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Divine Inner Tension by Hail The Sun is Transgender!
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Aric Garcia from Hail The Sun on the Divine Inner Tension tour (2023) - Photo: Rosario Gutierrez
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Currently Listening To: "I Saw You Hanging" by Hail The Sun
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Every music fan knows the struggle of having too music to listen to in any given year; there are almost always a handful of albums that come out each week, and it can be hard to keep up. Aside from that, there is also a lot of music released that doesn’t warrant much of a reaction. Not that the music itself is bad, but a lot of albums are uneventful in the sense that they don’t need a lot to be said about them. Sometimes all you can say is that an album is good or bad, but the problem with being a music critic, writer, or whatever you want to call yourself is that if you need to write something or make a video about an album, you can’t just say that and call it a day. When I wrote reviews more full-time, versus sporadically like I do now, I wrote pieces on everything I was listening to, regardless of what I thought and how much I had to say, but that is one major reason why I got burnout from writing. I could only say so many times that I didn’t have much to say about something, but I’ve circumvented that by every now and again putting out a review that’s more or less a much of blurbs about albums that I don’t have much to say about, but I still want to talk about. My last review was kind of like that, where I talked about a few albums that were very similar, but still different. Today I wanted to do something like that, only instead of dedicating a paragraph to an album, I wanted to write a few sentences about a handful of albums that came out recently within the last few weeks. I call this “Speed Round Reviews,” and I may do this once a month or every other month when I listen to enough albums that I don’t feel the need to dedicate an entire review to. These albums are not connected in any way, shape, or form, and they’re all albums I’ve listened to that have come out recently.
The Band Camino - The Dark
If you’re an alt-rock fan, you already know who this band is, because they’ve been around for years, but The Band Camino is seemingly trying to go for broke with The Dark, their first album in two years and post-pandemic. This record is a lean half hour slice of pop-rock / alt-rock with some slick hooks, solid guitarwork, and nice vocals, but the lyrics leave a lot to be desired and is the main reason why I haven’t listened to this album as much as I would like. They range from decent to really bad, and I’m not usually a stickler for lyrics, unless they’re that bad, and some of the lyrics on this are sort of painful, but at least the album is nice to listen to, so if you “turn your brain off,” you may get something out of this.
Caskets - Reflections
British metalcore band Caskets are geared up to be the next big thing in their scene, especially with newly released sophomore album, Reflections. I’m late to this band, but I really enjoy metalcore bands that incorporate pop, hard-rock, electronica, R&B, nu-metal, and other various kinds of rock and metal into their arsenal, such as Issues (RIP), Wage War, Archetypes Collide, and I Prevail, but Caskets is a band that’s poised to cross over. Their vocalist has a great voice that can really pull off pop and R&B sounds, but can also pull off metalcore and hard-rock sounds. Their debut album featured more passages that had straightforward pop and R&B elements, whereas Reflections dials that down a bit, only to focus more on the metalcore, hard-rock, and pop/electronic sounds, but this record is a short burst of catchy, melodic, and well-written crossover hard-rock and metalcore that is sure to win over fans of these types of bands. Reflections won’t blow your mind, necessarily, but it does a fine job with what it’s trying to do.
Hail The Sun - Divine Inner Tension
I’ve gotten very jaded, tired, and bored of the post-hardcore sub-genre known as “Swancore” over the last decade or so, which was named for the specific style that Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan utilizes, as a lot of these bands that have popped up in that time all sound the same. I thought the band Hail The Sun was part of that wave, as they got big around 2014, and I was never a fan of them. With a lot of these bands breaking up, and/or falling into obscurity, their new album, Divine Inner Tension, is very surprising and refreshing. It reminds me a lot of bands from the mid-00s with very frantic, energetic, and fun guitarwork with some catchy hooks and solid vocals, akin to The Fall Of Troy, and this is the kind of progressive post-hardcore that I used to enjoy way back in the day. It’s not revolutionary, but the guitarwork is wild, the vocals are surprisingly really good (he reminds me a LOT of Circa Survive and Saosin vocalist Anthony Green), and they throw in a few breakdowns and harsh vocals for good measure that hit harder because they don’t show up often.
