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  <updated>2026-04-20T00:41:38.993470907Z</updated>
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    <name>Alex Leighton</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: SOULPUNCHER</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-03-01-listening-to-soulpuncher.html</id>
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    <published>2026-03-02T05:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-02T05:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Astrale</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-03-02T05:00:00Z">2026-03-02</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Astrale</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-03-02T05:00:00Z">2026-03-02</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://astrale.bandcamp.com/album/soulpuncher">SOULPUNCHER by Astrale</a>
<p>Digital, synth-y pop.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-03-01-listening-to-soulpuncher.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Don&#39;t Slow Down</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-28-listening-to-dont-slow-down.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-28-listening-to-dont-slow-down.html" />
    <published>2026-03-01T04:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-03-01T04:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Grafix</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-03-01T04:00:00Z">2026-03-01</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Grafix</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-03-01T04:00:00Z">2026-03-01</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://grafix.bandcamp.com/album/dont-slow-down">Don't Slow Down by Grafix</a>
<p>Solid drum and bass album.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-28-listening-to-dont-slow-down.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Belong</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-25-listening-to-belong.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-25-listening-to-belong.html" />
    <published>2026-02-25T16:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-25T16:45:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Jay Som</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-25T16:45:00Z">2026-02-25</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Jay Som</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-25T16:45:00Z">2026-02-25</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://jaysom.bandcamp.com/album/belong">Belong by Jay Som</a>
<p>Nice, classic indie rock, also featuring Hayley Williams on the song Past Lives.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-25-listening-to-belong.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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    <title>Listening To: Packaging</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-24-listening-to-packaging.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-24-listening-to-packaging.html" />
    <published>2026-02-24T17:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-24T17:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Packaging</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-24T17:00:00Z">2026-02-24</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Packaging</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-24T17:00:00Z">2026-02-24</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://packaging.bandcamp.com/album/packaging">Packaging by Packaging</a>
<p>From their Bandcamp: "Packaging's debut album 'Packaging' fuses psychedelic textures, krautrock chug, electronic grandeur, tuneful accessibility, and just a little bit of bristling self-awareness."</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-24-listening-to-packaging.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: PRATA</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-17-listening-to-prata.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-17-listening-to-prata.html" />
    <published>2026-02-18T05:35:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-18T05:35:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By MAQUINA.</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-18T05:35:00Z">2026-02-18</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By MAQUINA.</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-18T05:35:00Z">2026-02-18</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://maquinaponto.bandcamp.com/album/prata-2">PRATA by MAQUINA.</a>
<p>Surprisingly catchy, found myself hooked by the bass and the beat. From the Bandcamp description: "minimal krautrock repetition, pounding industrial techno".</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-17-listening-to-prata.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Lunar</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-13-listening-to-lunar.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-13-listening-to-lunar.html" />
    <published>2026-02-14T05:10:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-14T05:10:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Liquicity</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-14T05:10:00Z">2026-02-14</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Liquicity</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-14T05:10:00Z">2026-02-14</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://liquicity.bandcamp.com/album/lunar">Lunar by Liquicity</a>
<p>Smooth, celestial drum and bass.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-13-listening-to-lunar.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Not Here Not Gone</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-12-listening-to-not-here-not-gone.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-12-listening-to-not-here-not-gone.html" />
    <published>2026-02-12T16:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-12T16:45:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Blackwater Holylight</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-12T16:45:00Z">2026-02-12</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Blackwater Holylight</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-12T16:45:00Z">2026-02-12</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com/album/not-here-not-gone">Not Here Not Gone by Blackwater Holylight</a>
<p>Hard rocking, shoegaze-y music. Feel the sound.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-12-listening-to-not-here-not-gone.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: SONIC TRASH</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-02-listening-to-sonic-trash.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-02-listening-to-sonic-trash.html" />
