>Music has always been a huge part of my life, and I feel blessed that I am one of those souls who can lose myself into the sounds and harmonies if played loudly enough. A side-effect of doing this over the last several decades has had its effects on my hearing.

Same here, and my hearing is also appalling, although technically those problems started when I was 5 so I can't blame loud music for the poor hearing. It does mean that whenever I have music on headphones, then it is on full blast. It also helps to drown out the world and its relentless, abject misery. So that's a plus! 😅

>I was thinking this morning, ‘I am a little burnt out with posting’. The Urban Exploration scene, at least regarding me is drying up some, and although I have almost a years worth of content, writing about it can be tedious.

It does feel sometimes that I'm grinding a post out for the sake of it... I'd really like to post about music (there is always something new playing here), but I find it so difficult to talk about. Music connects on a deep emotional, almost spiritual level, but I really struggle to put it into words without feeling like I'm talking absolute bollocks.

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As for the music here, that No Doubt song was unexpected, although I only really know the band from the Don't Speak single... Kino were interesting and the quirky sections were pretty good, although not quite enough 'oomph' for my liking... The Gathering however sounds much more up my street, and I'll be adding it to the ever increasing list of bands to check out further!