The New Fourm

Time to look at the favorites playlist on my old (pre 2013) last.fm account!

• In My Eyes - Body Talk Pt. 2 - Robyn
  • I was really into this EP, and this song in particular, back in high school. Haven't really thought of Robyn very much since then, apart from when she was a guest judge on Drag Race. I think this is really catchy and hopeful though. Side note I love when songs shout out like a record label or a producer at the beginning of the track. "Red One, Konvict, Gaga" at the beginning of Lady Gaga's Just Dance is so iconic.
• I'd Like - Nomvula - Freshlyground
  • I only just learned right now somehow that there's a music video for this, but I linked to the full song instead because the video cuts it up in a way that I think diminishes the emotional buildup. It's such a beautiful song. I first heard it as a dubstep remix.
• Don't Let It Go To Your Head - Sunday Love - Fefe Dobson
  • This is way more rock and edgy than anything else I listen to but I still love it. It's a really good album overall. I got into her because Jordin Sparks covered this song on her second album, which was the first album I ever bought. Selena Gomez also covered a different song on the album lol. Sunday Love went unreleased for a number of years but it got released digitally at some point.
• Love Is Dead - Love Is Dead - Kerli
  • Okay this fucks. Why am I not listening to this every day. Intense but also beautiful. I actually wrote a review of this album on my blog 14 years ago lol.

BeelieveinBees wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:43 pm

• Breathe In - Terra Lumina - Terra Lumina
  • Fucking loved this album when I was in highschool and my first go at college when being a STEM major was a significant part of my identity. It's still pretty good! Nerdy as fuck but it has a nice sound.

This is a very pretty song! Those plants sound cool I hope they're doing alright.

BeelieveinBees wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:43 pm

• Dawn of Man - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - Michael Guy Bowman
  • This album is the first bandcamp purchase on my account! At least, the since removed version that was on the official homestuck bandcamp was. I still greatly enjoy Bowman's sound. I really should get his independent work.

Is this the guy that did I Don't Want to Miss a Thing for homestuck??? I recognize the voice omg. THIS GUY MADE SBURBAN JUNGLE??????

https://www.fourisland.com/quotes/699

BeelieveinBees wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:43 pm

• Stellar Alchemist - The Sky is Calling - Kim Boekbinder
  • Another science themed song and album that I loved in highschool. This one one of the first non-homestuck albums I bought independent of my dad's music, and frankly, I was right, this fucks. I should listen to it more.

This song samples a recording taken by NASA . It's pretty bopping though!

BeelieveinBees wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:43 pm

• Keep Breathing - Be Okay - Ingrid Michaelson
  • This was music that I inherited from my dad back in middle school, and one of my favorite songs by this artist. There's no way I had an undiagnosed anxiety disorder what are you talking about.

This sounds like something I'd listen to in high school. It's sweet. The only other Ingrid song I know is Boys Chase Girls.

BeelieveinBees wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 3:43 pm

• Sedna - The Road To Santiago - Heather Dale
  • Another middle school favorite. Possibly even elementary? Heather Dale was one of the first artists I found on my own as a small. This song has the honor of being what I named my first fic after! Why I decided a ship named Sedna would be going to Mars when there's a fucking dwarf planet named Sedna is beyond present me, but I was in a pretty fucking weird brainspace when I started that fic so who knows.

Yessss I recognized the name! I like it, it's got a bassline, it's got that folk Irish singing inflection. Heck yeah.