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dangermousie · 1 year

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I posted 6,018 times in 2022

3,399 posts created (56%)

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#cdrama - 1,936 posts

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#last year 90% of people around here did not know where ukraine was and when i said where i was from i’d basically have to explain it’s near

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I love that so much of DFQC’s arc isn’t so much change, as returning to himself he would have been if his tree of emotion was never destroyed and honestly, he is a genuinely likeable person. What strikes me is not how much he cares for Orchid (after all, chicken bro is ready to destroy the universe for his girl, and it’s not exactly admirable) but how much he is fine with her autonomy, with putting her needs first (unlike chicken bro for whom Chidi Woman is a vessel for what he wants; he knows she’d be appalled and he doesn’t care.) He spent the bulk of today’s eps thinking she was fancying CH but other than carping, he did nothing about it.

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So, my top 2022 dramas so far

Subject to obviously whatever may air later and the two airing ones not derailing.

5. Alchemy of Souls (Korea) - inventive fantasy fun with an epic OTP.

4. Bloody Heart (Korea) - visually stunning, grim and moving.

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This OTP is going on my all time favorite list. I love how utterly equal they are. He bears the spike for her and she bears the cave for him, but for the both it’s not just for the right to be with the other person, it’s for the people - as a way to showing commitment and duty.

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I am rolling on the floor. Rolling!!!!!! THAT is your concern, NN? Ahahahahhah!!!!

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390 notes - Posted August 9, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

90% of period cdrama plots would not exist if China had the topography of Kansas.

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staydandy · 1 year

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Currently Watching … 👀

Only a couple of weeks left in the year .. but the new year brings a ton of new shows!!

Here's what I'm watching / lists I'm working on :

Currently Airing - List in Progress : • Choco Milk Shake - BL - ends 12/20 - only 1 ep. highlight really • My Tooth Your Love - BL - ends 12/23 - really enjoying this one, both the plot & the whump • Reborn Rich - ends 12/25 - not as much whump as I was hoping, but still good so far • The First Responders - ends 12/30 - omg, Kim Rae Won is such a good whumpee! • Till the World Ends - BL - ends 12/31 - I'm rather meh about this one, don't love it but don't hate it • Unlock My Boss - ends 1/12 - not much whump yet, just a few little things • The Director Who Buys Me Dinner - BL - ends 1/12 - K-BL's have this thing of not only being too short (only 15min!), but wasting their precious episode time with unnecessary recaps & long title card & credits! - But there is whump!! • Between Us - BL - ends 1/29 - so far, holding up to expectations, unlike Win's bleached hair lol • I Will Knock You - BL - ends 2/3 - just an 1 ep. highlight so far, but I'll take it!

Currently Airing - No Whump/List (yet) : • Oh! My Assistant - BL - ends 12/23 • 2 Moons: The Ambassador - BL - ends 12/26 • Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow - ends 1/8 - only 2 ep in, but no whump yet .. it's starting off with a much darker feel then I expected ...... I have a partial whump list for Season 1 .. I just rewatched it before starting S2 and I'm going to update my S1 list to a Full Whump List soon • 609 Bedtime Story - BL - ends 2/3 - I rarely drop shows out of stubbornness, so I may end up hate-watching this .. the 2 mains really like their sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural genres, but this one is not clicking for me • My School President - BL - ends 2/17 - dunno if I like this one or not yet, not really vibing • Never Let Me Go - BL - ends 1/29 - no whump yet, but it's about an business heir & his bodyguard, so I suspect there will be something eventually

Future Watch List - Starting Soon : • Ameiro Paradox - BL - airs 12/16—2/3 • The New Employee - BL - airs 12/21—2/8 • Imawa no Kuni no Alice 2 [Alice in Borderland 2] - airs 12/22 - I wonder if Netflix is going to release it in an episode dump / all at once - there's only 8 ep. • HIStory5: Love in the Future - BL - airs 12/28—3/1 - high expectations! they keep raising the bar with each new HIStory series • Island - airs 12/30—1/13 - I think a lot of people are anticipating this one • Brain Cooperation - airs 1/2—2/21 - hoping for some buddy-cop/bromance • Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 - airs 1/11—2/9 ...... I have a full whump list for Season 1

Not Currently Airing - List in Progress : • Detective Samoyeds (2017) - on episode 6/48

This Weekends New-Release Whump Lists : • Revenge of Others - posting 12/17 • The Golden Spoon - posting 12/18

I watch a lot of BL's .. but they're often short (episode &/or series length), and they're churned out in quick succession (not always a good thing lol) .. there's really no shortage of them .. amongst the other, often darker, shows I watch, I like having some fluff to reset with. (I do watch cis-romance too, just not as much .. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Spot anything you're also watching? Tell me what you think of it! Have a suggestion based on what you see here? By all means, share! Any questions? Ask away, I'll do my best to answer!

