2026-10 Music recs
October is over 😔 I did kind of skip halloween because of protests in my country and then going to a concert (Carpenter Brut, one of my favourite artists). Oh well.
I recommended many songs last month. Won't be the case this time! I need to manage this better.
SIGNAL by Roxy Layne
I discovered this not long after Cairo FM last month. I have to say this isn't exactly what I'm used to listening to, but I think I understand what I liked about it. The beat makes me want to move my body, and the synths are wonderful. The bass is powerful and, during most of the song, it's accompanied by a sound I wouldn't know how to describe. I love that it sounds like the amp has a problem, sue me.
I think I should look for a solution to put small audio clips in these posts. I'm decent at isolating instruments, it would really help here.
anomalisa by satine
Remember that time I said I liked that a song sounded like the bass amp was broken? I think I'm just weak against glitchcore. That and cool synths with cool chords again. But also ☝️ the lyrics captivate me, because I have no idea what the fuck the song is supposed to mean. I listened to it at least 50 times and I do not get what the fiction is about nor what she really means by it. I'll figure it out eventually maybe idk. subscribe for more in-depth analysis like this 🫶
Caught In A Jam by Portraits of Tracy
Oh. Haha. OOOoohhh yeah. nyeheheheh
tHis song is good :) yes
I am losing my mind. who in 2026 makes music like this? Portraits of Tracy apparently. omg. I cannot get over this song. First the cunty synth right at the beginning. There's a shitty electronic organ that makes the same sound at my grandma's place, and I LOVE that someone out there is going out of their way to show that these pieces of crap absolutely deserve to be in a banger song.
Then the drums. I'm not a drummer, I've never really thought about what a good beat was so I guess this sounds pretty good, but you're gonna notice a pattern here, it's clipping 🤤 Yeah baby, 4 minutes of low-quality quality drums. Perfect match for the cunty synth
And I guess what really does it in the end is just how many instruments there are (I just discovered a new synth layer as I was writing this). The combination of synths and rock instruments, mixed beautifully to fill the the entire frequency spectrum, make me want more and more. good song
End notes
Previous songs and this month's songs are on the playlist for your listening pleasure.