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+.Dd January 13, 2022
+.Dt ALBUMS-2021 7
+.Os "Causal Agency"
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm Albums 2021
+.Nd a review
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Every year I create a new playlist
+in iTunes
+(Music dot app, whatever)
+for the albums I listen to that year.
+It's usually embarrassingly short.
+I don't listen to new music
+as much as I'd like,
+and usually only one or two
+are actually from the current year.
+Not that the playlist
+is limited to new (to me) music.
+If I get really into an album
+I've heard before,
+more than before,
+I also add it to the list.
+Anyway,
+this is a review
+of my 2021 albums playlist.
+.
+.Ss Black Country, New Road \(em For the First Time (2021)
+I first heard the single
+.Em Sunglasses
+from someone sharing it on IRC,
+and I loved it,
+so I was looking forward to this album.
+What a let down though.
+The version of
+.Em Sunglasses
+on the album is just plain worse
+than the single version.
+I still got some decent listening
+out of the album,
+but that just sours it for me.
+.Pp
+Favourite track:
+.Em Track X .
+.
+.Ss Black Dresses \(em Forever \&In Your Heart (2021)
+I fucking love Black Dresses.
+.Em Peaceful as Hell
+is one of my all-time favourite albums.
+I'm glad they put out another one
+after it looked like they wouldn't.
+The sounds are just so good.
+Exactly what my ears crave.
+The texture of it
+tickles my brain clit.
+.Pp
+Favourite tracks:
+.Em Waiting42moro ,
+.Em Mistake .
+.
+.Ss Low \(em Drums and Guns (2007)
+I've long loved the song
+.Em Breaker
+and its music video,
+but I only listened to the album
+it's on last year.
+Something I didn't realize,
+I guess because I usually pulled up
+the music video
+without headphones on,
+is how aggressively this album
+uses stereo panning.
+Vocals are generally
+panned hard right throughout,
+with much of the instrumentation
+panned centre or hard left.
+It's bold
+and it really works for me.
+I especially love the vocal harmony on
+.Em Breaker
+all the way on the opposite channel.
+Bring back stereo separation!
+.Pp
+Favourite tracks:
+.Em Breaker ,
+.Em Murderer ,
+.Em Violent Past .
+.
+.Ss The Armed \(em Ultrapop (2021)
+I have to admit
+I didn't actually listen to this one much.
+I listened to the previous album,
+.Em Only Love ,
+a lot in 2020.
+I think this album is good,
+but I'll probably only really get into it
+in some future year.
+.
+.Ss Lingua Ignota \(em Caligula (2019)
+Dear lord,
+why did I wait so long
+to listen to this one.
+I had heard
+.Em "Do You Doubt Me Traitor"
+back when it came out,
+but somehow I didn't realize
+just how much this album
+would be my shit.
+Fucking incredible vocals.
+Lovely sometimes minimal,
+sometimes extreme
+instrumentals
+and exquisite percussion.
+The sound of,
+I believe,
+a lightbulb rolling around on the floor on
+.Em Fragrant
+is such an interesting addition.
+.Pp
+Favourite tracks:
+.Em "Do You Doubt Me Traitor" ,
+.Em "Fragrant Is My Many Flower'd Crown" ,
+.Em "If the Poison Won't Take You My Dogs Will" .
+.
+.Ss Black Dresses \(em LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR STUPID LITTLE BITCHES (2019)
+I wanted even more Black Dresses
+and fortunately there was still more
+I hadn't yet listened to!
+I've already gushed about Black Dresses
+so I'll spare you.
+They're so good though.
+.Pp
+Favourite tracks:
+.Em STATIC ,
+.Em HERTZ ,
+.Em MY HEART BEATS OUT OF TIME .
+.
+.Ss Barenaked Ladies \(em All Their Greatest Hits: Disc One 1991-2001
+What?
+Yeah,
+late last year I decided to revisit BNL.
+My parents listened to them a lot
+when I was growing up,
+and I liked them too.
+The first show I ever went to was the
+.Dq Barenaked for the Holidays
+tour with my parents.
+It turns out
+I still think their '90s stuff
+is pretty darn good!
+Steven Page is really a great singer.
+This is also the first time
+I'm listening to these tunes
+with fancy headphones
+and it sounds great.
+Honestly
+.Em The Old Apartment
+can totally compete
+with the favourites
+I've accumulated more recently.
+\&'90s alt rock was good actually?
+.Pp
+Favourite tracks:
+.Em The Old Apartment ,
+.Em Brian Wilson ,
+.Em What a Good Boy ,
+.Em Too Little Too Late .
+.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An june Aq Mt june@causal.agency
+.Pp
+Listening to all my favourite tracks :)
diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
index 3f9f351c..7f339d77 100644
--- a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
+++ b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ TXTS += 028-names.txt
 TXTS += 029-topics.txt
 TXTS += 030-discs.txt
 TXTS += 031-books-2021.txt
+TXTS += 032-albums-2021.txt
 
 all: colb ${TXTS}