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tvrundownusa · 1 year

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tvrundown USA 2023.01.01

Sunday, January 1st: *~ Happy New Year ~*

(exclusive): Lady Voyeur (netflix, Brazilian hacker mystery limited series, all 10 eps), The Way of the Househusband (netflix, anime season 2A available), Kaleidoscope (netflix, heist action thriller anthology premiere, all 8 eps in random order)

(streaming weekly): "1923" (Para+), Tulsa King (Para+), Alchemy of Souls (netflix), "Paul T. Goldman" (Peacock, comedy series true-crime parody, first 3 eps)

(original made-for-TV movies): "Catfish Killer" (LIFE, 2hrs++), "The Dog Lover's Guide to Dating" (HALL, 2hrs), "Engaged to be Murdered" (LIFE, 2hrs)

(earlier - hour 0): America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, resumes), *60 Minutes (CBS*), [*note: scheduled for a 30-minute delay in some timezones, followed by: Fire Country (CBS, repeat marathon, first 3 hours) ]

(hour 1): 20/20 (ABC, "Barbara Walters" special, 2hrs), Yellowstone (PAR, midseason finale, 67mins), The Simpsons (FOX, season 34 resumes) / / The Great North (FOX, season 3 resumes), Worst Cooks in America (FOOD, season 25 opener, 90mins), Ugliest House in America (HGTV, competition season 3 opener)

(hour 2): "George & Tammy" (SHO, part 5 of 6), 20/20 (ABC, contd), Worst Cooks in America (FOOD, contd) / / Worst Cooks in America (FOOD, "The Hottest Mess Awards", 60mins)

(hour 3): The L Word: Generation Q (SHO), Worst Cooks in America (FOOD, contd),

#LadyVoyeur #Househusband #PaulTGoldman #UgliestHouseInAmerica #television

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kuronekonerochan · 1 year

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Publiquei 400 vezes em 2022

São mais 116 publicações do que em 2021!

19 publicações criadas (5%)

381 publicações reblogadas (95%)

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Marquei 302 das minhas publicações em 2022

Apenas 25% das minhas publicações não tinham marcadores

#tuga things – 35 publicações

#mood – 29 publicações

#pt stuff – 26 publicações

#cdrama – 24 publicações

#me in a nutshell – 20 publicações

#esc 2022 – 19 publicações

#kdrama – 16 publicações

#funny – 11 publicações

#capitalism – 11 publicações

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As minhas publicações mais populares em 2022:

N.º 5

Petition for 2022 to be the year kdramaland finally stops teasing and delivers on the promise of “filling the black holes” with “affectionate swords”

20 notas – Publicadas em 6 de fevereiro de 2022

N.º 4

Alchemy of Souls is just Wuxia Kdrama with terrible kpop idol hairstyles...and I love it.

23 notas – Publicadas em 28 de junho de 2022

N.º 3

Random Hanadan/BoF Shitpost

After hearing that Love in Flames of War, a republican era cdrama had Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flowers/ Meteor Garden/ F4 vibes... but eventually failed to deliver on that front I rambled at @dangermousie that, actually, we SHOULD have a Hanadan version of every genre of cdrama.

No...wait...I’m joking...but also not. My reasoning for this is solid:

1) No matter what you thing of Hanadan and all it’s objectively toxic and dated glory, you can’t deny it is a hallmark in the history of shoujo manga/anime/asian drama/ live action adaptation/remake pumping machine. It paved the way for all the ItaKiss, Fated to Love You, etc...and it is still to this day a nostalgia magnet for an easy cash grab with each remake (also the latest one might be the best lol).

2) *Surrender by Cheaptricks plays in the background, talks in “there is no war in ba sing se” mode* There are no new ideas in media. Everything is a sequel, prequel, remake, reboot, retelling, soft reboot, parody, homage, the same thing over and over again but call it by another name (it’s still a rose, yeah Shakespeare, you’re a genius, congrats!).

