Music is the Answer

You may have noticed that I've been wallowing under the influence of The Dark Bastard in recent weeks. (For any newer readers - 'The Dark Bastard' is the name I give to the depressive/insomniac/self-loathing part of me that takes control of my thoughts occasionally). I've tried to do the right things - eat properly, sleep properly, do things I know I enjoy, exercise, drink lots of water, avoid caffeine, limit alcohol, etc - but it's been a spell that seemed determined to dig its claws in and hold me to the ground as much as possible.
The thing that seems to have pushed it away a bit is music! And not terrible, low-mood, 'let's all feel shit together', written from a point of angst stuff, but really rocking uplifting happy bouncy silly songs that I might normally shy away from. Hard rock, thrash, even weird old 60s trippy numbers have been added to my playlist as I drive along with sounds booming out, or sit in my office with them playing happily in the background. It all helps. My favourite discovery, by far, is the music of The Hu. I honestly don't know how to describe them, other than to say 'a weird fusion of psychedelia, Mongoloan throat singing and heavy rock'. They have great melodies and a unique sound and are - (forgive me for dropping into base vernacular English) - f**king amazing. They may have saved me from a much longer languishing of darkness within myself simply by being so brilliantly ridiculous, and ridiculously brilliant.

RC 13-5-26