father as well)

anyway i love to write as much as i love to speak – which is a lot btw – it’s not that i think what i have to say is important to you, but it is important to me and documenting my thoughts has always felt so liberating. i can’t wait to read back on these posts years from now and reminisce about how different my life was (in a positive way, of course)

well, warm welcome to my first music post!

i’m having a cameron winter winter. HUGE shoutout to my good friend noah who recommended the band Geese to me – they’ve been my ultimate obsession for the past two months (if you haven’t already, please listen to Getting Killed ASAP) i’ll make a post about it soon enough

we’ve been friends since the 6th grade and we were crazy obsessed with my chemical romance

luckily, we’re still in touch and can bond over our own personal growth as humans, as well as our shared love for good music – a few times a year over coffee. thanks for sticking by me, man. you’re so incredibly loved

alright, onto my music journal:

i’ve been resonating deeply with the themes in Heavy Metal

• anger
• creative struggle
• spiritual questioning
• suffering
• self identity
• violent yearn

what does it for me is the torturous tone of his voice, a gifted baritone with soul-scorching lines, like damn baby who broke your heart? lemme fix it for you xox

it’s the way i had no idea what i would be listening to and upon playing “The Rolling Stones” i thought to myself: wow this is lovely. and then he starts going off about breaking cups… yeah it took about 1 start-to-finish album listen for my brain to process the beauty of the whole thing

it’s the no bullshit style of his production and unpleasant (at times) sounds, genuinely

i read on Reddit that he recorded some songs in the back of a taxi – how fucking cool is he? / srs

listen, im not a professional writer, nor do I want to be, i know way too many languages to even want to perfect them all, but i know music well enough to know when something is GOOD and man, this is some gooooood stuff

i can cry, mildly dance, lightly scream, loudly sing, awkwardly jump, make out with someone to this album, truly

i can release tension, reflect, journal, burn in the sauna while yearning, and heavily ponder about my negative qualities

too many tracks to write about so these are my favorites:

“The Rolling Stones”

“Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)”

“Love Takes Miles”

“Drinking Age”

“Try as I May?”

“$0”

“Can’t Keep Anything“

yes, basically his entire discography

give this album a listen and let me know what you think about Mr Cameron Winter. i cant wait to hear what else he comes out with – either solo or with Geese

if Cameron Winter has a million fans, then i am one of them. if Cameron Winter has ten fans, then i am one of them. if Cameron Winter has only one fan then that is me. if Cameron Winter has no fans, then that means i am no longer on earth. if the world is against Cameron Winter, then i am against the world

with love and appreciation,

yani

(currently listening to this album as i write this)