• 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"

• Artist: Cara Dillon
• Album: Hill of Thieves
• Track: The Hill of Thieves (youtube, lyrics)

First entry pressure! We'll get to the song that inspired my username here, the song I consider to be the start of having my own individual music taste (rather than listening to whatever my parents played), and others, but for now, this popped into my head as I was walking today and I think it's a fine place to start. Lyrics with love and longing for the land, the Irish whistle and drums, and as always Cara's gorgeous voice make this a highlight of its album for me.

Those perfect moments: at 00:50 when the drums kick in & “murmuring stream;” at 02:35 with the vibrato(?) accent on “I’ve been a stranger here…”