Well hello, Young Fathers, let us make space for you in our ears. These guys from Edinburgh are getting some attention and after a listen through their new album, itâs clear why: they have an idiosyncratic sound that teeters on the line of weird and familiar, compelling you to keep listening in a quest for resolve, which you never get. The big single off of Cocoa Sugar is In My View: dark yet lightly danceable, it will disorient you harmonically and ground you with its rhythms (again, that balance), all of which is a little confusing as a package, but life is complicated, right, so might as well have some music to reflect reality.
Confirming that heâs paying attention, the just-stepped-down founder of Blue Moon is about to release a line nonalcoholic, THC-infused beers. Which initially is like âhey, well done, way to keep up!â but then⌠nonalcoholic beer. Raising the question, whose cultural baggage is heavier here: OâDoulâs (womp) or Mary Janeâs (so hot right how)? Solid mid-week hot-or-not.
Youâre long past the age of swiping (presumptuous, but bear with me), youâre having a baby, and youâre stuck on names. Solution: Kinder, the app you swipe through to inspire the name of your forthcoming child. Hereâs how it works: you enter your last name, connect with your partnerâs account if you want, and then swipe through first names, banking the right-swipes as you go along. Which is a really great idea for name prompts, but you have to think thereâs some muscle memory to the swiping, right? The headline writes itself: âBaby Swipe Subconsciously Reignites Biological Need for One-Night Stand.â Wherever science comes out on this, I also learned you can turn on âPokemonâ and âLord of the Ringsâ name features in Kinder, and would like you to know that Iâve settled on âTalonflame Boyer-Dry,â when the time comes. Or âFlaaffyâ, depending on sex. Approved for use on pets.
Ritual is a newish company that is killing it in the vitamin space. Monthly, they send you those good-looking capsules in the picture above, and it turns out their appearance isnât just for aesthetics. Those clear pills? They symbolize the transparency of their supply chain. And the little dots represent the ingredients that are delivered individually to support womenâs health. So if youâre in the market for poetry, wellness, or both, Ritual might be for you. Give it a try.