    <published>2026-02-03T05:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-03T05:45:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By ROMES</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-03T05:45:00Z">2026-02-03</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By ROMES</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-02-03T05:45:00Z">2026-02-03</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://romesband.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-trash">SONIC TRASH by ROMES</a>
<p>Nice and edgy rock, touches of industrial.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-02-02-listening-to-sonic-trash.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: HARDWAREZ</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-28-listening-to-hardwarez.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-28-listening-to-hardwarez.html" />
    <published>2026-01-28T15:05:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-28T15:05:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By MASTER BOOT RECORD</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-28T15:05:00Z">2026-01-28</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By MASTER BOOT RECORD</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-28T15:05:00Z">2026-01-28</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com/album/hardwarez">HARDWAREZ by MASTER BOOT RECORD</a>
<p>Digital, chiptune metal. A unique style that I didn't know I wanted.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-28-listening-to-hardwarez.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Fade</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-27-listening-to-fade.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-27-listening-to-fade.html" />
    <published>2026-01-28T06:10:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-28T06:10:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Sub Focus</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-28T06:10:00Z">2026-01-28</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Sub Focus</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-28T06:10:00Z">2026-01-28</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmsHsvT0pPk">Fade by Sub Focus, on Contact</a>
<p>Contact is a very nice drum and bass album from Sub Focus, all of the tracks are polished.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-27-listening-to-fade.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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    <title>Listening To: Half Life</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-02-listening-to-half-life.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-02-listening-to-half-life.html" />
    <published>2026-01-03T05:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-03T05:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Grafix</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-03T05:00:00Z">2026-01-03</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Grafix</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-03T05:00:00Z">2026-01-03</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://grafix.bandcamp.com/album/half-life">Half Life by Grafix</a>
<p>Drum and bass! I especially enjoy the more acid stylings in songs like Skyline.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2026-01-02-listening-to-half-life.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Luminous</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-31-listening-to-luminous.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-31-listening-to-luminous.html" />
    <published>2026-01-01T01:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-01T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Fred V</p><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-01T01:00:00Z">2026-01-01</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Fred V</h3><p>Published on <span title="2026-01-01T01:00:00Z">2026-01-01</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://fredv.bandcamp.com/album/luminous">Luminous by Fred V</a>
<p>Upbeat, melodic drum and bass, for when you want to feel good rather than edgy. Shoutout to track 2: Collide!</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-31-listening-to-luminous.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Ex Machina</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-23-listening-to-ex-machina.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-23-listening-to-ex-machina.html" />
    <published>2025-12-23T21:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-23T21:15:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Metrik</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-23T21:15:00Z">2025-12-23</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Metrik</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-23T21:15:00Z">2025-12-23</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://metrikmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ex-machina">Ex Machina by Metrik</a>
<p>More drum and bass from <a href="../../../posts/2025-11-17-listening-to-awake.html">Metrik</a>!</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-23-listening-to-ex-machina.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Free Energy</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-13-listening-to-free-energy.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-13-listening-to-free-energy.html" />
    <published>2025-12-14T06:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-14T06:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Dummy</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-14T06:00:00Z">2025-12-14</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Dummy</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-14T06:00:00Z">2025-12-14</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://notdummy.bandcamp.com/album/free-energy">Free Energy by Dummy</a>
<p>Psychedelic rock; shoegaze or triphop at times. Very nice.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-13-listening-to-free-energy.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: #DiesisLive Handpan Set</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-11-listening-to-diesislive-handpan-set.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-11-listening-to-diesislive-handpan-set.html" />