Starletta - Neon Cowboy
The Internet is a beautiful place, because I found Nashville synthwave artist Starletta with his debut album, Neon Cowboy, through Tik Tok. This is a catchy, slick, fun, and still sad pop and synthwave album that takes a lot of notes from the 1980s. If you love 80s pop, you’ll love this album. His voice is fantastic, and the lyrics are pretty sad and “emo,” but you’ll be singing along to a lot of these in no time. I look at this album as being a story of a person getting over a breakup, only to find happiness with somebody new at the end. The album even has a bit of a country feel on a few songs, which makes sense considering the title, and it oddly works. Also, alt-rock band Glimmers makes an appearance on the closing track that feels more joyous and happy, and it’s a damn good feature. They could make a pop album or EP and it would sound great. If you enjoy pop, alt-rock, or bands with an 80s aesthetic or influence, you’ll probably really like this.
Bearings - The Best Part About Being Human
Canadian pop-punk band Bearings is back with their third long-player, The Best Part Of Being Human, and this might be their best album. This is more or less a condensed version of what they’ve been doing, at least a combination of their first two albums. They started off as more straightforward pop-punk and turned more into a pop-rock / alt-rock band, whereas this album is a good mix of the two. It’s only 29 minutes, and the album has a nice summery feel to it, so listen to it while the summer is still left. The lyrics are a little corny, and syrupy sweet at times, but that’s how this band has always been, only they upped the ante this time. It has some good hooks, and their vocalist is the best he’s ever sounded, as his nasally sound in his voice from the last couple albums has almost been smoothed out, but this was a pleasant album from front to back (not to mention, there’s a great little sax solo on the album that really surprised me).
Movements - Ruckus!
Movements is a band that I’ve always been mixed on; I loved their debut EP from 2016, but I haven’t cared for anything else they’ve done. They went from a post-hardcore band to pop-punk and then to shoegaze / indie, and their last LP was a very slow and monotonous album that I couldn’t sit still while listening to. It was very boring, despite not being bad. With their third album, though, they switched up their sound again and the title of it, Ruckus, is oddly fitting, being that this album ups the volume and energy of their last album. This thing is still rooted in post-hardcore, but there’s an alt-rock influence that rears its head throughout it. The songs are catchier, more fun, and less sad. Their lyrics have always been focused on mental health, which is great, but their vocalist has revealed that he is in a very good headspace and didn’t want to keep writing about that, especially since it would come off as fake and disingenuous, but the album is more positive and more fun this time around. Nothing that blows my mind, or really sticks around for me minus more than a handful of listens, but still really good stuff.
#starletta#neon cowboy#synthwave#pop#indie pop#alternative rock#the band Camino#the dark#hail the sun#divine inner tension#post-hardcore#metalcore#metal#rock music#rock#caskets#reflections#movements#ruckus!#bearings#the best part of being human#pop-punk#pure noise records
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Hail the Sun - Divine Inner Tension
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Hail The Sun - 2023 - Photo: Rosario Gutierrez
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Album Review: Hail The Sun - Divine Inner Tension (Rude / EVR)
Genius or madness? You decide. It’s well worth finding out though.
Divine Inner Tension is the sixth album from Californian math rock/progressive quartet Hail the Sun. Following their lauded 2021 album New Age Filth, this new album will be released on August 11th, 2023 via Rude / EVR.
The line between genius and madness gets every more transparent when you get band’s like Hail the Sun. How else can you explain something like Divine Inner Tension? Something that…
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Currently Listening To: "(In My Dream)" by Hail The Sun
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New Hail The Sun album fucking rips by the way
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i know this is a terrible financial decision BUT. one day i will have every hail the sun vinyl. peace and love
#im so tempted to buy a divine inner tension vinyl it is genuinely one of their best albums to date.#absolutely in love with it
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Tension Release Meditation.. allow the ease and flow through a positive new perspective to present itself in fruition and surrender through it.
#tensions#releasing#meditation music#meditatedaily#self love#spiritualawakening#higher self#spiritualinspiration#manifesting#healing#self growth#creative writing#self expression#my universe#inner peace#alignment#mindfulness#keepgoing#inner child#divine timing#innerpower#inner thoughts#innerwisdom#wisdom#inner growth#Youtube
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Herbs & Correspondences A-F
This is going to be a looonnnnnggg post, I have gotten all the herbs I can find/remember the correspondences of herbs in alphabetical order, so I might actually break it down into sections and link them on each post at the top.
Acorn - Good luck, personal power, protection and wisdom. Dried acorns are a natural amulet for youthfulness. Associated with Litha. Element water.
