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CULLI. // CONTROL_: Wearing The Crown of Chaos + Surrender
Culli., a Netherlands based artist doesn’t mince words when jumping right in, head first, clothes and all. He wastes no time getting straight to the point, setting the scene to let you in on his mental landscape.
POST ANIMAL // PIE IN THE SKY: Big Cheddar, Bigger Feelings
Pie In The Sky is an unexpected wonder, and even more unexpectedly personal, in my humble opinion. Photo via Post Animal’s Instagram.
SUNGAZE// The Holiness of Suffering: On The Art of Shoegazing, Sad Girl Spring, and the Soundtrack of Becoming
Sad Girl Spring isn’t a trend— it’s a sacred rite regardless your gender or age or religion. Sungaze provides the soundtrack to becoming, one bone-deep ache at a time.
CULLI. //: HOW_TO_LIVE_FOREVER_: A Song That Feels Like Teenage Time Travel
Culi.’s HOW_TO_LIVE_FOREVER_ isn’t just a song — it’s a three-minute time machine for anyone who’s ever soundtracked their life with MySpace bulletins, AIM away messages, and burned CD mixes.
POST ANIMAL // LAST GOODBYE: A Song for the Ones Who Never Got to Say It
SIDE A: A song can hit you like a letter from a past life. Post Animal’s latest single, “Last Goodbye,” cracked open a floodgate of memories — desert highways, canteen fish (just go with it) and the kind of longing only music can unearth.
POST ANIMAL // LAST GOODBYE: A Song for the Ones Who Never Got to Say It
SIDE B: If side A was for the ones still searching for closure. Side B is for the ones who know they’ll never get it. A nod to the drought-shaped ghosts we carry and the strange comfort of being both homesick and finally, finally free.
DJO // THE CRUX: The Crossroads of Sound and Self
SIDE A: “The Crux isn’t picky. It hits you when it hits you — humbling you and knocking you flat on your face, knocking teeth out and scraping palms while you try and catch your fall.”