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Happy Independence Day, Nigeria.

Post author By Gracey Abrahm
Post date October 1, 2024

"25 Interesting Facts about Nigeria and Nigerians" by Abdulkabir Olatunji. Uploaded to Coolstuff49ja licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Onism is a word coined by author and poet John Konieg that refers to the bitter realization of how little of the world you will ever truly experience.

Sadly, with the thousands of cultures alive today, most of us will only be a part of one, or perhaps a few if we are lucky.

Driven by this realization, I’ve embarked on a journey to immerse myself in as many cultures as humanly possible—what better way to do so than through a medium similar across every culture–Music?

Today, this journey takes us to the continent of Africa and to a country you have perhaps heard of before—the giants of Africa, Nigeria.

Happy Independence Day, Nigeria.

What do you know about Nigeria?

Just like most African countries, Nigeria was colonized by a European nation — Britain.

Nigeria is a country located in West Africa that boasts a population of over 233 million people who speak over 525 languages. It is the most populated country in Africa and the 7th in the world. Nigeria is widely known for its music, food and fashion industry.

Tags Afrobeat, celebration, Independence day, music, NC State, Nigeria, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Classic Album Review

Soundbites: Andrei Eremin & Kučka – “Anhedoniac”

Post author By dirty chai ☽
Post date September 30, 2024

Cover for 2015 single "Anhedoniac" by Andrei Eremin, featuring Kučka.

“Anhedoniac” brings to mind a beach in the wintertime, where the cold is pensive and the air is pristine; the swells of voice and sound are like solar flares in slow motion (or a lava lamp).

While I was looking for songs to play on one of my sets, I stumbled upon Andrei Eremin’s track “Anhedoniac ” off of his 2015 EP “Pale Blue,” and was immediately intrigued. It features vocals from the charmingly extraterrestrial Kučka, and it is hypnotic.

Part of why I find it so fascinating is because, in my opinion, it kind of lacks the distinct 2010s electropop sound. In my head it’s comparable to “Innocence” by Flume, featuring AlunaGeorge, in how its deep-space atmosphere removes it from the throes of time. The synths of “Anhedoniac” wax and wane like ocean under a permanent red sun, and although ambient, the song is not aeriform.

Alongside Eremin’s gorgeous production, Kučka’s voice contributes a svelte substance to the mix. She takes her time, as if she was reading a poem she had written herself. Her vocals are a sensory experience: the words “[Y]ou could destroy me” sound like a sworn truth as they come out of her mouth, a revelation and a confession all at once.

Eremin has worked with several artists since, including the likes of Hiatus Kaiyote, Tash Sultana, Sampa the Great, MAY-A, Ta-ku, Wafia, and Kllo, but has not put out any new tracks of his own. He’s an elusive presence for sure, but his influence is not insubstantial, however quiet it may be. Here’s to hoping we get something new from him one of these days.

love & disco,

dirty chai <3

Tags Afterhours, Andrei Eremin, Kučka, soundbites, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Chainsaw Charts 9/23/24

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 28, 2024

Chainsaw Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	ABHORIA	Depths	Prosthetic
2	HEMOTOXIN	When Time Becomes Loss	Pulverised
3	KRIEGSHOG	Love & Revenge	La Vida Es Un Mus
4	HAMMOK	Look How Long Lasting Everything Is Moving Forward for Once	Thirty Something
5	MASSA NERA	D//Q//B 2.0	Self-Released
6	THOU	Umbilical	Sacred Bones
7	TRHA	Av◊ëlajnt◊ë£ Hinnem Nihre	Floating Downward
8	ULCERATE	Cutting The Throat Of God	Debemur Morti
9	ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE	Vengeance Of Eternal Fire	Profound Lore
10	CEREMONY OF SILENCE	Halios	Willowtip

Chainsaw Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	CONCRETE WINDS	Concrete Winds	Sepulchral Voice
2	PYRRHON	Exhaust	Willowtip

Tags charts, college radio, NACC Weekly Charts, NC State, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Afterhours Charts 9/23/24

