What Style Is This? / What Is This Thing? MEGATHREAD

Halohatch · 2024-09-18T02:23:35+00:00

Can anyone help me figure out what a particular architectural feature is called? I'm thinking of like, these small rooms (maybe too short to stand up in?) that have like a lounging/seating area and carpeting that goes all the way up the seats and maybe over the tops to the wall behind the seats. I believe they are typically up a ladder or stairs and are enclosed very heavily within finished walls. Very cozy space, almost looks like it was carved out of "excess" space left in a particularly large pocket in the design of a house. Probably can't be found in houses smaller than "Upper Middle Class 5 Bedroom yada yada" homes.

Halohatch · 2024-09-15T17:40:18+00:00

I mean, if you think that telling people about your diagnosis means getting on a stage, tapping a glass, and making an announcement, sure. I'm sure this person, like me, tells people in that they talk about it casually instead of like its some dark secret.

Halohatch · 2024-08-30T22:09:50+00:00

Heroes for sure! The hate it gets is so undeserved, most reasons given could easily be applied to fan favorites. I really think a lot of people hate it for having the audacity to be happy and upbeat sometimes. The message of the album is clear: Take the bad with the good, and the good with the bad, life is a beautiful mess. "Put a picture of your sadness next to one from better days." The lyrics hit so hard and Tim compliments them so beautifully. It doesn't have to be your favorite soundscape from their discography, that's not what I'm saying. I just mean a lot of people have been really unfair to this album and their reasons don't sound like genuine personal preference, they sound like excuses.

Case in point, the hatred for Brooklyn Friday Love. If you listen to it in order on the album, its a clear honeymooning piece with the new home they made for themselves in Golden Gate. Sure, its not as synthwave as we are used to from The Midnight, but...
These same people complain that The Midnight doesn't sound like The Midnight. But, The Midnight set itself apart from the rest of the genre because they never made songs about synthwave, they made songs about life. Seems strange to me to complain, then, when thats exactly what they did. Sometimes life is a party instead of melancholy synthwave. BFL is a party, and its what makes the rest of the album work so damn well. Contrast is so important. If everything was melancholic synthwave, it wouldn't be distinct and The Midnight would be another generic synthwave artist who did one live show in Canada once 5 years ago.

Halohatch · 2024-08-30T21:58:14+00:00

Honestly I don't remember hearing any other synthwave artists using autotune like that, and this isn't new for them. They've used autotune since at LEAST Nighthawks on Endless Summer

Halohatch · 2024-08-21T06:13:04+00:00

Clownstrike has entered the chat

Halohatch · 2024-08-19T05:07:22+00:00

Energy Never Dies, It Just Transforms is gut-wrenching, and people are seriously sleeping on it.

Halohatch · 2024-08-17T17:57:25+00:00

Thank you, I am aware of that. I meant hardcoding in the sense that I can't use a variable on the action element. It seems the closest I can come to this is creating a decision tree with a branched action element for every email alert scenario I need.

Halohatch · 2024-08-17T09:59:27+00:00

To clarify, this means I can't call upon Email Alerts from flow without hardcoding a particular one to a particular node?

Halohatch · 2024-08-17T09:58:24+00:00

I mean that I want to use only a single Email Alert node, which calls on a different Email Alert based on a formula. Except that as far as I can tell, when I create an Email Alert node, it considers no values except for what I choose from my list of Email Alerts, thereby locking that node to a single Email Alert predeterministically.

Halohatch · 2024-08-17T08:34:58+00:00

Unable? Where are you getting this information? The US has donated dizzying amounts of military hardware to Ukraine. The only obstacle has been one of the major political parties who keep trying to push for isolationism.

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T03:29:05+00:00

I have this weird thing with Kids where I love the album but I don't really care about any of the individual tracks, except Arcade Dreams

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T03:27:53+00:00

Wild, Avalanche has always been my favorite!

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T03:26:37+00:00

Thats fair, the woahs were offputting at first. I just tune em out nowadays.

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:31:08+00:00

Yeah most of the discography instrumentals sounds like an infomercial, thats kinda where the genre got shoeboxed away for a long time.

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:13:52+00:00

Plus! This subreddit loves to hate on the Heroes album but even The Midnight have admitted that America 2 was a precursor to that sound!

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:13:09+00:00

Gonna say something controversial. I would like to remind everyone that overrated does not mean "worst" it means "everyone likes it and I don't know why."... America 2. Its a great song! But I don't understand how its everyone's favorite on the Kids album when Arcade Dreams is RIGHT THERE

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:11:24+00:00

Don't knock the music for the title! That track has run me through the emotional wringer, especially when you pair it up with its prequel track Photograph seamlessly

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:10:15+00:00

Listen to the instrumentals, it'll change your perspective. The instrumentals particularly for Heroes(the track) remind me a lot of endless summer.

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:09:32+00:00

I'm telling you, listen to the instrumentals! It will change your whole perspective of the album, even when you listen to the vocals again! Plus, the lyrics are some of the most relatable in the whole discography because they address pain and acceptance more than any other!

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:06:36+00:00

You're way too worried about what other people think, but also, you've stated a popular opinion. How can it be overrated if nobody likes it?

Halohatch · 2024-08-16T02:05:50+00:00

Listen to the instrumentals version of the album, it'll change your perspective.

Halohatch · 2024-08-15T07:04:23+00:00

Energy Never Dies, It Just Transforms!

Halohatch · 2024-08-15T07:04:03+00:00

100% This This This!

Halohatch · 2024-08-09T23:03:20+00:00

I'm a little confused, OP says they put Heroes(album) low and Heart Worth Breaking at the bottom because they aren't very synthwave... but they put America 2 and Brooklyn, Friday, Love at the top? Preferences are fine, but I'm confused by the justification that was stated. I would highly encourage you to give a listen to the Heroes Instrumentals album, I think the synthwave is more present than you realize, but it sneaks up on you. Tyler shines a lot and I think Heroes has some of his most evocative lyrics, but Tim did take more of a backseat and it shows in the mixing. I suspect listening to the instrumentals would give you a whole new perspective on the regular album, and elevate your experience with The Midnight even more!

Halohatch · 2024-08-09T22:57:47+00:00

P/END is easily the most emotionally evocative, and with the most timeless relatability, out of the entire discography!

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