July 4th fireworks in DC.
Favorite Albums 2011
1. James Blake - James Blake
2. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
3. Bon Iver - Bon Iver Bon Iver
4. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
5. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
6. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
7. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
8. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
9. Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
11. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
12. Tune-Yards - Whokill
13. Real Estate - Days
14. Cut Copy - Zonoscope
15. Braids - Native Speaker
And five more in alphabetical order:
Andy Stott - Passed Me By
Cults - Cults
Kanye West and Jay Z - Watch the Throne
Sepalcure - Sepalcure
The Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
I moved back to the Boston area in September and started living in Cambridge for the first time. I’ve explored a bunch but haven’t really taken the camera out for a walk.
The night of November 17th, I was sick and had had a long day at school. I ended up coming home to nap for a bit before heading out to TT the Bear’s to catch Youth Lagoon, a band I had been listening to nonstop for the past month. Their album “The Year of Hibernation” is lovely and perfect for my first fall back in New England, after two splendid years living in California. The album is dreamy and personal and somewhat inward and insular, but it the music somehow retains this warm feel to it that really appeals to me.
Anyways, the show was incredible. And I ended up walking up to the lead singer, Trevor Powers (who’s basically the band), to tell him the show was great. He caught me off guard by introducing himself and engaging me in a short conversation. There was an ease and humility about him I really dug and it really made sense given how personal and honest his music feels to me.
It was near 1:30 or so when I got home, despite being a bit ill, I couldn’t go to bed. And so I went for a walk with my camera instead. It felt really peaceful to stumble around the streets of my neighborhood in the dark by myself.
