“lighten up”
you told me I’m bright enough
to know we all love slow
but I’m not sure if the world is
capable of loving anything
in good health, beyond it’s worth
you keep my eyes in hold
you’re green and gold
with your feet in the dirt
so I’ve finally gone out on a limb
in the hopes that I could breathe something
a little more sweet
reaching up in threes, and
as simple as I want to be
a nest of robins in her hair
do you know what you really want?
(poems are lived everywhere)
I’ve got a perfect view
blonde and blue
the sky and the earth
Perfectly encapsulates the teenage experience. Finding this album while still young and in high school was the best decision I've made in quite awhile. charlesjr
Julien Baker is an acquired taste - assuming of course you’ve acquired great taste in singer songwriters… beautiful, devastating, honest, insightful… I’ve not heard a single song of hers that hasn’t left me in absolute awe. crisbroadhurst
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A pop-punk compilation benefitting the beloved Club 85 venue in Hertfordshire, UK, featuring contributions from 32 bands. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2020
This Atlanta group have a unique take on Americana, bridging queer cabaret culture of the 1920s and '30s with punchy contemporary rock. Bandcamp New & Notable May 28, 2019
It's unfortunate that Marietta disbanded, but they couldn't have ended on a better note. As it Were is a reflection into a lot of youths' struggle with both aging and losing friends to time, and that it's okay to feel those things, even if for a little while. Halfrican Jones