3) Let’s face it. Dramaland is going through the lowest of lows. Cdramas are bad and boring, Kdramas are scarce and boring and Jdramas are 10 ep cute little intros to the story you really wanna see that’s about to begin...at the end of ep10, last episode, no 2nd season. So, they might as well try Every Hanadan Set Everywhere all at Once.

So, without further ado, introducing...every genre of Cdrama Hanadan (with crazy plot eggs for some and none for others bc I say so):

Starting with contemporary…

1) Reverse hanadan where the fl is a rich asshole and the ml a poor little meow meow

2) Time loop hanadan

3) Modern Fantasy hanadan (sort of like the beginning of Bulgasal but more petty and less angsty lol)

4) Transmigration low budget web drama romcom hanadan

5) *barfs* modern office corporate romance hanadan

6) *barfs again* gaming hanadan

7) Sports hanadan (aka if HanaKimi wasn’t genderbender or cute but toxic instead)

8) Coming of Age/ Youth to Adult Married life Hanadan

Syke! Too late! There is already an OG classic toxic Hanadan of this Genre, it’s called Itazura na Kiss (and it’s my guilty pleasure, my personal hanadan lol)

9) Ice sports hanadan....yesss...get gory with the bullying with ice skating blades muahahaha. The red card locks her on the ice rink and they oil the railings/plexiglass around it so she can't even climb out and she nearly freezes to death. They rope her to the back of a zamboni and drag her through the ice. While she is trapped on the ice rink, they rig a bucket of water to fall over her so she freezes faster.

Now for the period dramas…

10) Republican Era hanadan

They could use the boat scene ending from the finale of the anime as a convenient plotpoint to escape the republican era without dying in the republican turmoil. "Oh, they just reunited dramatically on a boat post amnesia and went abroad together and missed all the political fatal shit and lived happily ever after. Their kids returned to China and lived happily under the great CCP rule (/s)!

11) Palace hanadan

It’s hanadan meets legend of Ruyi where he is the Crown Prince but the Empress Dowager holds all the power and on some humiliation move has him take a barbarian slave as a concubine...and the red card is that it's open season on her from every noble or regular consort of his harem and his friends in the court...all is fair the only rule is she cannot be murdered, everything else is fair game. So she is beating to the brink of death, poisoned daily with agonizing pills only to be given antidotes at the last minute, drowned, flayed, etc.

12) Wuxia hanadan. Similar. Dude is the leader of the jianghu, declares her a demon bc she offended him and has all the pretentious righteous sects go after her with agonizing Gus pushed on her body, plenty of chains, kebab her in multiple ways with stakes in torture chambers to cast out the evil.

13) BL Wuxia hanadan. (this one is just here by popular demand. Mine. No, I will not elaborate on that).

14) And at last…my personal favorite….drum rolls… Xianxia hanadan (here is the plot):

She spilled peach wine on his cloud robes once by accident before the Great Heaven's Ceremony so he scribed her name carelessly on the stone of the doomed as petty revenge hoping she'd get some bad karma. But at the time the Demon Overlord was fighting the Lord of Fate and the Dijun on Kunlun and as they made their final strike the demon overlord turned into a cloud of heavy miasma that swirled away swiftly for miles and landed on the stone of the doomed. Hence, for the next 10.000 years the calamities and heavenly tribulations of every god were transferred into the unlucky FL.

In the first 300 years, the gods were unsure of what was happening, but soon word spread of a small menial demigoddess who seemed to be getting an abnormal amount of calamities and trials and yet never ascended into a higher level god. But other gods were getting past their fated tribulations dates without experiencing the event itself but still ascending afterwards. Soon this bizarre phenomenon was being gossiped throughout all the heavenly realms and the gods were rushing to get their hands on every magical item capable of moving forward their tribulation dates... After all, who knew how long this free meal would last? So it follows that our female lead spent the next 10.000 overbooked from torturing calamity to the next without a break or a reward.

Our cloud cloaked protagonist came to learn of this business about 500 years into it. It was not his intention for the karmic payback to be that harsh...but then again it was his best cloud vest that the annoying, insignificant little demigoddess had ruined...and if the consequences had been that rough, who was he to question the Great Design. He soon forgot all about it, surely none of that pesky matter would come back to bother him...

10.000 later: Our fuming fl finally had enough...after experiencing every form of dismemberment as a human, for eons, though she didn't collect an ounce of heavenly grace to ascend to higher goddess....she sure damn well accumulated enough yin to form a monumental grudge...and she would use all of that energy into one single punch for a certain cloud clothed god that would send him so high the gods would finally know what lies above the heavenly realm...not that he'd get the opportunity to tell the tale.

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N.º 2

Reset (cdrama)

Just finished Reset and it’s my fav cdrama of like...the whole of the plague years?! I haven’t even liked any cdramas this year, barely tolerated a few, but this? this was flawless. On every level. Better than most western dramas of its genre. They have a cool concept, keep it simple, add only necessary elements and the attention to detail, character building, etc is on point. The acting is good, the leads especially, subtle but detailed, their chemistry is great and it’s one of those dramas that keeps you on edge for every minute of it. Did I mention I love the main characters? smart and good people, yet not annoyingly perfect. They mess up (the whole drama is trial and error) sometimes in impulsive ways, but never in unbelievably dumb ways. Perfect length too (ok could have been 12eps instead of 15... but still, excellent runtime management coming from a cdrama!). And most of all...it doesn’t F*Ck it all up at the ending. Do you know how many of the few dramas I almost reaaally loved (not liked, not tolerated, actually loved) while airing turned out to have such a shitshow of an ending that ruined the whole thing? Probably 90% of them... it’s a thing, cdramas have terrible or mediocre endings by definition and then only a few miraculously escape that fate.

45 notas – Publicadas em 6 de fevereiro de 2022

A minha publicação número 1 de 2022

The bastard son & the devil himself

I predict the tumblr craze for the next weeks is Netflix's the bastard son and the devil himself. It's a story between two rival clans of witches that are brutal and try to kill each other (ones are sort of cannibal too, the others succeed in the genocide of their rivals from their country) and the mc is the son of a mass murderer for the other side, raised by the rival clan and constantly abused by his half sister who is a psycho who wants to kill him. Also along the way he runs away with the daughter of that clan's leader and they both fall in love with a bi wizard who helps them escape.

Supernatural+rivalry+gore+threesome mc relationship? This the the most tumblr thing ever.

49 notas – Publicadas em 3 de novembro de 2022

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still-single · 3 years

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TWO new Heathen Discos for you -> LISTEN

Last two shows:

Episode 237, December 13th 2020

Chic – Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowzah, Yowzah, Yowzah) (single / Buddah, 1977)

Theo Parrish – Smile (single / Music Is…, 1997)

Velocette – Bound in a Nutshell (Discotheque Saudades / A Colourful Storm, 2020)

M. Geddes Gengras – Lapidus (Time Makes Nothing Happen / Hausu Mountain, 2020)

The Cool Greenhouse – Alexa! (single / Melodic, 2020)

Eugenius – Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Queen of Scots / August, 1994)

Stark Naked – Sins (Stark Naked / RCA, 1971)

Fly Ashtray – Mulligan (We Buy Everything You Own / Old Gold, 2018)

Richard Lloyd – Alchemy (Alchemy / Elektra, 1979)

Cabaret Voltaire – What's Going On? (Shadow of Fear / Mute, 2020)

Lync – Silver Spoon Glasses (These Are Not Fall Colors / K, 1994)

Van Duren – Grow Yourself Up (Are You Serious? / Big Sound, 1978)

Little Gold – Living Under Books (Wake Up and Die Right / Sophomore Lounge, 2020)

Tony Joe White – I Want Love (Tween You and Me) (Homemade Ice Cream / Warner Bros., 1972)

David Blue – Oooh, Baby (Com’n Back for More / Asylum, 1975)

Pool Holograph – Asleep in Spain (Love Touched Time and Time Began to Sweat / Sunroom, 2020)

Game Theory – Metal and Glass Exact (Pointed Accounts of People You Know / Rational, 1983)

The Velvet Underground – New Age (Loaded / Cotillion, 1970)

Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas – Martin 5000 (III / Smalltown Supersound, 2020)

Nightshift – Make Kin (Zoe / Trouble in Mind, 2021)

Kendra Smith – Stars Are in Your Eyes (Kendra Smith Presents the Guild of Temporal Adventures / Fiasco, 1992)

Reg King – Merry-Go-Round (Missing in Action / Circle, 2006)

Brett Smiley – Mood in Deco (Sunset Tower / What’s Your Rupture?, 2019)

Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger – You Make Me Feel Brand New (Force Majeure / International Anthem, 2020)

A Foot in Coldwater – (Isn't Love Unkind) In My Life (Or All Around Us / Elektra, 1974)

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra – Dimensional Stardust (Parable 33) (Dimensional Stardust / International Anthem/Nonesuch, 2020)

Comet Gain – The Weekend Dreams (single version) (split 7” with Hello Cuca / Doble Vida, 2010)

Urge Overkill – Wichita Lineman (single / Touch & Go, 1987)

Laurie Styvers – Imagine That the Lights Have Gone Out (Spilt Milk / Warner Bros., 1973)

Scritti Politti – A Slow Soul (Songs to Remember / Rough Trade, 1982)

The Tubs – I Don't Know How it Works (single / Prefect, 2020)

Anthony Moore – Catch a Falling Star (OUT / Drag City, 1976/2020)

Tappi Tíkarrass – Íþróttir (Miranda / Gramm, 1983)

Astute Palate – No Queen (Astute Palate / Petty Bunco, 2020)

Resavoir – Ill Wind (live) (Wild Violet compilation benefitting Chicago Community Jail Support)

Beau Wanzer – Busted and Bamboozled (Busted and Bamboozled / Ophism, 2020)

The Klinik – Braindamage (Melting Close + Sabotage / Antler, 1987)

Twinkeyz – E.S.P. (single / Grok, 1978)

Lead – Romance Tomorrow (excerpt) (Lead 2 / Radical Documents, 2020)

Dana Gillespie – Andy Warhol (Peephole in My Brain comp / Grapefruit, 1971/2020)

Rupert Hine – Kerosene (Pick Up a Bone / Purple/Capitol, 1971)

Leila – Melodicore (Like Weather / Modern Love, 1998/2020)

Episode 236, December 6th 2020

Chris Brokaw – Puritan (Puritan / 12XU, 2021)

Vladislav Delay/Sly Dunbar/Robbie Shakespeare – 521 (500-Push-Up / Sub Rosa, 2020)

Liars – Rose and Licorice (Atheists, Reconsider EP / Version City, 2004)

Milk Music – Beyond Living (Beyond Living / self-released, 2010)

Sylvie Marks – Baby Take Me a Little Bit Higher (single / Bpitch Control, 2001)

Adulkt Life – Room Context (Book of Curses / What’s Your Rupture?, 2020)

Savoy Motel – Crossword Puzzle (Love Your Face / Official Memorabilia, 2020)

Deep Purple – Blood Sucker (In Rock / Warner Bros., 1970)

Prisonshake – 2 Sisters (single / Scat, 1993)

Cherokee – Girl I’ve Got News for You (single / ABC, 1971)

The Toms – Til the End of the Day (The 1979 Sessions / Feel It, 2020)

The Presidents – 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love) (single / Sussex, 1970)

Subway Sect – Different Story (single / Rough Trade, 1978)

Rockin’ Horse – Don’t You Ever Think I Cry (Yes it Is / Philips, 1971 – Sing Sing 2013 re)

The PeeChees – Grease (Cup of Glory EP / Kill Rock Stars, 1994)

John Foxx – A New Kind of Man (Metamatic / Metal Beat, 1980)

Factory Floor – A Wooden Box (Untitled / Blast First Petite, 2010)

Identified Patient – The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (single / Common Thread, 2016)

The Van Pelt – The Speeding Train (single / Art Monk Construction, 1997)

Guardian Singles – Never Gonna See the Rain Again (Guardian Singles / Moral Support, 2020)

The Mob – Witch Hunt (JD Twitch Re-Edit) (Ten Inches of Fear / RVNG INTL, 2008)

The Jesus and Mary Chain – Rollercoaster (single / Blanco y Negro, 1992)

Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Knock on Wood (King & Queen / Stax, 1967)

Charles Earland – One for Scotty (Soul Story / Prestige, 1972)

The Main Ingredient – Work to Do (Afrodisiac / RCA, 1973)

Theo Parrish – Hennyweed Buckdance (Wuddaji / Sound Signature, 2020)

Désaccord Majeur – M.O.E.R. (Sunquake EP / A Colourful Storm, 2020)

Pigeons – Buoy (single / Soft Abuse, 2015)

Small World Experience – Leave (Shelf-Life / Siltbreeze, 1994/2016)