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 27, 2024

Afterhours Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	ME AND MY KIDNEY	Endless Login	Gimmedanger
2	THE SUBTHEORY	Shark Tank	Temporary Home
3	PHOSPHORRGIRL	seagate mixtape	Self-Released
4	OBLIVIOUS	Eternal Luciddream	Lost Frog
5	HIRAETHTRASH	“[Untitled]” [Single]	Self-Released
6	SUPER MURAKAMI BEST HITS	VARIOUS ARTISTS	Lost Frog
7	KINOTEKI	“In Yr Head (U were the one)” [Single]	Self-Released
8	GUTTERPINK	Your Services Are No Longer Needed	Self-Released
9	WHOMADEWHO	Kiss & Forget	The Moment
10	LSDXOXO	DOGMA	Because

Afterhours Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	PHOSPHORRGIRL	seagate mixtape	Self-Released
2	ME AND MY KIDNEY	Endless Login	Gimmedanger
3	THE SUBTHEORY	Shark Tank	Temporary Home
4	HIRAETHTRASH	“[Untitled]” [Single]	Self-Released
5	TURQUOISEDEATH	“So Far Away” [Single]	Self-Released
6	LSDXOXO	DOGMA	Because
7	WHOMADEWHO	Kiss & Forget	The Moment
8	GUTTERPINK	Your Services Are No Longer Needed	Self-Released
9	SUPER MURAKAMI BEST HITS	VARIOUS ARTISTS	Lost Frog
10	KINOTEKI	“In Yr Head (U were the one)” [Single]	Self-Released

Tags NACC Weekly Charts, NC State, Raleigh, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Underground Charts 9/23/24

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 27, 2024

Underground Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	ROSIE LOWE	Lover, Other	Blue Flowers/PIAS
2	HAVIAH MIGHTY	“Double The Fun” [Single]	Mighty Gang Inc.
3	WISEBOY JEREMY	“Eyez Water” feat. Pink Siifu [Single]	Equity
4	7XVETHEGENIUS	“Psalm” feat. Jae Skeese [Single]	Drumwork
5	ROOTSTIME	“They Don’t Care” [Single]	Self-Released
6	BROOKLISH	LOLA.FM	BT Worldwide
7	BEATOX	Been A Long Time	Moonlite
8	OMNI!	OMNI! (The Rap Group)	Backseat
9	KEL-P	Bully Season Vol.2: pretty girls love afrobeat	Jones Worldwide/Universal France
10	JAE SKEESE	Ground Level	Drumwork/Equity

Underground Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	PLANET GIZA	The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 1)	Quiet Note
2	TWELVE25	Redux	Self-Released
3	K-REC AND MOKA ONLY	“What About Now (feat. Dinco D)” [Single]	Urbnet
4	ELIJAH BLAKE	elijah.	Def Jam / Atlantic

Tags charts, college radio, NACC Weekly Charts, NC State, Raleigh, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Weekly Charts

Jazz Charts 9/23/24

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 26, 2024

Jazz Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	KAMASI WASHINGTON	Fearless Movement	Young
2	SERGIO PAMIES	Time To Say	Newtrad
3	SERGIO PEREIRA	BOSSA+	Tiger Turn
4	JEREMY LEDBETTER TRIO	Gravity	CaneFire
5	CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE AND EDGAR MEYER	But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody?	Mack Avenue
6	THE NEW JAZZ UNDERGROUND	they can hate but we still swingin.. [EP]	Self-Released
7	SLY5THAVE	Liberation	Tru Thoughts
8	NUBYA GARCIA	Odyssey	Concord Jazz
9	MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING	Milton + Esperanza	Concord
10	BRIAN SCARBOROUGH	We Need The Wind	Outside In

Jazz Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	CNY JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE	If A White Horse From Jerusalem	CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
2	DAFNIS PRIETO SI O SI QUARTET	3 Sides Of The Coin	Dafnison
3	OJT	Ground Level	Jazz Daddy

