The Cold Front
the cold front was meant as a chance to explore the music one might hear at night in late autumn. the sunny days are losing warmth, and the nights have moved beyond chilly, becoming cold. these autumn nights are grasping at winter, and it sure feels like it. as the temperature drops, the streets become quieter, and a sort of social coldness also overtakes the areas we live in. this short span of time brings to mind a particular brand of music. some of it sterile and distant, as though the cold has overtaken our music as well as our lives. but it also brings a hidden warmth, found in the lively gatherings behind glowing windows that illuminate the streets. the cold front explores the second, darker part of autumn, just before winter arrives. it can be just as welcoming as it is isolating.
Boogiepop Phantom OST
this album is meant to cement the notion of clinical distance. the soundtrack to **Boogiepop Phantom** is well worth the time, especially as mental and social separation find their way into our lives. i’ve spent a lot of time with this album while shut in, focused on work that can only be accomplished while secluded from the world. the cold front is here.
Extra terrestrial Biological Entities
EGOIST’s album was meant for a time now long gone. the matrix of artificial and dehumanized techno-centric music is a way to connect with disconnection. sometimes the best parts of this late autumn season are the separation, the isolation, the internalization. autumn is the best time to get away, to feel melancholy, to revel in it. yet, somewhere toward the end of this album, there’s a reconnection. a humanity.
PURPLE
that close touch of winter doesn’t need to be all-encompassing. one of the best parts of the season is how warmth becomes more prized and sought after than ever. the warmth of people you know, a good drink, the closeness of others. Spangle Call Lilli Line’s album is guaranteed to feel like a necessary shot of whiskey on a frozen night. it’s a chance to get warm and settled before the season changes fully into winter.
hades
this album is the definition of cold. with their album **Hades**, my dead girlfriend nukes humanity and approachability, the long-lost remnants and qualities of summer. their sound is built off the forming icicles of a coming winter. intermittent electronica, in tandem with all-out, insurmountable rock, makes for one of the heaviest and snowiest albums featured on the site to this day. this is especially true of “hades in the dead of winter,” which has a detached signature sound iconic of the coming winter. as autumn fades, it’s the only song i am thinking of.
