Rainbow Kitten Surprise

I have phases where I listen to a song, love it so much, and loop it over and over again until I learned the entire thing. For days. My spotify wrapped is always interesting because of this, because theres always a song at the top I never remember listening to. When I was 13 (ish) I looped “Strawberry Blonde” by Mitski for not one, not two, not three… but four weeks (in dr phil voice). The surprising part? That wasn’t even the top of my wrapped.

As of late, I’ve tried to expand my music taste less and more so tried to get more familiar with artists I already know and love. This was the case with the album I’m predicting to be my favorite, “Class Of Cardinal Sin” by Covey. I have a very, very deep interest in the concept of “sin” as a whole, but ESPECIALLY the seven deadly sins, and this album kind of just scratches that itch in my brain. This is also the case with Rainbow Kitten Surprise, my ABSOLUTE all-time favorite band. I love them so dearly.

It started with one song, which happens to be their most popular, “It’s Called: Freefall”. This song, often shorted to “freefall”, comes from the Album “How to: Friend, Love, Freefall” and is the 4^th of 13 in the album. This is, of course, their most popular album BUT! The third they’d released.

I’ve been spending a few days (I say this like it hasn’t been two weeks(edit: It’s been a month and a half, almost two months)) looping their albums, and I’ve JUST finished looping that one, but if I had to name a favorite album it’s definitely “Seven + Mary”. (Still not tired of it, just starting Love Hate Music Box)

I think it may be because I’ve loved RKS’s (Shortened from Rainbow Kitten Surprise, I am NOT typing that out 100 times) music for so long, but I find their music very very easy to listen to on loop how I normally do. Sometimes, sadly, I can’t loop my favorite artists and bands because they tend to find a sound that works for them and… never ever EVER stray from it. This is why I can’t listen to Lana Del Ray (? I have her blocked on spotify) or Chase Atlantic, sometimes even The Neighborhood and Arctic Monkeys. They have lots of music, yes, and it’s all good music, but it has a sound that’s too similar to their other songs. My other favorite bands, like The Crane Wives, do have this problem (from time to time) but by GOD it is not as obvious. Sorry. Little hater rant there. I never have this “Sound too same” problem with them, so it feels like im looping a hundred different favorite songs rather than one album.

Currently, As I am typing this, I’m looping their album “Love Hate Music Box”, (edit: I didn’t like it then, i’m locking in now btw this is danny a month later) and I think it’s a perfect example of what I’m talking about. It has an entirely different sound from, say, RKS the album. And both of those albums sound entirely different from “Seven + Mary”, even if RKS the album and Seven + Mary definitely sound more similar. Love Hate Music Box brings a sound from them that I’m absolutely not used to, and I’m still working on actively listening to this album and becoming as familiar with it as I am the others.

Something I think is funny, in relation to their albums, is that this is about the 3^rd time I’ve looped their albums like this , but never with this dedication. I was so sure that I knew only a few songs in seven + mary, but I can sing most of them and if not I can recognize them. So far, from each album (that I’m versed in, don’t ask me anything past love hate music box) my favorites are Mr. Redundant, Seven, Shameful company, and Black and White from Seven + Mary. In RKS, Counting Cards, Lady Lie, Goodnight Chicago (probably my fav on the album) and an even tie for All’s Well That Ends and The Countdown, the two last songs on the album. In the album How to: Friend, Love, Freefall, my favorites are definitely It’s called: Freefall, Mission to mars, Possum Queen, and When it lands!!!! (I love this entire album so much it’s devastating). After that…. I don’t know enough of the albums yet to have a favorite, and that’s okay!!! Otherwise, my #1 favorite song from the entire band is Drop Stop Roll, one of their singles. Their singles are a whole other ballpark, one that I do not care to talk about (no vacancy, work out, and our song are all MASTERPIECES deserving of their own blogs).

I know that I really like music blogs, and that it teaches me a lot about bands I already know or bands ive never heard of, and I figured it’s about my turn to share some of my favorites. Don’t know if I’ll be continuing this blog…. But know I do love RKS and also a few other bands that DEFINITELY deserve more recognition. Kiss kiss, literaries!! See you whenever 🙂

This is me from a few weeks later, coming back and reflecting on this blog: I’m now going to properly rank them based on my favorites.

1 It’s Called: Freefall; 2 Drop Stop Roll; 3 The Countdown; 4 Mission to Mars; 5 Black and White; 6 Goodnight Chicago; 7 Shameful Company; 8 When it Lands; 9 Cold Love; 10 Fever Pitch or Holy War (these are the same song to me)

Honorable Mentions for: Polite Company, Painkillers, Possum Queen, and Devil like me plus every other song they’ve ever made (our song, dang, and SVO also belong here)