Tags charts, college radio, NACC Weekly Charts, NC State, WKNC

Weekly Charts

Top Charts 9/23/24

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 26, 2024

Top Charts

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	SPRINTS	Letter To Self	City Slang
2	TANUKICHAN	Circles [EP]	Carpark
3	ADRIANNE LENKER	Bright Future	4AD
4	SWEET PILL	Starchild [EP]	Hopeless
5	BRISTLER	Cascades At Play [EP]	Mint 400
6	CRUMB	AMAMA	Crumb
7	AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS	“Chewing Gum” [Single]	Self-Released
8	DECLAN MCKENNA	What Happened To The Beach?	Tomplicated/Sony
9	GLITTERER	Rationale	Anti-
10	HORSE JUMPER OF LOVE	Disaster Trick	Run For Cover
11	MANNEQUIN PUSSY	I Got Heaven	Epitaph
12	MEAN JEANS	Blasted	Fat Wreck Chords
13	MJ LENDERMAN	Manning Fireworks	Anti-
14	OMNI!	OMNI! (The Rap Group)	Backseat
15	TEENS IN TROUBLE	What’s Mine	Asian Man
16	THE SOFTIES	“I Said what I Said” [Single]	Self-Released
17	ATMOSPHERE	Talk Talk [EP]	Rhymesayers
18	DANNY BROWN	Quaranta	Warp
19	ERICK THE ARCHITECT	I’ve Never Been Here Before	IDOL
20	GLASS BEACH	Plastic Death	Run For Cover
21	HARTO FALION	im_my_best_friend	Surf Gang
22	IDLES	Tangk	Partisan
23	JADE BIRD	Burn The Hard Drive [EP]	Glassnote
24	KILLER MIKE	Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And Saints	Loma Vista/Concord
25	MEI SEMONES	Kabutomushi [EP]	Bayonet
26	MILAN RING	Mangos	Astral People/PIAS
27	MYRA KEYES	Flower In The Brick	Self-Released
28	NANORAY	Manzai	Self-Released
29	OCEANATOR	Everything Is Love And Death	Polyvinyl
30	POWERWASHER	Everyone Laughs	Strange View

Top Adds

#	Artist	Record	Label
1	TANUKICHAN	Circles [EP]	Carpark
2	CASSIE RAMONE	Sweetheart	CD-R
3	CHLOE DOUCET	“Driving” [Single]	Self-Released
4	RHODOSUN	“Plastic Sun” [Single]	Self-Released

Tags charts, college radio, NACC Weekly Charts, NC State, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

Station News

WKNC set to host 4th annual 24-hour broadcast for World College Radio Day

Post author By WKNC Admin
Post date September 24, 2024

WKNC presents World College Radio Day on Friday, Oct. 4 with 24 hours of live DJs on WKNC HD-1 and HD-2 and a YouTube livestream.

Written by Mason Baker, WKNC Promotions Director

On Friday, Oct. 4, WKNC is set to host the fourth annual 24-hour celebration of World College Radio Day.

Starting in 2012, over 600 colleges across the globe have participated in the annual World College Radio Day. October 4th will mark the fourth year WKNC has participated in the festivities, boasting 24 hours of non-stop DJ sets on our HD-1 and HD-2 channels, with a healthy assortment of entertainment on our Production Room livestreams.

WKNC will kick off the day on HD-1 with our electronic and pop block Afterhours and rap and R&B block Underground from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. Afterwards is our indie rock block Daytime from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. rounded out by our metal Chainsaw block from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Additionally, our HD-2 schedule is chock full of music of all genres, including a smattering of sets from our newly trained DJs.

In addition to the live broadcast, WKNC will host a 24-hour livestream on both YouTube and Twitch. During the stream, you can catch such exhilarating activities as WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, LEGO building, PowerPoint presentations, detective work and many more.

“I’m so excited for World College Radio Day this year! This is going to be the fourth year in a row we have celebrated it, and each year it’s only gotten better,” said Rose Kelly, WKNC’s current general manager. “It’s such an incredible way to connect with other DJs, and I know everyone is looking forward to it so much!”

WKNC HD-1 can be heard throughout the Triangle on 88.1 FM. Our HD-2 channel can be heard on HD-enabled radios. Both stations stream online at wknc.org/listen and through our Live365 mobile apps.

Schedules for WKNC HD-1, HD-2 and Production Room Livestream are below. Do note these schedules are subject to change.

WKNC HD-1 Schedule

Time	DJ	Theme
12-1 a.m.	Big Anthony/Steel Nipz	all the music they wouldn’t let me play during the day
1-2 a.m.	dj paruko/dirty chai	THIS WCRD WE ARE NUKING YOUR SPEAKERS
2-3 a.m.	DJ Southpaw/perfume charms	afterhours x underground yaoi??
3-4 a.m.	chalcopyrite (with special guests the Dungeon Master and the Crypt Keeper)	Chalcopyrite and two wizards get sucked into a strange, twisting, alternate Forest. Together, they must not stray from the path in their quest to escape.
4-5 a.m.	DJ Mithrax	AFTERHOURS? I BARELY KNOW HER!!!!
5-6 a.m.	johnny ghost	The Radioman is speaking, and the Radioman says it is a beautiful night out there in Raleigh. (mostly big beat techno/sample heavy stuff)
6-7 a.m.	JustinTime	playing alt country just before sunrise
7-8 a.m.	perfume charms / animus worm	Japanese & English Post-Hardcore
8-9 a.m.	Bodhi	Your love letter to movies through music: 1940s Halloween – Aresenic & Old Lace
9-10 a.m.	DJ Tullykinesis	NOT Vocaloid!! (daytime with a tiny touch of afterhours)
10-11 a.m.	auxymoron & DJ Mithrax	Playing the greatest hits from Yo Gabba Gabba’s hit recurring segment, “The Super Music Friends Show”, featuring your favorite Super Music Friends, DJ Mithrax and auxymoron!
11 a.m.-12 p.m.	DJ Crush	Spookiest songs heralded by your spookiest host
12-1 p.m.	dj rodent	music you can squeak to – worldwide rock, psychedelia, and shoegaze.
1-2 p.m.	Claymore	mixture set, like anything is game
2-3 p.m.	lagomorph & table	WORLD EMO
3-4 p.m.	Maddog	My 2014 playlist #lit
4-5 p.m.	President Shrimpo/DJ Southpaw	Do you like rock and roll? Do you enjoy eating raw onions like apples? Would you vote for President Shrimpo for four nonconsecutive presidential terms? If you said yes to any of these questions you should listen to Fireside Chats with President Shrimpo Pop! Fireside Chats is the preeminent place to find music on this hemisphere of the Earth, so listen or you’ll feel a great sense of emptiness in your life!
5-6 p.m.	Fullmetal Racket/DMC Woodstock	bassline b2b livemix
6-7 p.m.	Wizard of Gore	All of the best from across the metal spectrum, with lots of death metal and underground extreme metal
7-8 p.m.	Sleepyhead	Metalcore/Post Hardcore/Emo
8-9 p.m.	Kjdoggy/DJ REAM	Queens of the scream. Female fronted metal bands only ;p
9-10 p.m.	Lead Pipe	Do you like strange metal music that would scare your grandparents? Then you’ll like the Sewage System Symphony. Here, we play metal in all its unholy glory in every one of its ungodly forms. Stick here and listen, or else…
10-11 p.m.	Claymore	Gaming metal
11 p.m.-12 a.m.	DJ Mithrax	metal, punk and very silly

WKNC HD-2 Schedule

Time	DJ	Theme
12-1 a.m.	DJ Vile	The Garden + their billion side projects + other bands that sound similar to them
1-2 a.m.	DJ Cherryheadache	Love and joy and whimsy and kindness
2-3 a.m.	DJ Vile, DJ Waterboy	Hardcore
3-4 a.m.	table	psychic medium contacts the dead (GONE WRONG)
4-5 a.m.	perfume charms	oldhead scaring music
5-6 a.m.	shmulik	folk, psychedelic, soft rock, and other laurel canyon-y sounds
6-7 a.m.	Small creature	little bit of a groovy funk experience
7-8 a.m.	dj cornbread, j	footwork/house adjacent chunes
8-9 a.m.	table	CRAZY HYPERFLIP MEGAMIX O
9-10 a.m.	DJ Mucas & DJ Mithrax	random stuff with some punk perchance?
10-11 a.m.	DJ Mucas	Punk and almost punk. Expect ska
11 a.m.-12 p.m.	DJ Babesicle	NC based bands 🙂
12-1 p.m.	Klementine	feel good, sweet, calm music
1-2 p.m.	Mythos	songs like east by earl sweatshirt
2-3 p.m.	Klementine	feel good, loud, fervent music
3-4 p.m.	DJ Moto	Moto takes you on a sonic journey throughout his mind.
4-5 p.m.	DJ Eysa and DJ Rani	kpop set except we vote on who has better songs (sudden death!)
5-6 p.m.	Rodeo Romeo	Oldies that will have you dancing like there’s no tomorrow
6-7 p.m.	Origen	A sampling of modern (and not nazist yes that’s somehow an issue here too) neofolk
7-8 p.m.	DJ REAM	One more time?
8-9 p.m.	DJ Southpaw	trust me its more than an MF DOOM set
9-10 p.m.	moonbytes	death rock / post punk
10-11 p.m.	DJ Crush	Old and new K-Pop alike
11 p.m.-12 a.m.	Big Anthony	1990s/2000s R&B

