Head full of water

It's such a terribly busy life, isn't it? Or, init?, as Londoners say. There's been so much I've wanted to blog about. Like, Thom Yorke's new album (amazeballs), some gigs I saw on Saturday, new music from here and there and just life in general. But the days pass by and I hardly have time to sit down. I work 2 jobs, I work out, I drink too much coffee and coconut water. Yesterday I baked these amazing vegan cupcakes and I ate way too many. Starting to feel quite fat now after weeks of eating. Pitiful.

Looking forward to the weekend so much! I'm finally doing CrossFit again on Saturday! So excited! And we're going to Brixton.
Last Saturday I was in New Cross with some friends. First we hung out at New Cross Inn, listening to a couple unknown bands. The second was quite good actually, they're called Reckless Ambition. I was expecting some indie from them, so I was quite surprised they played hard rock. I really liked the singers voice. I had a little chat afterward with him and he told me Guns 'n Roses is a big source of inspiration for him. Here's a track from them..



And sorry, no inspirational blogging here. I'm quite uninspired today. I just want to listen to music and zone out. I went to bed 9 PM last night again, and slept a solid 9 hours. Got up, went swimming, got two coffees, a green smoothie, a liter of coconut water and plain water and drank it all in 20 minutes. Story of today. Perhaps I have drowned myself.

x
Sara

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http://open.spotify.com/track/2ni7gpmGIFGSmctvMxKH9Y

New from Kendrick. Was supposed to post this earlier, but I've been so crazy busy.

Maybe we could just leave this place for good

First listen on NPR: Electric Youth - Innerworld. Click HERE to listen to the full album. I must say I'm liking everything I'm hearing on this radio. Definitely fits my Monday afternoon/evening mood. Electric Youth is a duo made up by Austin Garrick and Bronwyn Griffin. They've been dating since 8th grade. Cute huh?
Hope you guys like this album too!
On another note, today's been good. Work was nice and then I went swimming, which was awesome. I love the water. I miss the ocean and so just being able to swim in a pool and imagine I'm closer to the ocean is exactly what I need right now. Tomorrow I think I'm going to go swimming right away in the morning. Hopefully it'll be less people there then too. Probably not, but it's worth a try.

Hope you have an awesome week, now I'm going to hang out with my roomies for a while.

x
Sara

Moving past the feeling

This is a song I always seem to go back to. I was first introduced to it while listening to my all time favorite program All Songs Considered on NPR. Just listen to the lyrics, it's so painful it made me cry the first 5 times I listened to it. I think it still does that, if I let it.

The reason to me posting this song is hearing about my long lost love, or whatever fancy sounding cliché I should call that mess of a crush that ended up being nothing, got married. And it's not like I still have feelings, that was only for a little while, during a very confused time of my life, but it's so weird finding yourself in that situation where you know there's absolutely no chance left of ever being with that person, whether or not you want to. I guess I'm still confused of my feelings for this particular person. This is a person I pretty much grew up with, so you could say there's a lot of history. But those days are long gone now. And I'm sure our lives are better like this. Everyone has those what if moments sometimes and the more I think of the what if, the happier I am that things are as they are now. Life is too short to be stuck with a person who's not right for you.

Ok what a piece of chick lit this turned out to be. One of those days. Maybe I should do a whole week of heartbreak music. 

Jk.

I have my moments though.

Excuse me, princess

x

Crushing

Friday, yay. It's been a good week at work. I'm learning lots of stuff. And I'm becoming a professional Twitter stalker. In the future I can write that on my CV. Professional Twitter-stalker. Should come in handy, don't you think? Also, going out in London is very cheap. Especially if everyone else is buying rounds.

So to celebrate Friday I think we're gonna need some awesome music. Therefore I present Lil Silva's DJ Set. Yo, dude, I'm in love with you ok!? Wanna go out on a date? Fancy going on a date with me? Because I would share my chocolate with you. That's how much I like you.

GUYZ, HAVE A TERRIBLY EPIC WEEKEND. I'll be back.
x
desperate, chocolate addicted little me

It will end in tears and I won't be sorry

Philip Selway, best known as Radiohead's drummer, has a new album, Weatherhouse, coming out in October. Here's the single It Will End In Tears.

I quite like it. It's the kind of song I'd like to listen to after a long day of work, feeling accomplished and happy. Regardless of the lyrics, the song has got this tranquil feeling to it, like saying "I'm moving on and that's pretty great". Does that make any sense?

We could spend a lifetime in a weatherhouse

x

Sara

Drowned in Angry Beats

This morning I put Vessel's new album on my playlist, after reading reviews stating "Fans of Massive Attack will like this album", which obviously got my hopes up high in the skies. But after the first listen of the album, I was not impressed.

So this afternoon I gave it another try and it sounds better when I'm not expecting a Massive Attack sound. Not too bad. Anima (below) is in fact really good. Quite heavy and uneasy music I'd say. A bit angry maybe. Kin to Coal is my favorite track on the album.

"What does 'Englishness' in music really mean?" is the question Vessel is apparently trying to answer with this album.
Read a review here.

x
Sara

alt-J/this is all yours

It's on Spotify! Finally! #stuckonreplay
Hunger Of The Pine is my favorite so far.

x

Music for Monday

You know what? Tomorrow is in need of a playlist. Wake up, make yourself a nice cup of coffee, listen to this and your week will be amazing.

(Can't wait for alt-J's new album to drop on the 22nd)

We're In Need Of Someone Wonderful

Hi guys. I'm sitting here in my caftan, eating the most amazing vegan cupcake I've ever tasted. It's got peanut butter and bananas and egg-free mayonnaise. And probably a lot of sugar. Almost as good as watermelon.
So, again the week has passed by. I've been working and therefore spending long days in front of the computer. So obviously I've been happy to not touch the computer in the weekend. It's been a weird weekend, Friday was unexpectedly strange, Saturday was a bit of a drag and today's been slow. Our roomies organized a cool tea party for us though, hence the cupcake. And both Friday and today I went running in Victoria Park, which I love. Beautiful greens, trees, flowers and perfect temperature for running. Makes me wish it'd be September forever.
I've been listening to Saint Saviour (Becky Jones, a singer-songwriter from England who formerly fronted Groove Armada) a lot this weekend. She's got such a beautiful and captivating voice. Fallen Trees is my favorite song by her so far, but I'm really excited about hearing her new album In The Seams that'll be released November 3rd.
So that's about it for this weekend. Hope you all have an awesome Monday tomorrow. I'll for sure be sitting by the computer from 9 AM to 5 PM. Nothing bad with that, I'm just sayin'.

Bye lovelies.

x
Sara

 

Whsprs

Life in London is awesome. Shoreditch is just the coolest. I've been listening to quite a lot of electronic music the last few days, there's so much awesome music out there. And so many concerts to go to, my goodness!

Tomorrow there's this movie night we're going to, it'll be awesome! And there's a lot going on this week, can't wait for all the days that are yet to come!

S

The Better Life

1 week and I'm moving to London. It's FINALLY time. I am beyond excited. Happy. Thrilled. All I need to do is to get all of my clothes in my suitcase. Which is harder than it sounds.

Vihdoinkin aika muuttaa! Ihan mahtavaa. Nyt Lontoo oottaa. Enää täytyy saada vaatteet mahtumaan matkalaukkuun. Vaikeempa kuin miltä se kuulostaa.

S

PS. Since it's been forever since I've blogged, you're gonna get some music bombing.