Genres? tags? idk, just what to expect: instrumental,
electronic, experimental, ambient, progressive rock, concept piece
First of all, it's 22 minutes long, I know, BEAR WITH ME! This track is
really worth listening to from beginning to end, and I promise you it does not feel like 22 minutes when you do. They will fly so fast you wouldn't even notice (in my experience). I have to preface that it gets pretty heavy emotionally and sound-wise, and I recommend giving it your full attention, so lying in bed, lights off, headphones, that sort of thing.
If you really need just a sample to convince you, this is my personal favorite part:
11:12-13:22. ALTHOUGH, I believe it does not work nearly as well when listened to without the rest,
and if you intend to listen fully, don't spoil it for yourself! The first listen was a magical experience for me, I can't stress this enough. I'd say that starting from about
3:18 onwards you will not be able to pause, as it just gets better and better from there.
Hope I don't sound like a salesperson, I'm just genuinely very passionate about it

. Anyway, here it is (no YouTube link because it isn't available for me there):
This is a fantastic piece made by
Dan Warren - a lesser-known and very underrated artist, most famous for his Barnaby's Chair album made for Hypnospace Outlaw. I encourage you to check out his other stuff, just a few recommendations: Entropy, Falling Down, Satellite, Corduroy, Parallel Universes (actually, just all of The Scientist album

). All of his stuff is on Spotify, but unfortunately Bandcamp and SoundCloud only have some.
I've been listening to Bitter Suite on repeat for the past few weeks, and it occupies my head very often. It has become one of the most fitting tracks to browse this website to, seriously! It's a fully instrumental piece, composed of 5 parts, though honestly, more like 5 other tracks. It's kind of like a short concept album, but just all in one track. The parts are named on the Bandcamp page, but no timestamps are given. Here are my estimates if I were to separate them:
0:00 Nondenominational Funeral Service for a Small Household Appliance
2:05 Thanks To Aphantasia We Can't See Each Other Any More (what a fucking title!)
6:20 Discomfort Food
8:40 Monster of the Weak
13:22 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Sargasso
18:55 Discomfort Food Reprieve
I don't really know how to comment on these, as I am not a musician and lack knowledge of musical terms, however, I can tell you what I personally felt about certain parts. I really love the Discomfort Food leitmotif present throughout the track, how it gets twisted in Monster of the Weak (the best part of the track btw), and how it returns at the end after two grueling, overwhelmingly heavy-sounding tracks, but instead of being a pleasant respite, it now just sounds like a tragic acceptance. Actually, after my first listen I immediately thought of The five stages of grief, and that maybe this track is something like a musical representation of them, but the more I think about it, the less it fits. But who knows? What I know for sure is that the track carries a consisten emotional narrative all throughout, with such a rich and varying palette, it left me feeling overwhelmed, saddened, hurtful, awestruck, and many more emotions.
Anyway, I hope I didn't bore you with my (what is very likely) autistic hyperfixation rambling about this silly little song. But I really hope at least a few people listen to it and take away their own meaning out of it. Maybe I'm overestimating how profound it is, but I like to believe instrumental tracks are capable of carrying just as much meaning as songs with lyrics.
This might unironically be the most high-effort post I'll ever write on this site, or in my life period. Alright, time for me to check y'all's sick tunes. Peace!
