https://brightonxu.com/tags/essay/Recent content in Essay on Brighton's BlogHugozh-CNWed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0800https://brightonxu.com/posts/en/2026-09-23-reply-to-hazel/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0800https://brightonxu.com/posts/en/2026-09-23-reply-to-hazel/<div class="article-description" style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.3em; color: #555; margin: 20px 0 30px 0; font-weight: 500;">So much...</div> <!-- more --> <figure class="inline-track" data-yt="7c6OVI7MUvs" data-audio="/audio/fiona-apple-on-the-bound.mp3"> <div class="inline-track__row"> <img class="inline-track__cover" src="https://brightonxu.com/img/when-the-pawn.jpg" alt="On the Bound cover" loading="lazy" width="48" height="48"> <div class="inline-track__meta"> <span class="inline-track__title">On the Bound</span> <span class="inline-track__sub">Fiona Apple · When the Pawn... (1999)</span> </div> <span class="inline-track__time">0:00</span> <button class="inline-track__btn" type="button" aria-label="Play On the Bound"> <svg class="inline-track__icon-play" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="18" height="18" aria-hidden="true"><path fill="currentColor" d="M8 5v14l11-7z"/></svg> <svg class="inline-track__icon-pause" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="18" height="18" aria-hidden="true"><path fill="currentColor" d="M6 5h4v14H6zM14 5h4v14h-4z"/></svg> </button> </div> <div class="inline-track__barwrap" role="presentation"><i class="inline-track__prog"></i></div> </figure> <p>I&rsquo;ve been listening to Fiona Apple&rsquo;s <em>When the Pawn&hellip;</em> lately. It&rsquo;s a very distinctive album. Although I basically can&rsquo;t get into any of the sampling ideas on <em>Fetch the Bolt Cutters</em>, the mix of piano and samples—or synths?—in the intro to this album is incredibly rich and creative. For some reason, it reminds me of the intro to OKC.</p>