What I appreciate most is how the listening never feels performative. You’re not trying to win taste or assert authority—you’re letting albums exist alongside the uncomfortable realization that time keeps moving whether or not we feel synchronized with it.
The section about watching people you once sat next to for eight hours a day now live radically different lives felt especially true. There’s no nostalgia cosplay here—just the strange vertigo of realizing that shared timelines don’t guarantee shared futures.
Your writing about Jana Horn, in particular, shows a real sensitivity to restraint—how silence and sparseness can hold more emotional weight than confession ever could. That instinct shows up in your prose too.
Really strong week. Thank you for letting the messiness stay visible.
That Courtney Marie Andrews album 😍 so dreamy.
Enjoying the Horn and Andrews albums this week for sure
Courtney and Jana have been real comforts this season. Thanks for the lovely roundup!
What I appreciate most is how the listening never feels performative. You’re not trying to win taste or assert authority—you’re letting albums exist alongside the uncomfortable realization that time keeps moving whether or not we feel synchronized with it.
The section about watching people you once sat next to for eight hours a day now live radically different lives felt especially true. There’s no nostalgia cosplay here—just the strange vertigo of realizing that shared timelines don’t guarantee shared futures.
Your writing about Jana Horn, in particular, shows a real sensitivity to restraint—how silence and sparseness can hold more emotional weight than confession ever could. That instinct shows up in your prose too.
Really strong week. Thank you for letting the messiness stay visible.
Thank you endlessly, Howard. It's already a pleasure getting to listen and write these every week, but connecting with you all is the best part.
Thanks. I'm trying real hard to stay caught up this year.
Truthfully, me too! I felt so behind and missed so many early albums last year
Love Courtney and Jana and plan to spend time checking those out this week.
You won’t regret it!