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Category Archives: Recorded Music
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Orion – Witch’s Blood
“Witch’s Blood” by Orion works a spell of converging time periods and ignites within me a nostalgia for events that never happened, or that I never experienced. It wastes no time in getting down to its main progression, with prickly … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: NIGHT of 21 HOURS – “Flight Risk”
The origin of NIGHT of 21 HOURS is written on their Bandcamp page: By the winter of 2020, approximately 9 months of COVID related isolation had started to wear on me. That’s when this started. The credits on ISOLATION, their … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Night Owl – “Lunar Ghost Phase”
As you might expect, Night Owl’s “Lunar Ghost Phase” is perfect nighttime music. Specifically, driving at night. Specifically-er, driving late, late at night, the neon from empty bars reflected in the rain-slicked streets ahead of you. The interplay of guitar, … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Saint Nefarious – “All Promise Is Bust”
Our dear friend Lattney (see also Grumpy Bear, Holly and the Dead Saints)’s newest offering, “All Promise Is Bust” does not come from a happy place. You can hear the darkness creeping in with the first slow, heavy drum beats … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Die Geister Beschwören – “A Cultivation of Reflective & Meditational Skills”
Before I get to the psychfolk epic-in-miniature that is “A Cultivation of Reflective & Meditational Skills,” please allow me to share my love for this act’s chosen name: Die Geister Beschwören may not roll off of your tongue, but it … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Sceneries, Placements – “Handful of Hope”
I don’t know if Sceneries, Placements were thinking of Emily Dickinson when they concocted the delicately peculiar “Handful of Hope,” but the first thing that came to my mind as I pondered the title, and this piece, was the phrase … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Bike Monday – “The Snow”
Do you believe in love at first sight? Do you believe in love at first sight when it comes to a song? I do. Listeners of vinyl records are aware that certain songs will grab you simply by the way … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “Moon Chariot”
I feel like every time I sit down to write about a Virgin of the Birds song, I can’t help but comment on just how dang Virgin-of-the-Birds-y it is. And here we are again. “Moon Chariot,” Jon Rooney’s newest idiosyncratic … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Elisa Flynn – “Stand Tall”
This song is reminiscent of something just at the tip of your tongue. It’s a song you already know and love. You haven’t actually heard it before. Yet it feels familiar. “Stand Tall” has a super ’80s vibe with the … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 63 Songs: Mike Votava – “Broken Heads”
To hear a Mike Votava song is to find yourself wanting to call him up immediately and bypass the whole “getting to know you” thing and go straight to hanging out and laughing about life’s ridiculous inanities. I don’t know … Continue reading