Agrimony - Shielding and hex-breaking, aids sleep, brings luck towards you and is powerful in spell reversal. Element Air.
Alder - Helps you to face up to things you are avoiding, divination, teaching especially anything arty and weather magic. Element Fire.
Alfalfa - Money, prosperity and a happy home, also anti-hunger. Generosity and luck. Element Earth.
Allspice - Draws money and business success. Aids compassion, luck and healing. Element Fire.
Angelica - Also called Archangel. It is a very powerful protection herb, healing, creates harmony and courage and helps in exorcisms. Aids vision. Element Air.
Apple - Garden magic, love, healing and wisdom, also vanity, marriage and beauty. Associated Mabon & Samhain. Element water.
Ash - Spells relating to the sea, protection, and luck. Make your Yule log from ash and burn to bring prosperity. Yggdrasil was an Ash tree. Element water.
Basil - Also called witch's herb. Use in spells for Love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Associated with Imbolc. Aids astral projection. Element Fire.
Bay Leaf - Protection, success, purification, strength, wisdom and healing, also increases psychic powers. Element Fire.
Beech - Happiness, inspiration and divination. Represents the Green Man. Element Air.
Belladonna - Also Called: Deadly Nightshade. Toxic. Use for forgetting past loves. Protection, beauty and original flying ointments. Adds energy to rituals. Element Water.
Benzoin - Purification, prosperity, and helps to soothe tension by dispelling anger and lessening irritability, de stressing, helps depression, concentration and astral projection. Element Air.
Bergamot - Money, prosperity and sleep. Protects from both evil and illness. Good luck and wealth. Increases magical power. Element Fire.
Birch - Protection, exorcism and purification. Dispels lightning, infertility, and the evil eye. Associated with Yule. Element Water.
Black Pepper - Banishing negativity, exorcism, and offers protection and help with inner strength. Element Fire
Blackthorn - Exorcisms, warding off negative spirits and general protection. Associated with Samhain. Element Earth.
Bladderwrack - Protection, sea and wind spells, attracts money, psychic powers, and customers to your business. Element Water.
Blessed Thistle - or Holy Thistle. Purification, protection against negativity and evil, hex breaking and aids vitality. Carry on you for strength and protection. Element Earth.
Blueberry - Protection of children, keeps evil out, and strengthens the aura. Associated with the Great Spirit. Element Water.
Borage Flower - Self Courage, peace, calm, self-love and strength. Element Air.
Burdock - Also called Beggar’s buttons. Used for cleansing magic and warding off negativity. Protection, healing and persistence spells. Element Water.
Calendula - Also called Marigold. It attracts success and justice in legal matters. Increases psychic/spiritual powers and aid prophetic dreams. Dispels negativity. Element Fire.
Cardamom - Lust, love, and fidelity. Sweetens the personality Use in handfasting's. Element Water.
Carnation - Protection, strength, healing, enhancing magical powers, and achieving balance. Element Fire.
Catnip - Also called Nepeta. Use when working with animals. Draws love, luck and happiness, also used in beauty magic. Associated with Bast. Element Water.
Cedarwood - Luck, strength and power. It helps increase money and protection. Also healing. Associated with Mabon. Element Earth.
Cedar Berries - Also Called: Juniper Berries. Protective, cleansing and repels negativity very well. Used in healing rites. Element Fire.
Celandine - Cures depression, treats piles, improves circulation. Brings about Joy and happiness. Solar Magic. Element Fire.
Chamomile - Love, sleep, protection and purification, also reduce stress. Use for meditation work and to attract money. Solar Magic. Element Water.
Chervil - Helps healing, flatulence and superstition. It is considered the herb for bringing in new life. Element Water.
Chickweed - Also called Witches Grass. Use in moon spells. Also good for animal magic, relationships, love and fertility. Element Water.
Chili - Fidelity, love and passion. Also hex breaking. Element Fire.
Cinnamon - Also called Sweet Wood. Use for Solar magic. Meditation and astral projection. Increases spirituality, success, healing, protection, power, luck, strength, and prosperity. Element Fire.
Clover, Red - Also called Trefoil. used in any spells relating to marriage, love, lust and fidelity. Success is linked to money. Element Air.
Clove - Use to protect, banish negative forces, and divination. It also helps with any teeth spells. Aids money and draws love. Element Fire.
Coltsfoot - Aids wealth. Works with peace, tranquility, prosperity, and love. Associated with Brighid. Element Water.