    <published>2025-12-12T06:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-12T06:15:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Giolì & Assia</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-12T06:15:00Z">2025-12-12</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Giolì & Assia</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-12T06:15:00Z">2025-12-12</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music, til</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4U232MuTG4">Giolì &amp; Assia - #DiesisLive @Vulcano, Aeolian Islands [Handpan Set]</a>
<p>Lovely electronic music set, performed at a breathtaking location — on <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/Us4ExusyCcvF2vxo9">the rim of an active volcano</a> on the island <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcano">Vulcano</a>, in the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily. Today I learned "the English word "volcano", and its equivalent in several European languages, derives from the name of this island, which derives from the Roman belief that the tiny island was the chimney of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire."</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_image_of_Vulcano_(view_from_the_east).jpg"><img class="post-image" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Aerial_image_of_Vulcano_%28view_from_the_east%29.jpg/1024px-Aerial_image_of_Vulcano_%28view_from_the_east%29.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-11-listening-to-diesislive-handpan-set.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Luminescent Creatures</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-09-listening-to-luminescent-creatures.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-09-listening-to-luminescent-creatures.html" />
    <published>2025-12-09T16:20:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-09T16:20:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Ichiko Aoba</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-09T16:20:00Z">2025-12-09</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Ichiko Aoba</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-09T16:20:00Z">2025-12-09</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/luminescent-creatures-2">Luminescent Creatures by Ichiko Aoba</a>
<p>Delicate, crystalline Japanese vocals over soft, contemplative piano and guitar.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-09-listening-to-luminescent-creatures.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Life Of Leisure</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-01-listening-to-life-of-leisure.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-01-listening-to-life-of-leisure.html" />
    <published>2025-12-02T06:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-02T06:00:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Washed Out</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-02T06:00:00Z">2025-12-02</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Washed Out</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-12-02T06:00:00Z">2025-12-02</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://washedout.bandcamp.com/album/life-of-leisure">Life Of Leisure by Washed Out</a>
<p>Lovely, nostalgic album made popular by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlandia">Portlandia</a>. The sound is so laid-back and richly detailed that you want to lay there and let it envelop you.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-12-01-listening-to-life-of-leisure.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Songs From My Castle Tower</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-29-listening-to-songs-from-my-castle-tower.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-29-listening-to-songs-from-my-castle-tower.html" />
    <published>2025-11-30T04:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-30T04:45:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By MJ Noble</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-30T04:45:00Z">2025-11-30</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By MJ Noble</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-30T04:45:00Z">2025-11-30</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://mjnoble.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-my-castle-tower">Songs From My Castle Tower by MJ Noble</a>
<p>An interesting mix of drum and bass / jungle, ethereal vocals, and flute. Evokes a hyped-up fantasy soundtrack.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-29-listening-to-songs-from-my-castle-tower.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Listening To: Splashes Of Colour</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-28-listening-to-splashes-of-colour.html</id>
    <link href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-28-listening-to-splashes-of-colour.html" />
    <published>2025-11-29T02:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-29T02:30:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By Teen Daze</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-29T02:30:00Z">2025-11-29</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By Teen Daze</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-29T02:30:00Z">2025-11-29</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://teendaze.bandcamp.com/album/splashes-of-colour">Splashes Of Colour by Teen Daze</a>
<p>Chill electronic music.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-28-listening-to-splashes-of-colour.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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    <title>Listening To: It&#39;s now safe to turn off your computer.</title>
    <id>https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-25-listening-to-its-now-safe-to-turn-off-your-computer.html</id>
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    <published>2025-11-26T05:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-26T05:30:00Z</updated>
    <author><name>Alex Leighton</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>By &lt;/body&gt;</p><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-26T05:30:00Z">2025-11-26</span></p>]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<h3>By &lt;/body&gt;</h3><p>Published on <span title="2025-11-26T05:30:00Z">2025-11-26</span><br>Tags: listening-to, music</p><a href="https://bodyendtag.bandcamp.com/album/its-now-safe-to-turn-off-your-computer">It's now safe to turn off your computer. by &lt;/body&gt;</a>
<p>Cybernetic, dark synthwave. I love the edginess.</p><p><a href="https://alexleighton.com/posts/2025-11-25-listening-to-its-now-safe-to-turn-off-your-computer.html">Read the post →</a></p>]]></content>
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