it’s one thing to not like new music, i think that’s normal, people discover the music they like fairly early on and usually get kinda stuck in it. but all the people saying new music is objectively garbage and people just have garbage taste now? yea they got that boomer mentality where the stuff they like from their youth is the golden age, everything else is inferior, and their opinions are facts
I dig new music and follow a bunch of artists who are releasing things right now. Over the last few years I’ve been introduced to entirely new genres and have fallen in love with them. This is the best time ever to be into music, there’s unprecedented variety and even very niche things can grow a strong community. Suffice it to say I do not believe that my personal taste has been cemented
But at the same time imo the typical pop music you hear in public has genuinely been getting worse. Some stuff is okay but a lot of it feels inauthentic. Just my 2c, I wouldn’t argue the point in objective terms
I’m in the exact same boat re: your first paragraph and I used to think the same re: your second paragraph, then I looked up the top charts from the 90s and yeah… it was always bad lol.
I want new music. I love new music. My problem is that it’s mostly all been done and everything sounds the fucking same. Even the vast majority of bands from my youth, when they put out a new album or song, it’s just the same old thing. And that’s what sucks— I don’t need 20 albums that all sound the same. That being said, sometimes new stuff really does suck. Perfect example: mumble rap. I love some good rap of varying sub-genres, but mumble rap is just [mumbles something unintelligible]. As a musician, I approach new stuff fairly objectively and try to give it a fair chance. That doesn’t mean it’s objectively good. It doesn’t mean that just because it’s old, it’s good, either. There is plenty of old music that sucks. There will always be music that sucks. That’s just how it is. Elder Millennial, BTW, just for the record.
A Sound Of Thunder aren’t doing anything that unique musically, but a few of their songs do this really cool thing of blending history and myth and rewriting them into something new. For example they took Herodotus’ account of Tomyris and transformed it into a feminist story. They also made a cover of the Catalonian national anthem that got played at the protests a few years ago.
You’ve probably heard of Amaranthe because they’re really popular, but they still did something totally new by mixing pop and metal with three front singers.
Van Canto also revolutionised Acapella by putting their voices through guitar amps to sing metal.
Falconer’s gimmick of doing bardic tales in metal isn’t that novel, but it’s beautifully executed.
I definitely want to check out Van Canto. Your description of A Sound of Thunder made me think of how Skynd does songs about real murders/serial killers. Check 'em out if you haven’t already. Great recommends, but I want something completely new. Not to sound like one of the best episodes of the Mighty Boosh, but I’m looking for the new sound. lol
Thomas Bergersen once put synths and trumpets in the same song when he made Dragon Rider, but that was only for one song because he doesn’t believe in genre.
I frequently burn myself out on music so I listen to a lot of new stuff, mainly hip hop and all sorts of electronic. I’ve just been a top 50 chart hater for years
it’s one thing to not like new music, i think that’s normal, people discover the music they like fairly early on and usually get kinda stuck in it. but all the people saying new music is objectively garbage and people just have garbage taste now? yea they got that boomer mentality where the stuff they like from their youth is the golden age, everything else is inferior, and their opinions are facts
I dig new music and follow a bunch of artists who are releasing things right now. Over the last few years I’ve been introduced to entirely new genres and have fallen in love with them. This is the best time ever to be into music, there’s unprecedented variety and even very niche things can grow a strong community. Suffice it to say I do not believe that my personal taste has been cemented
But at the same time imo the typical pop music you hear in public has genuinely been getting worse. Some stuff is okay but a lot of it feels inauthentic. Just my 2c, I wouldn’t argue the point in objective terms
I’m in the exact same boat re: your first paragraph and I used to think the same re: your second paragraph, then I looked up the top charts from the 90s and yeah… it was always bad lol.
I want new music. I love new music. My problem is that it’s mostly all been done and everything sounds the fucking same. Even the vast majority of bands from my youth, when they put out a new album or song, it’s just the same old thing. And that’s what sucks— I don’t need 20 albums that all sound the same. That being said, sometimes new stuff really does suck. Perfect example: mumble rap. I love some good rap of varying sub-genres, but mumble rap is just [mumbles something unintelligible]. As a musician, I approach new stuff fairly objectively and try to give it a fair chance. That doesn’t mean it’s objectively good. It doesn’t mean that just because it’s old, it’s good, either. There is plenty of old music that sucks. There will always be music that sucks. That’s just how it is. Elder Millennial, BTW, just for the record.
Bloodywood is doing something new
HOLY FUCK YEAH! Thanks for this. Reminds me a lot of Skindred, but Indian instead of Reggae-fuzed. Cheers!
A Sound Of Thunder aren’t doing anything that unique musically, but a few of their songs do this really cool thing of blending history and myth and rewriting them into something new. For example they took Herodotus’ account of Tomyris and transformed it into a feminist story. They also made a cover of the Catalonian national anthem that got played at the protests a few years ago.
You’ve probably heard of Amaranthe because they’re really popular, but they still did something totally new by mixing pop and metal with three front singers.
Van Canto also revolutionised Acapella by putting their voices through guitar amps to sing metal.
Falconer’s gimmick of doing bardic tales in metal isn’t that novel, but it’s beautifully executed.
I definitely want to check out Van Canto. Your description of A Sound of Thunder made me think of how Skynd does songs about real murders/serial killers. Check 'em out if you haven’t already. Great recommends, but I want something completely new. Not to sound like one of the best episodes of the Mighty Boosh, but I’m looking for the new sound. lol
Thomas Bergersen once put synths and trumpets in the same song when he made Dragon Rider, but that was only for one song because he doesn’t believe in genre.
I frequently burn myself out on music so I listen to a lot of new stuff, mainly hip hop and all sorts of electronic. I’ve just been a top 50 chart hater for years
Are we the same person??
Nah. I like new (but most of it is trash) but some oldies are timeless.