#95

Yes. I’m very disappointed. I usually love his stuff. Maybe it’ll grow on us.

#96

Just a wee jag for this magazine we’re making and trying to sell (I know, sorry).

Cover story with Vagabon, and chats with Hovvdy and Foxes In Fiction (who also has a beautiful album out today that I highly recommend!) in the new issue. Also you can get 20% off at this link using code VAGABON if anyone would like to try it:

Ok sorry, back to getting lost in the Hovvdy record…

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#97

Caroline Polachek!!!

Nothing else interests me

#98

Floating Points- Crush
Hovvdy- Heavy Lifter
Foxes in Friction- Trillium Killer
Jim James, Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra- Order of Nature
Nils Frahm- All Encores
Adventsong- Indaco

Other ambient/drone/modern comp.
Slow Meadow - Happy Occident
Evan Caminiti- Coiling
Wil Bolton- Kochi
John Cantler- Tomorrow is Too Late

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#99

The last song’s brilliant but I can only think of a couple of other tracks among the 14 that rise above pure filler.

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#100

Ah no.
Hopefully it’s decent rather than actively bad.
LP hasn’t turned up yet so il not be listening until Monday at the earliest.
At least the live show should be great.

#101

Well, that new Jim James record is just gorgeous isn’t it.

Not a challenging listen by any means, but an utterly lovely accompaniment to a lazy sunday morning.

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#102

There are some heavy Sparklehorse vibes on that new Hovvdy album. Great stuff.

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#103

Polachek and clipping. are 2 clear AOTY contenders for me.

#104

By vibes do you mean plagiarism? That song “tellmel’masinger” is pretty much “its a wonderful life” even has the exact same opening words and intonation…could be a conscious nod (cant not be i guess…)

#105

(It is, we asked them about it in our interview)

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#106

I’ve seen a bunch of 4-star reviews for this but, yeah, I’m not really enjoying it at all. Is it just me or does his voice sound a bit off too?

#107

It seems I’m the only one here who enjoys it :frowning_face:

#108

Cathedral is absolutely buried into my head at the moment, just humming it constantly

#110

Really like this MM single, the southern gothic thing really suits him imo. To me it sounds like the lighter end of The Seer/To Be Kind-era Swans broken down into bite size chunks.

#111

It’s a Johnny Cash cover. (But you might know that)

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#112

I had no idea! Cheers :smiley:

I am partial to a bit of JC but by no means a hardcore fan. I’ll check that version out too.

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#113

It’s actually an old folk song, been recorded many times before the Johnny Cash version - as Run On by Moby for example.

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#114

Any fans of this Hurtling album ‘Future From Here’? Don’t think it’s been mentioned in this thread. Band members have also played in MBV, Graham Coxon and Charlotte Hatherly’s bands amongst others so the guitar sounds on this are fantastic. Great songs too. Bit shoe-gazey, early 90’s US rock etc…

#115

Need an appropriate dog walking soundtrack tomorrow, and I’ve read strong reviews…

I’ll report back with my impressions.

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