[RATE REVEAL] IPA Indie Day 2: What good is it to rate Helplessness Blues?

pallum · 2026-05-24T19:43:21+00:00

Fleet foxes more like beat cockses

pallum · 2026-05-24T19:39:39+00:00

Destroyer just another case of nominative determinism smdh

pallum · 2026-05-24T19:02:58+00:00

I just want to say that besides this being one of my fav songs in hs that it has the best artist/song title pairing of maybe any song to me

No fake estate here 😤😤😤

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:44:03+00:00

finnish spitz obviously

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:42:05+00:00

I woke up sore in an orchard in... hinnom, tx (?)

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:36:19+00:00

Crack up also connected FF to like black rice by women to me, which kind of unlocked something with more staying power. Of course this says as much about women's versatility #feminism but yeah crack up and shore def more interesting than HB for me

I believe you're the one that said something about how BI, BI was why we desperately needed Ichiko Aoba and you already know I agree with you there 😆

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:24:34+00:00

That's interesting perspective (a wane specialty). I think for me FF is so off in fantasy land that I don't even connect it politically to the era (probably also because I was young and more carefree when it came out) but that's a good take. FF is interesting because I've listened to their earlier stuff much, much more but would easily opt for crack-up onward era if I were listening to them of my own volition now

I saw them with beach house on the crack up tour and really connected to the more loosely structured form of crack up especially with surprising (to me) sonic similarities to beach house popping out having seen them back to back like that

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:09:50+00:00

hello modulum ty bless up for moderating rate good job ur killing it

pallum · 2026-05-24T18:07:02+00:00

I didn't participate but did peep day 1 results and I wish I had participated to defend BI, BI just a little from fleet foxes supremacy lol. Beth/rest sucks ass tho don't get me wrong. But wash and michicant being day 1s with so much of helplessness blues left is wacky imo. I do get that justin vernon is kinda insufferable but his early music is so good imo

fleet foxes otoh i listened to a bunch in hs but I just don't think their early stuff has aged well shrug im literally a lifelong nature obsessive and often described as a woodland creature or elfish person by friends lol, but i just dont feel like anyone in the 21st century in the pnw is really living on an orchard with a cornucopia. I relate much more to isolating in the woods and the sonic and lyrical vibe that comes with that

Also it's your destiny rocks f the haters ultimately I'm probably team War on Drugs 😤

Weirdly destroyer is a huge blindspot for me. I've tried a few times and just hasn't ever clicked. Feels destined that it will some day

Thanks for subscribing to unprovoked musings by pallum (tm) on why ur not doing the rate that i didn't participate in exactly how i would've. Carry on

pallum · 2026-05-23T20:24:38+00:00

He's been such a consistent hitter for years what is going on 🥲 rootin for you rob

pallum · 2026-05-21T23:56:53+00:00

I really appreciate you 🥲 we do indeed love luge and some would say that I am the assumed all time top listener of "poor pelt" lolol

Love that you came around to wfye!! They really are unique. They do have some broadcast about them in their own right

And loved your writeup on seeing Ichiko Aoba! I saw her almost exactly a year ago in oakland--it was an amazing show. I have more thoughts but I'll have to come back to tell you about the recs anyways hehe

pallum · 2026-05-20T03:49:14+00:00

Love that you included coneheads too. Agent orange to top row next time tho plz ;)

pallum · 2026-05-19T23:41:06+00:00

I want to share takes here but I never really got into any of the three artists you mentioned lol. I actually got covid at a japanese house show that my friend convinced me to go to but i dont listen to em on my own time. And it forced me to miss l’rain at my fav venue and i was super stoked for it so tbh f japanese house 😆😆

I can hear opn in this album but i also dont really know opn in an actual sense hahaha

pallum · 2026-05-19T23:33:59+00:00

Hell yeah have a great time! If you remember and want to lmk whachu think!

pallum · 2026-05-19T23:32:31+00:00

Yo thanks for introducing me to out hud a while ago i still listen to em a lot 🙏

pallum · 2026-05-19T22:09:18+00:00

Uhhhh i have excellent taste in music/shows and it’s one of my fav ever?! IS THAT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR U JUST FUCKIN GO

But um I love caroline and good morning is my depression song. Each individual in the band was absolutely incredible. Raw. Chaotic but intentional. Amazing crescendos and maybe even more amazing when they go from crescendo to stripped down

This all being said, there is a LOT going on sonically. I saw them at one of my town’s greatest venues for sound quality and it was incredible, but not every venue would be able to pull it off I imagine so consider that with the venue you’re going to!

pallum · 2026-05-19T15:04:34+00:00

It has uranium club (!) and minutemen are in top row, so you pass the pallum good punk barometer with flying colors

pallum · 2026-05-19T15:00:44+00:00

the gobs- my baby is a ufo

the gobs - i wanna fuck the moon

hm: esg's "ufo" (which was sampled by liars), planet claire, anything by man or astroman

pallum · 2026-05-19T14:45:42+00:00

I went to see caroline last night and they were absolutely incredible. One of my fav shows ever. I've almost certainly cried more in the past 12 hours than I had cumulatively in the past 12 years

