2022-06-24 |
108 |
Minniva |
"Summer of '69" |
single |
"nothing lasts forever" say all the songs |
2022-04-01 |
81 |
Minniva |
"Fear of the Dark" |
single |
you're alone. |
2020-06-26 |
91 |
Minniva |
"The Human Paradox" |
single |
and look up |
2020-05-15 |
6 |
Minniva |
"I'll Make a Man out of You" |
single |
into diorama drama, |
2019-09-20 |
6 |
Minniva |
"In Orbit" |
single |
We see others fight their versions of our battles, |
2019-08-23 |
12 |
Minniva |
"Amongst Stars" |
single |
and whatever climbs out of the carapaces of the old gods. |
2019-08-16 |
28 |
Minniva |
"Ameno" |
single |
but an isolation of their representative aspects. |
2019-06-21 |
24 |
Minniva |
"The Red Baron" |
single |
Weaponry is a failure-mode of toolmaking, |
2019-06-14 |
24 |
Minniva |
"Mighty Wings" |
single |
Arguably anthems in the shadow of extinction are our cheapest trick, |
2019-05-10 |
19 |
Minniva |
"Bismarck" |
single |
We realize that certain kinds of people are inherently better at some kinds of important tasks, but that with appropriate safety precautions it's possible to allow men to particpiate in government in limited but emotionally satisfying ways. |
2019-04-19 |
37 |
Minniva |
"Never Enough" |
single |
is not a victory. |
2018-11-09 |
11 |
Minniva |
"Demons" |
single |
The dragons do not imagine themselves, |
2018-11-02 |
14 |
Minniva |
"Home" |
single |
how we remember things better than they were, |
2018-09-07 |
16 |
Minniva |
"Square Hammer/April Rain" |
single |
They knew, |
2018-07-20 |
18 |
Minniva |
"Africa" |
single |
And the intersectional queen of gothic symphonic metal and pop and unapologeticality is definitely the Norwegian cover-singer Minniva, who releases near-weekly gothic-metal-ish covers of virtually anything, but often either classic older progressive metal songs or current pop hits. "Africa" is technically neither, but qualifies as an implicit current pop hit due to Weezer's recent cover of it. I hated the Toto original, and I hate Weezer's version, but I accept them as the prices for this version. Part of the fascinating genius of Minniva's cover-series is that she produces them quickly, so they tend to have cheerfully undisguised studio shortcuts like the sputtery drum-machine blastbeats in this one. I find these charming. |
2018-06-15 |
18 |
Minniva |
"Under The Red Cloud" |
single |
We have separated children from their parents before, |
2018-02-09 |
3 |
Minniva |
"You Shook Me All Night Long" |
single |
But look upwards at night. The other stars didn't look at the first one and think "Oh, that's been done." |
2017-10-13 |
9 |
Minniva |
"Wish I Had An Angel" |
single |
meticulous reconstructions of arbitrary monuments, |
2017-08-25 |
23 |
Minniva |
"All The Clowns" |
single |
Nostalgia, history, historiography: |
2017-08-18 |
45 |
Minniva |
"Fullmoon" |
single |
Martial hip hop. |
2017-07-28 |
23 |
Minniva |
"Hunting High And Low" |
single |
We are here to see what delight can destroy, |
2017-06-02 |
26 |
Minniva |
"While Your Lips Are Still Red" |
single |
and that retelling a myth can reveal new pathways into legend. |
2017-05-19 |
23 |
Minniva |
"I Want Out" |
single |
Well, no, but that was pretty close. |
2017-04-07 |
29 |
Minniva |
"Listen To Your Heart" |
single |
you conduct |
2017-03-10 |
11 |
Minniva |
"Where Were You Last Night / You Give Love a Bad Name (Mashup)" |
Volume #1 |
In the end times, they will rise up against each other. |
2017-03-03 |
24 |
Minniva |
"You'll Be In My Heart" |
single |
and movement scrapes you against the air. |
2017-02-10 |
9 |
Minniva |
"Year Zero" |
single |
accepting that people who disagree with you are not necessarily or merely being dishonest. |