Bit late to thread due to manic work day…beautifully soundtracked by Daniel Avery, stunning album.
Will likely give Eels a listen over the weekend, although in truth have been let down by everything since Hombre Lobo.

Oh this new Rafiq Bhatia record sounds special.

Always amuses me how differently two fans can react to new material - when I heard the opening strings to Prior Things it was instantly my favourite thing they’ve ever made.

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Been waiting for this to appear on Spotify for a long while. It’s bloody great

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My release of the week is the new Bambara:

The bio sums things up well: noise rock and post punk, mining the work of bands like Swans and The Birthday Party.

I’ve been going back to this album quite a bit. It’s got a lot of fun effects, propulsive rythyms, and some well executed noise. Solid stuff.

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From that description I’m now listening. Great rec.

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enjoying the new Somadrone album. electronicy/bass/drums in a sort of Broadcast-y fashion i guess?

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On Spotify here thankfully - another corker from the lads!

Intrigued by the new Avery. I quite liked the first, but wasn’t amazing.

Someone on Twitter described the first as a ‘paradigm shift’ or something. Not sure how many albums he’s actually heard.

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Thanks @Pale-eyedBadger. I didn’t know about this, but have now just listened and it is indeed a lovely thing. As is this thread!

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I’m not into that kind of music usually, but a very strong entry. It gets more intense in the second part of the album, which I liked. I’m going to play it again today I think.

This is really great so far. Thanks for the recommendation!

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The Daniel Avery album is excellent, definite early Aphex/Autechre vibes :grinning:

Somehow got Wye Oak and Weyes Blood mixed up in my head, so was a bit confused/disappointed with that one :upside_down_face:

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Well, tomorrow is almost upon us, but that’s for another thread. Some great records out last week, and I appreciate everyone’s suggestions above. However, I’d particularly like to thank @rich-t for directing me towards Fenne Lily (how was the gig @BMS1?), and @Pale-eyedBadger for the skinny on the Colorist Orchestra & Lisa Hannigan’s EP. Both wonderful records. I am also guiltily enjoying Tom Misch’s Geography (whilst wearing my beige slacks and sipping my warm water, obvs.) - not mentioned above, and possibly not a record that hits the prime DiS constituency. (Actually, I am increasingly worried I am going a bit MOR-ish …).

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In all fairness, I’ve not listened to it yet. Spending too much time with Hop Along and No Thank You

You should! Really. For me, Hop Along hasn’t really clicked. But I will try No Thank You right now. I know it got a mention above, but I don’t think i got around to listening to that one.

What’s your fav from the Hop Along album? Prior Things and the back half of Abel gets me every time.

You are welcome! The first I knew about it was when a track popped up in my release reader on Spotify.

Yer man from No Age mentioned these at the gig in Bristol recently.

I saw Fenne Lily at The Moth Club. Good performance. She’s a cut above those in her genre.

That was my “review” on the Last Night’s Gig Was thread. Good gig. I enjoyed it. I work about 10 minutes walk from The Moth Club and so it was a nice finish to a long day at work. Not sure if I’d necessarily see she again though but enjoyed Tuesday’s gig.