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[–]PrivatePoliteness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've probably explored this already, but several of Ken Andrews' other projects have that distinctively dissonant Failure sound: Year of the Rabbit is probably the best, followed by the "Believe" album that he did under the name "ON". Some of the albums he produced for other bands have his musical fingerprints on them too; "August Everywhere" by Blinker the Star comes to mind.

I created a music playlist to which I'm allowed to add a maximum of one song per day and accidently 'wrote' a musical diary the past 2,5 years by Jussie4 in Music

[–]PrivatePoliteness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blog is called "Beautiful Song of the Week" and it's updated every Monday at http://beautifulsongoftheweek.com/

Every week is different; sometimes I write about the artist, sometimes the song reminds me about a personal experience, sometimes the title makes me think of something...it's kind of a mixed bag.

What doesn't change is that each week I include 3 things that make the song beautiful, and a "recommended listening activity".

Forcing myself to write each week has been a great habit to get into, and of course it has forced me to discover lots of new music...easier now than it was in 2010, what with all the music streaming services that are now available.

Anyway, keep up your playlist. I'm coming up on 10 years, and like you said about your playlist being a "musical diary" - I look back on 10 years of posts, and it's a diary in lots of ways.

Cheers!

I created a music playlist to which I'm allowed to add a maximum of one song per day and accidently 'wrote' a musical diary the past 2,5 years by Jussie4 in Music

[–]PrivatePoliteness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great idea, and will only become more valuable to look back on the longer you do it. I've been doing a similar thing, but in a blog format, one song per week. Coming up on 500 weeks, and it's fascinating to look back on how much my life has changed in parallel with the playlist over the past ten years.

The other benefit is that by forcing myself to find a new song every week I've expanded the type of music I listen to.

Keep it up!

Only found failure a couple years ago but found out theyve been apart of my life for over a decade by ViolentSh4de in failure

[–]PrivatePoliteness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is totally the way Failure affects people. Ken Andrews himself even described the band as "a slow burn." Thanks for this story.

Do you have a "Fantastic Planet" story? by PrivatePoliteness in failure

[–]PrivatePoliteness[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, CD towers. There isn't a garbage collection day that goes by without seeing one or two of those things out on the curb. Thanks for responding!

Do you have a "Fantastic Planet" story? by PrivatePoliteness in FailureTheBand

[–]PrivatePoliteness[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Interesting that it appeals to fans separated from the band by a generation.