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MOTHERMARY I Am Your God Italians Do It Better MOTHERMARY's debut album, I Am Your God is the soundtrack to Aries season and as a Sagittarius, I am all into this FIRE! It has been on repeat for the past couple of weeks...they first turned up on my radar through AFI lead singer, Davey Havok, he had them on Volume West with Lindsay Parker a while back. They played a couple shows at SXSW and finally, this past Saturday opened up for AFI at the Palladium.  I was living vicariously through the internet and the magic of social media.  MOTHERMARY are twins who grew up in LDS, left the church moved to NYC, separately, but once they came together they created the entity that is MOTHERMARY.  They spend their time between NYC and LA and are set to play on April 9th at Spring Sound, an exclusive social club in TriBeCa that I hope I don't have to crash because that is what I might be ready to do...to see their LIVE show in person. They create a bold sexy darkwave electropop expressio

I have not been able to stop listening to Bodies , the eleventh studio album by AFI since this album belatedly showed up on my radar.  I have  personally connected to it.  It expressed feelings I had not been able to process into emotions,  provided me with inspiration, and made me want to dance thus, making it my favorite album of 2021.  Lyrically, singer/songwriter Davey Havok's ability to write from a deeply personal emotional space paints a mise en scene,  the use of smart turns of phrases, and an uncanny way of forming synesthesia through words is a unique skill not too many songwriters can accomplish.   Bodies  is brilliantly produced by guitarist Jade Puget, who strategically layers harmonies and melodies by arranging synth, drum machines, and background vox to fill in, and complement the different elements of AFI . He makes a lot of smart decisions as a producer and it is exciting to listen to anything Jade produces because he lets elements stand out at the right moment a