[haiduk]

The new album by Haiduk

Archdevil [2026]

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

haiduk, on 15 March 2026 - 11:32 PM, said:

The new album by Haiduk

Archdevil [2026]

I love some of the guitar parts.

For Saint Patrick's Day:



Smugglers & Scholars (English Translation) – KNEECAP | Genius Lyrics

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Calling me "terrorist"
Never heard that said beforе
Thank God you gave me that name
I'd mostly been lying in bеd before

[...] Smugglers and scholars
Getting guns with American dollars
Did it before, do it again, no bother
Don't need your help with internal matters

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Activists are currently being surgically attached to one-another to see if there really is strength in numbers

An old story, rusted over
Sucking America's dick
Looking for attention and a few quid

Kneecap - Liar's Tale (English translation)

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

In honor of Nowruz (Iranian New Year, which is today):





The lyrics for the song in the second video are a poem by Rumi. From the English translation:

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The garden's cold has left,
It asked for God's help,
And God obliged upon this request,
The state of lovers has now come,

The time of merriment and wine is here,
Sleeping is now haram,
The time of merriment's birth is here,
The time of flowers is upon us.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Free for a limited time: UVI Sparkverb reverb---

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Sparkverb breaks the boundaries of contemporary reverbs giving users modern and innovative controls

KVR Giveaway: Get UVI Sparkverb for FREE! (23rd Mar - 13th Apr, 2026)

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Free virtual flute:



https://www.ujam.com/beautyflute-pro/

Smartphone app lets you play virtual instruments with your facial expressions and bodily poses:



MusiKraken

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 01 April 2026 - 02:09 PM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Two new Aldous Harding songs from her forthcoming album:



"Redrum" from The Shining is

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Murder spelled backwards

for anyone who needs a reminder (I actually did). The Zinnia is

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a flower

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She's hilarious... love the vocals (including the different voices she does) and the lyrics, though I don't love the piano parts...

I was a bit confused at first by "Call in at One Stop"---it turns out that in New Zealand, as in the UK,

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to "call in" to a shop is to go in to the shop. It's apparently a common idiom.

Not so in the United States (IDK about Canada---AI tells me it's used in Canada but not common). So the image that "Call in at One Stop / Putting my things in a long line" conjured for me on my first few listens was of her literally calling someone to let them know she was coming and then putting her luggage in a long line---like maybe at a security checkpoint or a transit stop. The title of the album is Train on the Island (she actually grew up on both the South Island and the North Island (of NZ) and later moved to Wales, where she recorded all her recent albums, including this one).

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 22 April 2026 - 06:07 PM

[Abyss]

Azath Vitr (D, on 22 April 2026 - 04:58 PM, said:

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I was a bit confused at first by "Call in at One Stop"---it turns out that in New Zealand, as in the UK,

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to "call in" to a shop is to go in to the shop. It's apparently a common idiom.

Not so in the United States (IDK about Canada---AI tells me it's used in Canada but not common)....

ok i'll bite - why did you spoiler block that?

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Abyss, on 22 April 2026 - 05:41 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 22 April 2026 - 04:58 PM, said:

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I was a bit confused at first by "Call in at One Stop"---it turns out that in New Zealand, as in the UK,

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to "call in" to a shop is to go in to the shop. It's apparently a common idiom.

Not so in the United States (IDK about Canada---AI tells me it's used in Canada but not common)....

ok i'll bite - why did you spoiler block that?

Because part of what I (and many other people, I think---or at least the few I've seen express it) appreciate about her lyrics is the mystery, the elliptical apparent open-endedness. And the way it can evoke and encompass many different interpretations. So I'm reluctant to reduce it to a mundane "right answer"---even though in that particular song she's addressing prosaic life to some extent (in tension with imagination). She refuses to explain her lyrics iirc.

It's like when someone asked T. S. Eliot what he meant by "Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper tree in the cool of the day…" ---he said: "it means 'Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree in the cool of the day'".

https://archive.nyti...nd-translation/

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 22 April 2026 - 05:55 PM