VHS Collection

When I was in the early half of high school, any song that started with such a whimsical synth would get the gasface. I'd not only ignore anything I'd consider one of them synth shits, I wouldn't even test my ability to enjoy something based merely on the fact that it contained a "non-analog" instrument.

HOLY SHIT I WAS A FUCKING ASSHOLE.

I've really turned my life around since then, me swrrrs!

Sure, I'm still a fucking asshole, but now that I'm in my mid-30s, the inclusion of a well crafted synth as a song is introducing its sonic-self to my side faceholes is something I welcome with open holes. 

The intro on "Lean" from VHS Collection is fucking all sorts of hells yes. It's like the beginning of a workout video my tween self might consider masturbating to when no one's looking.

Not only am I immediately dancey, I'm also immediately holding my arms out in a T with my palms up, as if asking everyone around me (currently staring at me like I'm on the drugs) why they aren't also dancing like assholes.

I love it when a song catches my ear with immediate potential, then builds on that potential by being all-the-way-through fun as fuck, chicken-danceable, and hip swayable. VHS Collection made a sunny December day in late spring temperatures a bit fucking cooler, and if this Members Only windbreaker is any indication, I'm possibly hip as fuck because of it and it alone.