WKNC Livestream Schedule

Time	Host & Event	Description
12-1 a.m.	chalcopyrite – Bad Music Quiz Bowl	we got double bad music hour. test your knowledge of the worst music ever made
1-2 a.m.	Big Anthony – Glee Plots: Real or Fake?	Glee has absurd storylines but can you tell which ones are made up by me and other station gleeks?
2-3 a.m.	JustinTime – Geoguessr	I play geoguessr with others
3-4 a.m.	DJ Sleepy Sleep	[honk shoo we are sleeping]
4-5 a.m.	DJ Sleepy Sleep	[honk shoo we are sleeping]
5-6 a.m.	DJ Sleepy Sleep	[honk shoo we are sleeping]
6-7 a.m.	DJ Sleepy Sleep	[honk shoo we are sleeping]
7-8 a.m.	DJ Sleepy Sleep	[honk shoo we are sleeping]
8-9 a.m.	WKNC Fall Craft Hour	join your 2 favorite hosts as they share hacks, tips, and tricks for fall crafts!
9-10 a.m.	DJ Crush – WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader	No, the answer is probably no
10-11 a.m.	DJ Pon-3 – Man Bites Dog	In 2018 I went to the Mall of America and bought this card game. It’s time to take it out of the plastic.
11 a.m.-12 p.m.	DJ Southpaw – The Promo Hour	have you wanted a promo for your set? stop by to get one recorded since you’ll be in the station anyway
12-1 p.m.
1-2 p.m.	DJ Crush & President Shrimpo – WKNC Cold Cases: The Poopening	Two of WKNC’s okayest detectives try to solve the crime of the century
2-3 p.m.	DJ Sles – LEGO Building	I love LEGOs!
3-4 p.m.	DJ Southpaw – Where’s The Radio?	play some custom Geoguessr maps of various college radio stations made by me
4-5 p.m.	[DJ Name TBD] – Metal Lyrics or Edgy Rant?	Is the provided text metal/punk lyrics? or an incel/edgelord rant? Find out in our game show!
5-6 p.m.	Lagomorph – Smash Bros Bracket	We got games, we got platforms, we got fighters… Bracket type tournament free to enter with small prizes
6-7 p.m.
7-8 p.m.	President Shrimpo – Powerpoint Night	PowerPoints. At night.
8-9 p.m.	DJ Tullykinesis – WKNCcore Album Cover Skribblio	I make a Skribblio with the names of many classic album covers and everyone tries to draw and guess them!
9-10 p.m.	Wizard of Gore – Guess The Metal Band From The Logo	Making people try to read increasingly incomprehensible band logos
10-11 p.m.	DJ Southpaw – WKNC Family Trees	time to update the family tree! featuring all our new DJs over the past semester or two.
11 p.m.-12 a.m.	chalcopyrite + dmc woodstock – Electronic Music Genres: Real or Fake?	we present electronic subgenre names and the non-brainrotted kncers have to guess if it’s real, fake, or real to 5 people. will be harder than you think

Tags WCRD, WKNC, WKNC 88.1, world college radio day

New Album Review

What’s New in Music: Recent Releases

Post author By J
Post date September 24, 2024

Photo by Derek Truninger on Unsplash

I’ll be honest: I haven’t been doing a great job scoping out new music. As I wade deeper into what will hopefully be my final year of undergrad, I find comfort in returning to the classics ~~and playing the same three songs by The Smiths over and over again just to feel something.~~

I’ve managed to drag myself away from “Hatful of Hollow” long enough to compose an assortment of sick new releases by various much-beloved artists to kick off the start of the fall season.

