just been listening to the ffxiv soundtrack to get me hyped for the next patch coming soon
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FJM x JI divorce collab incoming?
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Taking the buy Canadian movement to the headphones I see. I tried to look up infinite taverns and couldn't find anything on them, got a link?
Apparently that's because I misremembered the band name this morning lol.
Youtube link to the song that introduced me. They do electronic stuff based on DnD classes or 40k lore.
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