Category: Bletters

DC, spring in full colors, and healing with friends

Dear Alex, Last weekend I went to DC to visit a friend. I hadn’t realized how long it had been since I had last saw them, and when we actually saw each other in person it felt like no time passed at all, but it was weird realizing that people grow in different ways and…… Continue reading DC, spring in full colors, and healing with friends

How To Start A Garden: A Review Part Two (Electric Boogaloo)

Dear Lucia, I hope you have a wonderful time reading my song by song analysis of Nanna’s Album How To Start a Garden! I am absolutely obsessed with this album and have been listening to it (almost) exclusively in the days since it came out. You will notice this is a part two because I…… Continue reading How To Start A Garden: A Review Part Two (Electric Boogaloo)

How To Start A Garden: A Slight Fanatics Review

“How To Start A Garden” is the debut album of Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdottir, most well known for her role as guitarist, lyricist, and singer in Of Monsters And Men. Of Monsters And Men started as Nannas solo project, Songbird, but when the group won Músíktilraunir (lit. trans: the music experiments), an annual Icelandic young musicians…… Continue reading How To Start A Garden: A Slight Fanatics Review

Touring Iceland

Howdy Lucia!! It has been a fuckin week. For sure. I am finally recovering from driving for about 3 days straight showing my friend around Iceland. The first day we did the Golden Circle, plus a few of my extra special stops, including Friðheimar and Gamla Laugin. The second day we drove all the way…… Continue reading Touring Iceland