“Infinite Fear Jets” by IAMX

Formerly of the acid-tinged cool kids band Sneaker Pimps, Chris Corner’s newest release continues to push IAMX in a vivid new direction.

“Infinite Fear Jets” maintains the moody seduction typical of an IAMX track, but Corner leans heavily into mesmerizing electronic beats infused with r&b rhythm. The track’s bright and gyrating, landing closer to pop than darkwave on the musical spectrum.

Cover for “Fault Lines²” by IAMX

I totally dig this release. It’s got the kind of energy that pulls you in and leaves you to revel in an expanse of fun and danceable music, and Corner’s penchant for experimentation and the evocation of intense moods really shines through.

“Something is Wrong” by Melted Bodies

Grungy, nu-metal-ly and purely raucous, “Something is Wrong” is a track infused with foreboding, angst and absolutely sick guitar.

I’ve always been intrigued by the incongruous and eccentric sounds of Melted Bodies, and “Something is Wrong” proves to be just that — incongruous and eccentric; a song in multiple acts, weaving in and out of genres with seamless precision. And that guitar — chainsaw-sweet and growling like a wild animal — ties it all together.

“Kiltro” by Kiltro

There’s always an undercurrent of sadness in the music of Denver-based alt folk band Kiltro. The reverberating acoustic quality of their music is rivaled only by the work of vocalist Chris Bowers Castillo, whose lyricism weaves together a brilliant musical tapestry.

Cover for “Kiltro” by Kiltro

“Kiltro,” though written before Kiltro’s inception, captures the core essence of the band. An homage to Castillo’s hometown, the song is tinged with nostalgia so intense it hurts, conveyed so beautifully there are few words to truly capture its impact.

Tags NACC Weekly Charts, WKNC, WKNC 88.1

New Album Review

Soundbites: Montell Fish – “Don’t You Love Me?”

Post author By dirty chai ☽
Post date September 23, 2024

COLORSXSTUDIOS thumbnail for Montell Fish's performance of "Don't You Love Me?"

“Don’t You Love Me?” is a song for when there is nowhere else to go.

Montell Fish originally posted a demo of it on his YouTube channel November 2022, but it had never officially been released.

August 15, 2024, he performed the song on COLORS, a well-known music platform in the soul and R&B scene… and it was breathtaking.

Montell Fish, real name Montell Frazier, is known primarily as a Christian artist. He draws inspiration heavily from his faith when creating music, his pure devotion phrased like lyrics of a love ballad. Songs like “Crumble,” whose lyrics are doting and unshakeable in their disposition, are ones I love even as someone who ascribes to a different faith.

“Don’t You Love Me?” is another beast entirely.

The chorus wastes no time, coming in desperate and swinging before anything else can take stage. The lyrics have a hint of something wavering, and Frazier’s voice tells me he’s on his knees:

“Know I get crazy / But don’t you love me anyway? /

And I know I frustrate you / But don’t you love me anyway?”

Like most of the music I love the most, this track found me at the perfect time.

Truthfully, that’s probably why I find it so moving: communication in my own relationship with the Divine exists substantially through sound.

So to come across a song that captures a familiar struggle so eloquently is truly special, especially if it’s not authored by someone with the same beliefs.

Also like many of the songs I hold closest to my heart, “Don’t You Love Me?” is relatively uncomplicated and somewhat repetitive, only breaking the prayer for a bridge in between; the devotion is apparent, however unadorned the track may sound.

After I’ve had it on loop for an hour or two, the song becomes a chant, of despair, of fear, and of faith in something unknown, but only because there is nowhere else to go.

– love & disco,

dirty chai

Tags COLORSXSTUDIOS, Hip-Hop, r&b, soundbites, Underground, WKNC 88.1