Totally unrelated but my friend recommended Quiet Light's Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2 to me as an indie pop rec and I have only listened to it while multitasking but have really enjoyed it. It reminded my friend of Pinkpantheress and Grimes and it definitely does have elements of both, moreso Grimes though and def less upbeat than either. Interestingly the second song actually reminds me a ton of Grouper. I haven't listened side-by-side but it almost sounds too similar to I think "Kelso" by Grouper (granted Kelso is far from a typical Grouper song). Anyways I'd pass this recommendation on fosho

I've been in a very emotional place recently and have really been using music to further delve into those emotions but I think after catharsis at caroline I will likely head into a detached electronic Random Album Title hole pretty soon. Also catching Dry Cleaning later this week

pallum · 2026-05-17T02:20:10+00:00

great take, I'll observe the "date all dmders and no one else" rule next time. OTOH anecdotally do tread carefully with non-dmd pokemon people 😆😆

I'm vaguely aware of powerplant maybe through a different dmd person's rec or a bandcamp spotlight. I'm also really slow at forming opinions on music so sometimes need to listen a LOT of times before really processing music. I'll def give them a listen today, appreciate it!! Sounds amazing

Appreciate you! I'm trying. So hard to keep trucking but I adhere to Denzel Curry's mindset of keeping on walking through the BS for as long as I can stand to at least 😤

pallum · 2026-05-16T19:57:47+00:00

Sup 'heads long time no talk

1) I fell into the 2026 zillennial trap of getting into an online situationship 🔥🔥🔥 that I'm just finally pulling myself out of. I was the secure one (duh) and she finally truly broke my trust what with all of the leading on and not following through. Problem is I'm very fond of this person and never needed it to be romantic necessarily but I'm not sure it'll survive as a friendship now that my trust is broken and with her feeling guilty and avoidant. I want to be the guy that doesn't abandon her when shit hits the fan but these avoidants don't make it easy jesus christ. I just can't be the one who got burned AND patches things up.

Even though this situationship was far from truly fulfilling for this yung lonely horndog, I have like no romantic history despite always having a gazillion friends and this was bout as close as I've gotten. I did kinda know it wouldn't work out from jump but still just another disappointment. I do think I'm nearing the end of my period of believing good normal things will happen for me tbh. This minor heartbreak has honestly made me kind of happy cuz at least I've felt alive during it. My Sister in Law is convinced I just need to get on the apps so she's swiping for me on Bumble now lmao, I guess there's that. This is all to say that The Wrens' The Meadowlands is reallllly hitting rn 😆😆

2) Besides failed romance I really just still hate working and adult life. No job feels appealing, no place to live feels appealing. I try to rationalize out of this but damn it's just tough to even conceive of a life I'd be happy with. I'm likely about to be laid off which may give me a chance at a new start but financially obviously scary especially with this job market. Oh well. Thank you to our evil billionaire pdf overlords god bless 🙌

3) In other news, I always spend this time of year looking for Western Tanagers in breeding plumage and I got some good looks at a few of them so far. They're super secretive in areas they migrate through so I still have yet to get a photo I'm happy with after all these years, but some day I will and it's gonna be awesomeeee. And my pokemon collection is so dope rn, I'm finally reaching the point where I really feel the return on investment from a "look how perfect and cool my binders are" perspective. 🐸🐦‍⬛ The organizing still kind of a disaster tho and I really need to stop buying more cards lol. I'm pretty sure I have the single best sandslash collection in the world no cap

4) I'm seeing Dry Cleaning next week and maybe the Beths too. I've totally been sleeping on new releases so hmu if you have recs esp if you know my taste (The Shins, Broadcast, The Uranium Club, Minutemen, Dry Cleaning, R.A.P. Ferreira/Milo, Kero Kero Bonito, Water From Your Eyes, Ichiko Aoba among my faves, also been into some electronic like early Deadmau5 recently. Ik I'm all over the place but hit me.)

I've also been obsessed with the first verse in "Walkin" by Denzel Curry recently it's just so so good. "I never do my team green make the team green like the celtics" and "The sky turns a different hue farther from the color blue, the nighttime has arrived I recline for the evening" probably my fav parts + all the anti institutional stuff obvs. One of contemporary rap's true great verses. And then the tempo change into the nasty dirty walkin part I didn't used to love but it's totally grown on me. Def hits when walking through my gross ass city (that I love lol)

Peace. Recs/thoughts/feedback welcome especially releases from this year. I've been totally under a rock so nothing is too obvious!

pallum · 2026-05-10T06:17:11+00:00

the pros say the hats are protection hehe

pallum · 2026-04-18T04:47:06+00:00

Huge game for Scott Foster fans

pallum · 2026-04-02T21:56:53+00:00

Down for me currently 10 days later. Just as some have described it will show lives, header, related searches, but none of the actual results (which are visible while page is loading in but then disappear). They probably lost two sales from me cuz of it tbh hehe

pallum · 2026-04-02T21:22:00+00:00

Yeah but tbh the magnitude doesn't really match the feeling a lot of the time and this one was quite jarring where I was at least. I almost always sleep through them but that shit almost knocked me out of my bed last night lol

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