Finding Comfort in Dark Music

Welcome.

This is version 2 of this blog. The original, abandoned 10 years ago now, was a disorganized mess, so I am resurrecting it as a music blog. Because if there’s one thing that has helped keep me sane in the midst of a deadly global pandemic, it has been music.

And, boy have I been listening to a lot of music! New music. Old music. Weird music. All the music! So, without further ado, let’s look at some of the sounds that have helped me through the last year and a half:

Portishead – Third(2008, Mercury Records)

I have been a fan of Portishead since I first heard “Sour Times” on the radio. The first two albums got a lot of play, and fueled my interest in other trip-hop artists such as Sneaker Pimps, U.N.K.L.E., and Massive Attack. However, upon its release, Third fell completely flat. After such…