I have purchased two albums this month, and they could not be more opposite of each other.
First, an album by The Builders and The Butchers: Salvation is a Deep Dark Well. This is folk rock, so it’s obviously got a much stronger country bent than you would expect from me, but it’s much deeper and way less stupid than country. A fun mix of banjo, violin, an mandolin make this album really stand out from the bulk of my collection, and the punchy, upbeat tunes are nicely juxtaposed against bleak and macabre lyrics.
Next, Endless Fantasy from Anamanaguchi. This is a modern techno-pop album that features the use of a Game Boy as an instrument. It’s effects-heavy instrumentals and chiptunes which are influenced by j-pop and video games. One song is called “Meow” and, unsurprisingly, leans on synthetic mewling as a substitute for actual vocals. Another song does have human vocals, but they are nonsense in the style of a Japanese person with a very loose grasp on English writing English lyrics because English is hip.
So don’t you ever suggest that my taste in music isn’t broad.