album reviews

Reviews of albums old and new from iconic artists and up and coming musicians alike.

🪞Music as Mirror: How Sound Reflects What We Can’t Say . AI-Generated.
Some emotions are too complex for words. Grief that slips between sadness and numbness. Joy that feels almost painful. A sense of longing for something you can’t name.
By The Yume Collective6 months ago in Beat
Hadestown
A crush friend of mine recently recommended Hadestown to me. I wasn't super excited to listen to it because I wasn't sure I'd like it, but I decided to honor my fellow theatre kid and follow through with listening to it on Spotify.
By K. R. Young6 months ago in Beat
Rob49 Releases Deluxe Edition of Acclaimed Album Let Me Fly The New Album Features Seven New Tracks, Including “WTHELLY Remix” ft. G Herbo
New Orleans, LA — July 11, 2025 Hip-hop’s rising heavyweight, Rob49, has just dropped the deluxe edition of his critically acclaimed album Let Me Fly, and it’s already making serious waves. With seven fresh tracks added to the original project, the New Orleans native is proving once again that he’s not just next up — he’s here, and he’s setting the tone for a new generation of rap.
By @OCLEADINLADY6 months ago in Beat
🕯️ Threshold Music: Soundtracking Liminal Spaces in Dark Ambient . AI-Generated.
We are always crossing thresholds. From sleep to waking. From memory to moment. From solitude to connection. And sometimes, from one identity to another.
By Yokai Circle6 months ago in Beat
🥀 Sacred Decay: Embracing Ruin in Dark Ambient Music . AI-Generated.
There’s something hauntingly beautiful about ruins. The moss-covered steps of a forgotten shrine. The hum of empty cathedrals. Cracked walls whispering stories no one remembers.
By Yokai Circle6 months ago in Beat
🚪 Between Worlds: Liminality and Threshold Emotion in Dark Ambient . AI-Generated.
There’s a moment before the dream begins. There’s a breath between the inhale and the exhale. There’s a hallway, a mist, a doorway not yet stepped through.
By Yokai Circle6 months ago in Beat
🕯 Echoes That Never Die: Haunted Memory and Spectral Presence in Dark Ambient . AI-Generated.
There’s a sound you can’t quite place. It isn’t melody, rhythm, or voice—yet it speaks. It arrives like the scent of an old room, or the flicker of a forgotten dream. It doesn't say “remember me.” It remembers you.
By Yokai Circle6 months ago in Beat
✨ Music as a Portal: Escaping Reality Through Sound . AI-Generated.
We all have moments where reality feels too loud, too heavy, or just… off. And in those moments, music becomes more than sound—it becomes a portal.
By The Yume Collective6 months ago in Beat
🗺️ Sound as a Place: How Music Becomes Emotional Geography . AI-Generated.
Close your eyes. Think of the last song that truly moved you. Now think: Where did it take you? Not just emotionally—but physically, spatially. Did it drop you into a rainy city at midnight? A sunlit rooftop in summer? An empty bedroom at 2AM? Did it make you feel like you were somewhere else entirely—maybe even a place that doesn’t exist?
By The Yume Collective6 months ago in Beat
The War Room
Introduction My friend Matthew Fromm just published a story on Vocal that made me think of "The War Room" by Public Service Broadcasting which you can read here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Beat
Can We Talk about EPIC: The Musical?
I've been listening to EPIC for a long time. I have every song memorized. I have said "smash" to about every male character in EPIC (What? Their voices are hot!!) This is my longstanding musical addiction. I have fallen in love with some other musicals (Hadestown, The Lightning Thief, etc), but I'm always going to be in love with EPIC.
By K. R. Young7 months ago in Beat
☀️ Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1 . AI-Generated.
When the air gets warmer and the days stretch a little longer, there’s an unspoken magic that settles over everything. It’s in the quiet stillness of early morning light, the soft hum of a fan in the background, or the way sunlight dances on your skin during a lazy walk home. Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1, the latest compilation from The Yume Collective, captures that magic in musical form.
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat