#41

1. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
2. The Weather Station - Ignorance
3. Christian Löffler - Parallels: Shellac Reworks
4. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
5. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

And a few other tracks I’ve enjoyed from the month here:

#42

Yea! I’ve written two consecutive blog posts. Whooooooo Who!

But it looks like I have more work to do on the formatting :confused:

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#43

Julien Baker will be my top and I’ll move the others down one. Just in the interests of openness in this legally binding thread.

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#44

Have a listen to the Steady Holiday album also, I think you might really like it. It’s super short, at 28 minutes and 8 tracks, but really quite catchy and good!

#45

Yeah it’s a goodun

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#46
  1. DJ Muggs & Rome Streetz - Death And The Magician
  2. James Johnson And Steve Gullick - We Travel Time
  3. Reymour - Leviosa
  4. Your Old Droog & The God Fahim - The YOD Fahim
  5. Tindersticks - Distractions
  6. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  7. Black Country New Road - For The First Time

Excellent month, really surprised at how much I like Tindersticks. haven’t been properly into one of their albums since ‘Can Our Love…’ DJ Muggs may even have surpassed his great form over the last few years with another incredibly really addictive album, and James Johnson & Steve Gullick is not only a beautiful album but, given my sleeping difficulties atm, a really useful one for me as well.

Ive not seen any mention of the Reymour album on here but reckon a fair few on here would like it. It’s basically French synth pop but but with a doleful, kitchen sink vibe which reminds me of Ladytons debut ‘604’.

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#47

oh and shout out to @rich-t for bringing both cassandra jenkins and kate kirby to my attention. :+1:

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#48
  1. The Weather Station - Ignorance
  2. Loathe - The Things They Believe
  3. Katy Kirby - Cool Dry Place
  4. Pom Polo - Cheater
  5. MueseuM - DONTNOD

Honourable mentions to JPEGMAFIA, Steve Hadfield, Chargr, Lauren Auder and moon

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#49

Crikey! what a month.

  1. Sun June - Somewhere
  2. Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
  3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  4. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
  5. The Weather Station - Ignorance
#50

  1. Mogwai - As The Love Continues

  2. Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo - Deep Fried Grandeur

  3. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature

  4. John Carpenter - Lost Themes lll

  5. Virginia Wing - Private Life

  6. Camera - Prosthuman

  7. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - L.W.

  8. Indigo Sparke - Echo

  9. Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country

  10. Nana Yamato - Before Sunrise

Haven’t listened to CARNAGE yet and need to spend more time with the Blanck Mass newie.

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#51
  1. Blanck Mass - In Ferneaux
  2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
  3. John Tejada - Year Of The Living Dead
  4. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
  5. Calibre - Feeling Normal
#52

Excellent month. Big thanks to @UncleRetrospective, @LastAstronaut, and @Kirstysmetalhands for some great discoveries.

  1. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
  2. Black Country, New Road - For the First Time
  3. God Is An Astronaut - Ghost Tapes 10
  4. Loathe - The Things They Believe
  5. Talons’ - new nightmares
  6. Cloud Nothings - The Shadow I Remember

  • Love the Mogwai and BC,NR albums so much. Both feel like instant classics.

  • Brand new to GIAA, great propulsive post-rock.

  • The Loathe album is a surprise ambient release, it’s fantastic. Calming and menacing at the same time.

  • Feels like Talons’ made the definitive pandemic album. Very affecting and direct.

  • Very mixed feelings on Cloud Nothings. The highs are among their best but overall feels undercooked and like a step back.

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#53

Just doing my bandcamp purchases now, and having a listen to this album again and enjoying it. will definitely be a purchase!

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#54

1.Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
2. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
3. Weather Station - Ignorance
4. The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy
5. Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country

Cassandra Jenkins beautiful album by a mile. Not much between Julien Baker and sixth place Mogwai for the others.

The Weather Station starts brilliantly, but feels a bit one paced over the full course. Maybe some of it needs longer to get its hooks in? An element of this with Julien Baker too.

The Hold Steady and Flyying Colours records are welcome blasts. Didn’t know I needed a shoegaze re-write of Dancing In The Dark?

#55

Would strongly agree with this.

#56
  1. Mogwai
  2. Genesis Owusu
  3. Your old droog, the god fahim
  4. Clap your hands, say yeah
  5. Hammer

cassandra Jenkins, black country new road, lael neale, nick cave, Django Django, Chris crack and God is an astronaut are all worthy of more time but really they’ve all been struggling to keep Mogwai off the stereo.

#57

I haven’t heard the album yet but the Genesis Owusu album looks to have been released yesterday and not in February judging by the comments on the New Releases.

Want to change your vote?

#58

D’oh bump them all up and add Lael neale in at 5 please!

Think it was @littlebirds that shared the Owusu album in new releases thread and it’s amazing, for anyone who hasn’t heard it yet.

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#59

1 Bodies Of Water - Is This What It’s Like
2 Frederik Valentin - 0011001 and 0011000
3 Mansfield.TYA - Monument Ordinaire
4 Steady Holiday - Take The Corners Gently
5 Meril Wubslin - Alors Quoi

6 Fabio Viscogliosi - Camera
7 Talons’ - New Nightmares
8 Merope - Salos
9 Black Country, New Road - For The First Time
10 Lauren Auder - 5 Songs For The Dysphoric

I really have no idea how to order these. I bought all of the above albums on Bandcamp yesterday, other than Lauren Auder who isn’t on there.
Bodies Of Water are a long time favourite of mine, great catchy album.
Frederik Valentin would have been number one most other months. Very intriguing different sounding songs.
Mansfield.TYA was a random discovery. Catchy French electro-poppy kind of sounds.
and… ahh, they’re all good.

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#60

1 Mogwai - As The Love Continues
2 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
3 A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Invisible Cities
4 Indigo Sparke - Echo
5 The Red Step - The Red Step