Crucial Track for May 21, 2025

"Golden Ink" by Elizabeth & The Catapult

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Artist: Elizabeth & The Catapult

Album: Taller Children

Track: Golden Ink (full song, lyrics)

In high school I spent a lot of time in the blogosphere of art journalling, and I’m positive I discovered this song via a Blogspot blog with a golden yellow background, around 2010, with the blog's author relating to the feeling of losing creative inspiration, and a youtube embed at the bottom of the page to this song – a page which is likely lost to link rot now. It didn’t end up being my favorite song from the album, but it’s pivotal for the memory of discovery sticking with me for so long.

Those perfect moments: the little interlude around 01:48; at 02:25 the intonation on "never to let go"