Minor pains, once borne
no longer intrude
no longer interfere
with our productivity.
We can imagine a field
erased by snow
though when closely
inspected found
to be instead leveled
with unimaginable numbers
of white pills, each pill
identically stamped,
ready to be taken in twos
every six hours
while the pain lasts.
The sort of music that is beyond time.
The sort of music that you feel more than you hear.
I love the fact that vaporwave/dreampunk projects like these have such extremely evocative aesthetics they directly fill your mind with sensations you didn't know you had. You'd maybe think it relies on that solely, but it's coupled with gorgeous musicianship + intense production ideas. The volume and spaces it creates just pull you in instantly whatever your initial mood was.
Still stunning to this day. SUPRAQUENCER
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