Impulses

Say Anything… (1989), dir. Cameron Crowe

In The Mood For Love (2000)

La Strada (1954), dir. Federico Fellini

Who are you?  I am Death. Have you come for me? I’ve long been at your side.

THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman

ᴍᴏɴɪᴄᴀ ᴠɪᴛᴛɪ ɪɴ

𝗟'𝗔𝘃𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬)

Say anything you want against The Seventh Seal. My fear of death - this infantile fixation of mine - was, at that moment, overwhelming. I felt myself in contact with death day and night, and my fear was tremendous. But when I finished the picture... the fear went away. I have the feeling simply of having painted a canvas in a great hurry - with enormous pretension yet bereft of arrogance.

- Ingmar Bergman

Here are my favorite 5 of the year:

I Hope You're Right — Pool Kids (Apple Music)

Outline — Gleemer (Apple Music)

francis — Origami Angel (Apple Music)

Nothing On— Slowly Slowly (Apple Music)

Stoneham Blues — With The Punches (Apple Music)

I also made a playlist on Spotify and added YouTube links after the break — message me if you find something you love!

Music videos on YouTube below the break

I tried to keep things tonally consistent in the pop-punk/emo space, and tried to limit it to slightly lesser-known bands (I came very close to adding Eventually by State Champs, and would have loved to add some tracks by Pusha T, Charli XCX, and End It). If you want lots, lots more, I have a huge playlist post on my personal blog of my favorite music of the year.

This is a safe space, tell me your top 5 songs of the year.

Stunning poster for a straight-edge hardcore show in 2007. I was so fortunate to see Have Heart in Boston in 2019 for their reunion, but I wish I had stumbled into more shows like this when these bands were still active.

It's been a while since I posted a concert flyer and this one looks absolutely gorgeous too