New series alert and other things!
Hi all!
Hope you're all doing well.
I got a devastating case of COVID, and that knocked me out for about two weeks. I'm taking a minor break from interviews as I work on several profiles, but I'm starting a review series soon called the Silent Majority Report, where I look at music that isn't normally written about seriously and take it incredibly seriously.
I've been experimenting with a bunch of series lately – aside from the music production series Nothing Deep To Say, there was The Depths with Celeste and Bess Atwell and Beyond The Page with Mic The Snare and Spectrum Pulse.
Let me know what you like and what you want to see more of on this newsletter! It's been a joy so far <3
SILENT MAJORITY REPORT
ISSUE 1:
Twenty One Pilots' Clancy, which answers the long-standing question "is all the lore leading to something or is it just a metaphor for Tyler Joseph's neuroses?"
Lawrence's Family Business, which answers the less-long-standing question "what if AJR was actually as fun and charming as AJR thinks their music is?"
ISSUE 2:
Imagine Dragons' Loom, which answers the even-less-long-standing question "what does a 10-track back-to-basics Imagine Dragons record sound like?"
OneRepublic's Artificial Paradise, which answers the question "what does OneRepublic possibly have to offer in 2024?"
In non-newsletter news, a podcast I edit called ArtMuse just launched its second season – go listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!
I've also been writing on pop music site Singles Jukebox, one of the first places to publish me and many other music writers when I was first starting out; I particularly enjoyed writing my Lorde and Charli XCX blurb about how confusing it is to be a girl (girl, girl) and my Sabrina Carpenter blurb that I hope doesn't embarrass me (motherfuckerrr).
And I'm working on some of my own music and some other people's music! I haven't mixed and mastered other people's music as much lately but I'd love to start that up again.
I was going to have the first issue out by the end of this month, but it's likely going to be first week of August. Second issue will be end of August :)
See you soon!
