Notes on a Conditional Form

Pop · 2020 · 22 tracks · 1h 20m

Notes on a Conditional Form

A sprawling, eighty-minute collage of UK garage, intimate folk, and ambient textures. Anxious, deeply personal, and intentionally chaotic.

It is like a 22-track mood board of everything that makes the internet era feel both beautiful and terrifying.

A restless, overstimulated search for meaning amidst digital and environmental chaos.

Notes on a Conditional Form · vs · The 1975

Maximalist+2.5σ

The production is built around maximalist than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 22 Tracks · 1h 20m

01

The 1975

4:56

02

People

2:39

03

The End (Music for Cars)

2:31

04

Frail State of Mind

3:54

05

Streaming

1:33

06

The Birthday Party

4:46

07

Yeah I Know

4:13

08

Then Because She Goes

2:07

09

Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America

4:24

10

Roadkill

2:55

11

Me & You Together Song

3:27

12

I Think There’s Something You Should Know

4:01

13

Nothing Revealed / Everything Denied

3:38

14

Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)

4:07

15

Shiny Collarbone

2:51

16

If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)

5:19

17

Playing on My Mind

3:24

18

Having No Head

6:05

19

What Should I Say

4:06

20

Bagsy Not in Net

2:27

21

Don’t Worry

2:48

22

Guys

4:30

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring transition from the Greta Thunberg speech into the industrial punk screaming of People.

The way the glitchy garage beat of Frail State of Mind mimics the fluttering heartbeat of social anxiety.

The sudden clarity of the acoustic guitar and Phoebe Bridgers' harmony on Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America.

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