Zack Spades
@zackspades.bsky.social
28 | They/Them | Abolish Canada | Studying In Malaysia
I'm not good at describing myself. What am I doing? My best.
I'm not good at describing myself. What am I doing? My best.
My expectations were low and I still came away disappointed
Boston Manor's Sundiver was less of a disappointment than this. At least then I could chalk part of it down to a style change that wasn't for me.
But this is a style change that just doesn't work.
Boston Manor's Sundiver was less of a disappointment than this. At least then I could chalk part of it down to a style change that wasn't for me.
But this is a style change that just doesn't work.
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My expectations were low and I still came away disappointed
Boston Manor's Sundiver was less of a disappointment than this. At least then I could chalk part of it down to a style change that wasn't for me.
But this is a style change that just doesn't work.
Boston Manor's Sundiver was less of a disappointment than this. At least then I could chalk part of it down to a style change that wasn't for me.
But this is a style change that just doesn't work.
There's a handful of albums coming from artists I'm familiar with who are dropping albums on Fridays this month, starting today with "Accelerator" by Bad Suns.
I'm expecting disappointment, lemme see if I'm correct.
I'm expecting disappointment, lemme see if I'm correct.
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
There's a handful of albums coming from artists I'm familiar with who are dropping albums on Fridays this month, starting today with "Accelerator" by Bad Suns.
I'm expecting disappointment, lemme see if I'm correct.
I'm expecting disappointment, lemme see if I'm correct.
Top 4 Video Game OSTs
I dunno if this is 100% accurate but it's close enough.
I dunno if this is 100% accurate but it's close enough.
July 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Top 4 Video Game OSTs
I dunno if this is 100% accurate but it's close enough.
I dunno if this is 100% accurate but it's close enough.
Everything sucks in life rn, and I'm incurably furious about world events, and I hate distracting myself in other things to make myself feel better about living through hell times.
Perhaps this is why my current music fixation is what it is.
I'm going to talk about "Soft Spot" by Honningbarna.
Perhaps this is why my current music fixation is what it is.
I'm going to talk about "Soft Spot" by Honningbarna.
June 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everything sucks in life rn, and I'm incurably furious about world events, and I hate distracting myself in other things to make myself feel better about living through hell times.
Perhaps this is why my current music fixation is what it is.
I'm going to talk about "Soft Spot" by Honningbarna.
Perhaps this is why my current music fixation is what it is.
I'm going to talk about "Soft Spot" by Honningbarna.
After contemplating, I'm uprating a new album to my fabled 10/10 rating.
Interestingly enough it is the first to achieve this rating without any individual tracks being a 10/10.
It's about the cohesiveness of it all.
Welcome to my hall of fame, Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene"
Interestingly enough it is the first to achieve this rating without any individual tracks being a 10/10.
It's about the cohesiveness of it all.
Welcome to my hall of fame, Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene"
June 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
After contemplating, I'm uprating a new album to my fabled 10/10 rating.
Interestingly enough it is the first to achieve this rating without any individual tracks being a 10/10.
It's about the cohesiveness of it all.
Welcome to my hall of fame, Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene"
Interestingly enough it is the first to achieve this rating without any individual tracks being a 10/10.
It's about the cohesiveness of it all.
Welcome to my hall of fame, Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene"
Upon further reflection can we skip straight to this chapter.
June 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Upon further reflection can we skip straight to this chapter.
Today on random albums Zack likes
"diaLOG" by r-906
"diaLOG" by r-906
May 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today on random albums Zack likes
"diaLOG" by r-906
"diaLOG" by r-906
Still mad I had to buy these releases new but small price to buy.
Fuck music streaming.
Fuck music streaming.
May 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Still mad I had to buy these releases new but small price to buy.
Fuck music streaming.
Fuck music streaming.
Yeah i fuckin love this trilogy a ton.
May 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yeah i fuckin love this trilogy a ton.
Less Than might actually be my favourite NIN song against some incredibly stiff competition.
Listening to this song feels like having a fucking power trip.
Listening to this song feels like having a fucking power trip.
May 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Less Than might actually be my favourite NIN song against some incredibly stiff competition.
Listening to this song feels like having a fucking power trip.
Listening to this song feels like having a fucking power trip.
Maybe one day you will grow on me and become the underrated classic your fans say you are.
That day is not today.
That day is not today.
May 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Maybe one day you will grow on me and become the underrated classic your fans say you are.
That day is not today.
That day is not today.
Sigh
I really want to like this album but I just can't bring myself to say more that "it's...fine...I guess?"
It's really not bad, it's just...underwhelming.
I really want to like this album but I just can't bring myself to say more that "it's...fine...I guess?"
It's really not bad, it's just...underwhelming.
May 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Sigh
I really want to like this album but I just can't bring myself to say more that "it's...fine...I guess?"
It's really not bad, it's just...underwhelming.
I really want to like this album but I just can't bring myself to say more that "it's...fine...I guess?"
It's really not bad, it's just...underwhelming.
I think of how some PC games in the 90s went super mainstream thanks to the shareware model, and unfortunately Ghosts / The Slip weren't the music equivalent of such, ending NIN's brief independent arc
It does mean that my physical copy of the album is a bit rare, given its original digital release
It does mean that my physical copy of the album is a bit rare, given its original digital release
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I think of how some PC games in the 90s went super mainstream thanks to the shareware model, and unfortunately Ghosts / The Slip weren't the music equivalent of such, ending NIN's brief independent arc
It does mean that my physical copy of the album is a bit rare, given its original digital release
It does mean that my physical copy of the album is a bit rare, given its original digital release
Man when this album hits, it hits.
Perennially underrated NIN release with some choice cuts, and a really fascinating one-off in licensing, production and turnaround.
Perennially underrated NIN release with some choice cuts, and a really fascinating one-off in licensing, production and turnaround.
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Man when this album hits, it hits.
Perennially underrated NIN release with some choice cuts, and a really fascinating one-off in licensing, production and turnaround.
Perennially underrated NIN release with some choice cuts, and a really fascinating one-off in licensing, production and turnaround.
Oh Year Zero, how you make me conflicted
May 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh Year Zero, how you make me conflicted
This album is still such a trip, and I think is still my top 3 NIN albums.
Yet conversely, it's perhaps the most frustrating NIN release, and the one I'm least likely to recommend.
Yet conversely, it's perhaps the most frustrating NIN release, and the one I'm least likely to recommend.
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This album is still such a trip, and I think is still my top 3 NIN albums.
Yet conversely, it's perhaps the most frustrating NIN release, and the one I'm least likely to recommend.
Yet conversely, it's perhaps the most frustrating NIN release, and the one I'm least likely to recommend.
I'm getting mixed signals here.
May 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I'm getting mixed signals here.
Did not expect to find Marx and Lenin.
Or Said, Fanon, Kropotkin and others
Also did not expect to find Parenti.
Actually one the best concise socialist books out there too.
Or Said, Fanon, Kropotkin and others
Also did not expect to find Parenti.
Actually one the best concise socialist books out there too.
May 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Did not expect to find Marx and Lenin.
Or Said, Fanon, Kropotkin and others
Also did not expect to find Parenti.
Actually one the best concise socialist books out there too.
Or Said, Fanon, Kropotkin and others
Also did not expect to find Parenti.
Actually one the best concise socialist books out there too.
Found the best album cover ever.
"Creature" by Ask My Bull
This is indeed a creature
"Creature" by Ask My Bull
This is indeed a creature
April 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Found the best album cover ever.
"Creature" by Ask My Bull
This is indeed a creature
"Creature" by Ask My Bull
This is indeed a creature
