what is your name? - the now now and never (2022, Album)

update 4 months later - okay i'm able to formulate my thoughts on this now
a post-rock/shoegaze album that, within its 43-minute runtime, reminds me of what once was and of days i will never get back.
i've always seen 2021-2022 as the best years of my life. times where i was happier, more productive, deeply in love, someone that didn't quite understand anything around them but was happy, and this album strongly encapsulates that idea of nostalgia and times you can't get back. it's best not to think about the past, as that only raises doubt and anxiety and is really unhealthy when you start mistaking the life you wish you lived for the one you actually do. but man does this album get an emotional kick out of me. not only does this non-lexical, instrumental-packed album sound phenomenal, but when i get torn to pieces listening to this, it really does mean something more than just "sounding phenomenal."
to those i've ignored, i'm sorry. to those i've lashed out at, i'm sorry. to those i've hurt, to those i've misunderstood, to those i've lost, i regret every poor, unknowing decision i made in the past, minor or major. i'm sorry for the person i once was, someone happier, someone more productive and satisfied, someone unaware and oblivious of everything around them. i'm sorry for running away, never facing my problems, never standing up for myself, and never keeping my word. to every mistake i've made, to every lie i've uttered, to every promise i've broken, i sincerely mean it and i say this with every fiber of my being that i have left in me, i'm sorry, and if i could go back and do all of this over again and fix everything, make the right decisions, make the right choices, i would.
every track