Log of things i’m consuming this year :).

books read

• Travesties by Tom Stoppard
• There Is No Antimimetics Division by qntm
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• A Short History of Decay by Emil Cioran

currently reading

• Just Kids by Patti Smith
• Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li

soon to read

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• Diaspora by Greg Egan
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

music!!

new albums ive listened (and maybe reviewed) in 2025

jan/feb:

• Cucumber by Metal Bubble Trio (review, 5/5 stars)
• Butterfly Lovers Jazz Suite by Faith Luo (a good friend of mine!! please listen)
• Details by Frou Frou (amazing, 10/10 album)
• IM MYSELF I TRUST by CHERRY! (literally such an unknown artist but so so good you have to listen.)
• jazzy but not too jazzy by take your time
• In Waves (Deluxe) by jamie xx (saw him live as well, but made the mistake of not getting floor ticketrs so it was kind of underwhelming…)
• Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd
• Burnout Days by flipturn (review, 4/5 stars)
• Horror by Bartees Strange (review, 5/5 stars)
• Automatic by The Lumineers (review, 4/5 stars)
• Oh! The Ocean by The Wombats (review, 3.5/5 stars)
• Saint Motel & The Symphony in the Sky by Saint Motel (review, 3.5/5 stars)
• Perverts by Ethel Cain
• Live From Vienna (FM4 Session) by Milky Chance and ORF Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• BELLAdonna by ZORA
• Balloonerism by Mac Miller (review, 4.5/5)
• EUSEXUA by FKA Twigs
• SAYA by Saya Gray
• Reflections (from the Vault of Smoke + Mirrors) by Imagine Dragons
• Dreaming My Dreams With You by the Cranberries
• The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting

march/april/may:

• Ants from Up There by Black Country, New Road (review, 4.5/5 stars)
• Sable, fABLE by Bon Iver
• Hospice by The Antlers (review, 4.5/5 stars)
• Z D A Y by ZORA
• Dancing Critters by Broken Brass (fire big brass band vibe)
• Mercurial World (Deluxe) by Magdalena Bay (genuinely a 10/10 album, beautiful tasty sounds and lyrics)
• Forever is a Feeling by Lucy Dacus