Vital Idles – My Sentiments (single / Not Unloved, 2016)

Teenage Fanclub – Every Picture I Paint (A Catholic Education / Matador, 1990)

Ruth – Mescalito (single / Poutre Apparante, 2007)

Speed – Speed (single / Real, 1995)

The Rolling Stones – Child of the Moon (single / London, 1968)

Comet Gain – I Was More of a Mess Then (single / Tapete, 2018)

Karen Dalton – In the Evening (It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best / Capitol, 1969)

Dick Diver – Waste the Alphabet (Melbourne, Florida / Trouble in Mind, 2015)

Polvo – Vibracobra (Cor-Crane Secret / Merge, 1992)

Tar – Goethe (Jackson / Amphetamine Reptile, 1991)

Big Black – Kerosene (Atomizer / Homestead, 1986)

Karp – I’d Rather Be Clogging (single / Punk in My Vitamins, 1994)

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AWAKE AT LAST Taps Spencer Charnas for "The Change"

Dover, DE based Dark Pop / Hard Rock Band AWAKE AT LAST has released a vivid visualizer for their single, “The Change (Feat. Spencer Charnas).”

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“‘The Change’ is anthemic and bold. It’s a call to arms to our listeners to not only make a change in themselves to pursue more fulfilling lives, but also to lead by example and BE the change in the world that show’s others they don’t have to be afraid to make the transformation themselves.””I can’t wait to finally release the title track of this amazing record we’ve worked so hard on.” – AWAKE AT LAST

Click HERE to Pre-Order The Change Online!

Catch AWAKE AT LAST Live with Famous Last Words, Dayshell & At My Mercy and Eyes Set To Kill & Rivals on 2019 Tour Dates

AWAKE AT LAST with Famous Last Words, Dayshell, and At My Mercy: 05/10 @ Legends Bar and Venue – Convington, KY 05/11 @ The Champ – Harrisburg, PA 05/12 @ Alchemy – Providence, RI 05/13 @ Revolution Music Hall – Amityville, NY 05/14 @ Kingsland – Brooklyn, NY 05/15 @ Championship – Trenton, NJ 05/16 @ Canal Club – Richmond, VA 05/17 @ Drunk Horse Pub – Fayetteville, NC 05/19 @ Soundbar – Orlando, FL 05/21 @ Crowbar – Tampa, FL 05/22 @ Connect Live – Acworth, GA 05/24 @ House Of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX 05/25 @ Dirty Dog Bar – Austin, TX 05/26 @ Prophet Bar – Dallas, TX 05/27 @ 89th St Collective – Oklahoma City 05/28 @ Fubar – St Louis, MO 05/29 @ Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA 05/30 @ Amsterdam Bar and Grill – St Paul, MN 05/31 @ Annex – Madison, WI 06/01 @ Citadel – Indianapolis, IN

AWAKE AT LAST with Eyes Set To Kill and Rivals: 06/28 @ Let There Be Rock School – Frederick, MD 07/01 @ Bungalow – Manchester, NH 07/02 @ Alchemy – Providence, RI 07/03 @ The Cave – West Haven, CT 07/05 @ Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY 07/06 @ Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI 07/07 @ Rockpile – Toronto, Ontario 07/08 @ Rockpile – Ottawa, Ontario 07/09 @ Salle Multi – Quebec City, Quebec 07/10 @ Piranha Bar – Montreal, Quebec 07/11 @ Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY 07/12 @ INKCarceration Fest – Mansfield, OH

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Both as a band and as individuals, Awake At Last continue to stand for positivity, spirituality, self-help and making an impact every single day. Returning with their debut full-length release, The Change, they have never sounded more confident, more energized, or been more determined to reach out to those who might be struggling in the world. The Change releases June 21st via Outerloop Records. “We pushed ourselves to our limits as songwriters,” states guitarist Imran Xhelili. “There is more variety on this record and there are songs that lean in a heavier rock/metal direction with other songs being a lot lighter and more dynamic. All of the choruses on this album have huge hooks, and there are more sections that are less guitar heavy and carried by different elements, like pianos and orchestral instruments.

