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Music I’m Currently Loving

*waits patiently for the judgement* Hey hey, I’m a huge music fan in case you were unaware. Sometimes I even discuss and review it on a bigger blogging website. Let’s not dawdle; here’s my top 5 fave songs of the moment that I can’t stop listening to, both old and new. Enjoy! 1. Deadcrush - alt-J When alt-J’s most recent album RELAXER was released, I only really raved about opening tracks ‘3WW’ and ‘In Cold Blood’ and was underwhelmed by the rest, in comparison to their previous all-rounder albums. However, feeling guilty that I hadn’t given one of my favourite bands a chance to really prove themselves, I gave it another listen and ‘Deadcrush’ then became a solid standout for me.  It’s an unusual song both lyrically and melodically but it’s super groovy in my opinion and toe-tap inducing after just a few listens. 2. Goodbye - Circa Waves Again, this isn’t a massively recent release, but ‘Fire That Burns’ was such a massive tune from the band’s second album D...

Let’s Talk About The North and South Divide

Spoiler alert: I hate it. In case you are not aware, I am from Liverpool, and I talk with a fairly strong, noticeable scouse accent, and I go to university in London. Do you see where I’m going with this? I am in the pinnacle position to experience the north/south divide through how people react to me, treat me and what their stereotypes are of the north in comparison to the south. Accent is the first, and I would say, only thing that really separates me from the rest of my uni who, in the majority, or so it seems, are from the south and have varying degrees of ‘southern’ accents. Apparently though, that is enough for me to be regarded as a northern alien. Despite the fact that I have proved myself to be intelligent enough to be in the same uni as these people, even studying the same or similar subjects, the discrimination is still prevalent, and I just don’t understand how in 2017, this is how narrow minded people can be with their sheltered stereotypes. Don’t misconstrue thi...