Comfrey - Also called Slippery Root. Supports magic healing and safe travel. Use for money, endurance and stability spells. Element Water.
Coriander - Love, lust and health. Used as an aphrodisiac and to heal migraines. Brings peace & protection to the home. Element Fire.
Cornflower - Used primarily as an Ink for your Book of Shadows. It is the patron herb of herbalists. Use in rituals to give honor to the mother of all nature, also connected to Rainbow and Crystal children. Element Earth.
Cumin - Fidelity, protection, and exorcism. Also used in love spells and food which can also promote fidelity. Element Earth
Cypress - Associated with death and mourning; stimulates healing and helps overcome the pain of loss. Other properties include self-esteem, protection, love and banishing nightmares. Element Earth.
Damiana - Lust, sex magic and attracting love. It is thought to be an aphrodisiac. Use for astral projection and spirit quests. Element Fire.
Dandelion Leaf - Used to summon spirits, make wishes on, healing, purification and defeating negativity. Element Air.
Dandelion Root - Magical uses include divination, wishes and calling spirits. It also enhances dreams and works well in astral projection. Element Air.
Dock Root- (Yellow). Used to release baggage no longer needed. Also, fertility, healing and money magic. Clears blockages and cuts bindings. Solar Magic. Element Air.
Echinacea - Adds a boost to clairvoyant and psychic abilities. Adds powerful strength to spells used in money drawing magic, fertility and abundance and provides the user with protective power. Element Earth.
Elder Tree - Sleep, releasing enchantments, protection against negativity, banishing.
Elderflower & Berry - Peace, protection, and healing, plus aids in exorcisms. Element Water.
Elm - Energizes the mind and balances the heart. Aids love spells and offer protection from lightning. Element Water.
Evening Primrose - Ideal for moon magic. Also use in love charms and to attract fae. Element Water.
Eyebright - Increases mental power, psychic ability and inner vision. Element Air.
Fennel Seed - Helps with meditation. Healing, purifying and protection. Also linked with new motherhood and offers inner strength. Element Air.
Feverfew - Aids poor health. Protection against accidents when travelling and protection when working with spirit. Carry on you for inner strength. Element Water.
Flax Seed - Also called Linseed. Used for money spells and healing rituals. It helps with beautiful spells and offers protection. Element Fire.
Fleawort - Healing, Cleansing, strength and power. The Goddess' herbs. Element Earth.
Frankincense Resin - Use in solar magic. Associated with Beltane, Lammas, and Yule. Use in rituals and magic associated with self-control, spirituality and protection. Also regulates emotions and helps depression. Element Earth
Fumitory - Associated with the underworld and used at Samhain. Linked to spells for monetary gain, consecration and protection. Element Earth.
#witch#witchcraft#witchblr#pagan#wicca#witches#pagan witch#paganism#pagan wicca#polytheism#herb#herbs#spell work#herb correspondences#kitchen witch#kitchen witchcraft#witch community#hedge witch#green witch#herbs a-f
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what do u dislike plato
deeply uninterested in any position promising access to a higher, hidden, divine realm of truth ontologically in tension with the material existence of things and their relations to one another. it's a position that appeals to supra-natural handwaving in order to resolve a perceived disjunction between perception and reality without making any effort to historicise or problematise such a disjunction, say perhaps in relation to estranged labour. kant also does this but at least he has the decency to pretend it's constitutive of human psychology and not a regulatory principle of reality in itself. i also think the ethical positions plato expresses through socrates's mouth are laughably optimistic about the existence of a pure and unconditioned truth, the human ability to perceive such a thing, and the immediate rational acceptance of it, which leads most obviously to the deeply annoying socratic solution to "why do people act against their own interests" being "they are deceived, and i don't need to prove that or engage with expressed desires that are contradictory or self-destructive, because i can simply assume these people are deceived, because if they were not then they would do the transcendentally correct thing and be happy and experience no inner conflict". politically reactionary in the way all philosophical idealism is, and more than incidentally psychiatry minded, in the sense of the etymology ψυχή ιατρεία, 'soul healing' (cf nietzsche: socrates as the "mystagogue of science", who lived and died 'scientifically', namely, delivered from the fear of death by conviction in the mission to make existence appear comprehensible and therefore justifiable).
sucks hate him think the world needs more insane unruly people unashamed to exist bodily and uninterested in extolling the virtue of self-restraint. "socially contextualise that thang" --karl marx 1844
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