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Jan 3Liked by Matthew Schnipper

Lemon Quartet! So glad to see them here. Also Johanna Orellana. And Cousin, my new obsession!!

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All so good! I really loved Lemon Quartet's first LP and I have the record and put it on at home but I missed the new one when it came out a few months ago and I wish I had not because it is great. Should have been on my best of the year list

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Jan 3Liked by Matthew Schnipper

Also: I've had this crazy sensation recently where I am PERTURBED by music..it happened a few months ago. It's like...suddenly hating eggs one day? This playlist is kind of like a really incredible omelette I can't say no to?

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I weirdly wrote about something like that in an essay - how some people thinks parsley tastes like soap and some people think it tastes like parsley. I was never a soap person but at some point a lot of music tasted like soap. I dipped my toes back in really gently - a lot of piano - and I got back to level after a while...

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Jan 3Liked by Matthew Schnipper

Really nice. Hyper for Love is auditory valium...or some sort of anti-anxiety pill.

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