The lyrics are also more direct in how they carry across the messages we have always had at the forefront of our music.” While making waves with their previous output, this combination is the sound of a band who have truly come into their own. From front to back, every song carries a message of hope. Having commenced writing for it even before the release of their Life/Death/Rebirth EP in 2016, the finished result is not something that came easily. “We all had demons we had to battle mentally and physically,” explains vocalist Vincent Torres. “You wouldn’t believe the pressure that comes down on you when you begin the process for a full length record. After we pushed through the turmoil and embraced the wonderful things that came as a reward it became pretty clear that what we had made should be called The Change. I think this is a perfect name, because it represents the spiritual evolution that we all went through.”

Having achieved a lot in 2018, including a stint on the final run of the Warped Tour – commencing the day after they finished tracking The Change – appearing on the iMatter Festival alongside Underoath and August Burns Red and opening for Asking Alexandria in Louisville, Kentucky, the band are striding into the fifth year of their existence on a high. The first taste of the record is single “Dead Generation”, which stands as a wake-up call, urging everyone who hears it to stand up and speak with their own voice, rather than becoming part of said dead generation. This perfectly represents both the band – rounded out by guitarist Eric Blackway, bassist/vocalist Tyler Greene and drummer Jon Finney – and their core message, continuing to place their fans first, and wanting to do all that they can to help improve their quality of life. “I want people to understand the symbiotic relationship between a band and its fanbase and I want them to feel like they’re along for the ride with us,” Torres states. “We are a band that is built on the foundation of endurance and perseverance, and nothing we’ve accomplished has been easily accessed. I want our fans to know that the reason we are able to live this dream is because they continue to support us and allow us to do so, but most of all I want them to understand that whatever it is that nurtures their soul can also be obtainable if they strive for it and believe in themselves.” Xhelili expounds on this, noting “As individuals, it can feel hard at times to find our own identity and our individual greater purpose. It all may feel rather heavy and bog us down constantly. However, we are here to take a stand and try to rise above all of that and be a respite for all of the darkness around us, as a shining light.” The casual listener also might be unaware of the interconnectedness of Awake At Last’s releases, with Torres explaining that there’s a deep-rooted storyline following a character on their journey through multiple lives.The Change in fact serves as a direct sequel to Life/Death/Rebirth. “The being who experienced the afterlife in Life/Death/Rebirth is reborn into a new vessel in The Change, but in order to interrupt the endless cycle of life and death they’ve been going through they attempt to imbue their new vessel with all of their cellular knowledge. They believed that by doing this the vessel in The Change could bring about a great revolution in the world and finally end the process so the soul may finally rest. What happens next is yet to be determined.”

The album was produced by Kile Odell of Failure Anthem and Josh Landry in Greensboro, NC, the energy and the dynamic of the team essential to shaping the record into its finished product. With Xhelili admitting the pressure of making a full-length was nerve-wracking, he also claims that this nervous energy helped them nail it down. “We all were striving and yearning for this to be the biggest and best album it could be and we all walked away very proud and satisfied with the end result.” For Torres, the process was not an easy one, the sessions taking a toll on him, having his lyrics chopped and changed by the production team after extensive demoing not something that immediately sat well with him. “It was hard fought but after all was said and done I’d learned so much about taking many words and turning them into poetry, and I believe the sessions made me a much better musician and songwriter. After some push and pull I think the compromises made created the perfect record and I think you can feel some of that struggle in the music, but also feel how to get through it.”The Change also marks the band’s transition from a fully independent band to one partnered up with Outerloop Records, which is a landmark event in their story. This partnership has allowed the band to make the album they want, and having the backing of a label will allow them to spread their music far further than they could with previous releases. “They believed in the vision we were striving for and we signed with them for this record to see the vision come to life,” explains Torres. “It is a bit of an adaptation process when you go from being completely DIY and independent to having a team behind you, but overall it’s really cool to be able to bounce ideas off of multiple sources and work with some amazing people who want the same thing that we do.”

As they continue to build momentum, the quintet’s ambitions remain true to their original aspirations: wanting to establish an even stronger connection to their fanbase. “I want to create a movement where individuals from all walks of life can come together and support one another as we continue to evolve and make changes in order to pursue fulfilling lives,” states Torres. Given the demons that had to be battled and overcome to reach this point it’s unsurprising how eager they are for people to hear what they have achieved. “This is the moment we’ve spent years working towards and these are by far the strongest Awake At Last songs we have written,” says Xhelili. “I feel proud of every single song that made the record and there is no filler. This is an album the fans can listen front to back and be immersed in the underlying concept and themes that tie it all together.”

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