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Hi, I’m Isaac, and welcome to A Look Back On Music! This is my new blog after I decided to leave ipod044reviews.blogspot.com mostly because the name sucked, but you’ll see that I’ve reuploaded all of the reviews from there to here. Here I’ll be reviewing albums that I view as under-appreciated many years after their original release, some classic albums, and some new releases if they peak my interests. I’m also a drummer (YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCc4q4yf-9wlQIuCmpZ6GusA | IG: www.instagram.com/isuccatdrumming), and I play with the band Danker Zone (YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqK0mm8v0wSmngJLf7sv65w | IG: www.instagram.com/dankerzoneband). I’m also learning how to make music and putting it up on SoundCloud and YouTube (SC: www.soundcloud.com/ipod044 | YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo2q2Rz5fooNyYroufWTYCA), but I’m just doing it by ear right now so don’t expect much, I plan on learning piano soon. Anyway that’s about it, new 1975 review on the way!

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