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Week — 1, 2
What — I post a new song every week and talk about what I love about it.
Roles — Writer & Curator
Supervision — Self Directed
What — I post a new song every week and talk about what I love about it.
Roles — Writer & Curator
Supervision — Self Directed
Music’s always been my best friend. It’s been there through the highs, the lows, and everything in between shaping my moods, grounding me, pulling me forward. This blog is a space to reflect on that connection.
I write about what I’m listening to, how it makes me feel, and the visuals that come with it especially, album covers. I’ve always been drawn to how music looks as much as how it sounds. The packaging, the typography, the texture of a sleeve it all adds to the story. This page is part journal, part tribute, part design archive for the albums that stick with me.
I write about what I’m listening to, how it makes me feel, and the visuals that come with it especially, album covers. I’ve always been drawn to how music looks as much as how it sounds. The packaging, the typography, the texture of a sleeve it all adds to the story. This page is part journal, part tribute, part design archive for the albums that stick with me.
Let’s start off saying I am no writer, by any means.
my mind is a mountain , By Deftones — I wasn’t planning to write about this one so soon. But when Deftones drop a new track, I listen. And when My Mind Is A Mountain hit, it wasn’t just something to play. It was something to sit with.
I first heard it on a late-night subway ride back from downtown. I had been out, nothing special, just wandering with my headphones on. That kind of night where you’re half-present, half-in-your-own-head. What really caught my eye was the album cover. It didn’t feel like Deftones. It was bright, kind of minimal, and clean. I remember thinking, okay, maybe they’re shifting into a new sound. Cool. I was curious but didn’t expect much. Then I pressed play, and my reaction caught me off guard.
The intro feels like fog rolling in. Chino’s voice is buried and distant at first, almost like it’s echoing through stone. When the drums hit, everything starts building slow, heavy, hypnotic. You don’t even realize how far you’ve climbed until it opens up, and suddenly you’re at the peak, looking back at everything you just carried with you. It’s not just heavy. It’s emotional weight. That kind of emotional saturation Deftones always nail. Even when you don’t understand every lyric, you still feel it. There’s room in this track. Room to get lost. Room to breathe.
I’ve already played it at least fifteen times. It’s not trying to be catchy. It’s trying to stay with you. And it does.
If the rest of the album follows this direction meditative, textured, unhurried then we’re in for something awesome.
This one’s a slow burn. And I’m going to keep letting it burn.
Kenneth Cappello — He’s one of those people who makes photography feel fun again. Not polished, not overly art-directed, just real but still clean, still iconic. His stuff feels like a flash from a disposable camera in the best way possible. Messy, but somehow intentional. It’s like he captures energy instead of just images. I wouldn’t say he’s one of my biggest influences or anything, but every time I see one of his shots, I stop. There’s always something off in just the right way. Like, he knows the rulebook but throws it out mid-shoot. The lighting, the framing, the attitude it all just clicks.
The Private Music cover for Deftones? Perfect example. It’s simple but loud. Doesn’t try to be mysterious or deep, but it still hits. It’s got that balance of being sharp but raw, almost like a billboard from a dream. And that’s kinda his thing it looks like it shouldn’t work, but it always does.
More of Kenneth’s work