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Owen Pallett - Heartland (Deluxe)

happy tuesday y’all. I discovered Owen Pallett a while back, I forget exactly how but I know it was during the days when he used to go by “Final Fantasy”. Pallett is a U of T music school grad in composition and a violinist. Heartland was a move in a more orchestral direction, which seemed to nicely contrast his older stuff which was a lot of violin and piano. 

He’s playing at the Great Hall on April 8, which I’m super excited for. Get yo’ tix! 

Listening Level: 3rd Wave Orchestra

Hyper Light Drifter OST - Disasterpeace a.k.a. Richard Vreeland

YouTube link

Second week post is a video game sound track! betcha didn’t see that one coming. A co-worker and Steam buddy of mine, -devious-, suggested that I check out this game as well as its hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. I did and immediately fell in love. Hyper Light Drifter pays homage to the 8 and 16 bit games many of us grew up loving, and the Disasterpeace definitely knows how to pay homage to the music of those days too. The soundtrack features mostly electronic pieces, with a stellar piano piece to start it off. 

If you’re interested, check out the trailer for the game here and visit its Steam store page if you’d like to purchase.