Staff Picks: What Elena Saviano (NYC) Listens To

It’s important to remember that Monster Children isn’t a single narcissistic paranoid schizophrenic whispering to themselves in front of a laptop all day; rather it is a group of anywhere from five to fifteen narcissistic paranoid schizophrenics depending on who is or isn’t in a k-hole (or more recently: which contributor is busy experimenting with synthetic opioids in France (you crazy kids I worry about you)).

And because there are so many of us, all with different styles and tastes, there is a lot of conflict between us in email chains and text threads and bar booths. ‘Kelly Slater is a God!’ someone will yell. ‘I don’t think God is bald!’ another will retort, and so on and so forth. It is our differences of taste and perspective that make us worthwhile, and that facilitates the production of such diverse and multifaceted content every week.

That in mind, to highlight some of the specific staff and also to allow them a platform to show their garbage musical taste without it being necessarily associated with Monster Children as a whole, we present Staff Picks; the musical loves of our individual contributors from NYC to Melby; London to Tokyo.

This week, we hear what NYC-based photographer and writer Elena Saviano is into these days. Bit of Fontaines, bit of Karen O, and the Babygirl soundtrack.