#61

https://twitter.com/i/events/1296825627870289925?s=21

Not really twitter spent today listening to Martyn Bootyspoon

#62

This has made me put Upstepping on for the first time in a long time - what a fantastic album.

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#63

That is a really horrible thought

#64

I found last week a bit flimsy for new releases, but this week looks like it’s really made up for it. Put quite a lot on my list to check out when I get a moment.

Sort-of looking forward to Bright Eyes, although 6 music are desperately trying to ruin it for me. I liked Persona Non-Grata (can’t beat a good bit of bagpipes) despite their best interests. Mariana Trench is OK, but I’m pretty fed up with it right now. They played another couple of songs today which sounded pleasant enough.

I did have a moment of pathetic misguided outrage yesterday when I swore at them for playing Bright Eyes AGAIN!!! and hurriedly skipped past the track only to find out it was Perfume Genius. Which I felt quite bad about because I really like the PG album. Obviously wasn’t paying much attention.

#65

I found this to be surprisingly enjoyable given that I wasn’t impressed with the singles they released ahead if it

It’s like Secret Machines distilled. Not as ambitious as their first 2 albums and they’ve reined in the sometimes sprawling song structures but it seemd to have more of an emotional pull and is more cohesive. The singles work much better in the context of the album too. A really nice, easy listen. 8 songs, 31 minutes of melodic propulsive space rock.

Going off their interviews it appears they’ve got a lot more music recorded and ready to release. Feels good to have them back.

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#66

Just reading about the album and apparently they hired Adam Granduciel(?) To work on the album! Not credited though… Do have Alex Cameron and Weyes Blood on it. Very very weird

#67

Wait… this killers album is checks notes pretty good?

#68

Can’t stand The Killers album
I Like Trains new album has washed over me
Secret Machines, can barely be arsed but I’ll give it a listen

2004/05, sort your shit out

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#69

Really like the music on the I like trains album but Dave’s vocal does not suit it at all

#70

Alex Cameron was on the last one too, he was also their tour support

#71

Yeah, similar thoughts! Certainly more cohesive. An enjoyable listen overall, pleasantly surprised.

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#72

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#73

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/venus-skytrip/1521472969

Great heavy psych!

#74

The first single from that I Like Trains album was like a dodgy Murray Lachland Young impersonator spewing out clichees. And sadly except for one, the first handful of songs on this album are all pretty much that. (I’ve not got much further yet)

So that’s disappointing - I was hoping the single was a bit of an anomaly. Having said that, it’s not as bad as I remember - at least the music behind the vocals seems quite good.

Will give it some more time.

Onto Lemon Twigs. First song is very perky isn’t it? Quite summery. Second song also quite poppy and catchy. Thinking pleasant but forgettable so far. (But then with my memory that’s not saying a lot.)

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#75

OK if I thought the Lemon Twigs were perky and summery, they have nothing on Alex the Astronaut. Well it’s hard to feel cynical listening to this.

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#76

Quite liking Westelaken. Not a million miles from Bright Eyes (not that I’ve put their album on). Not going to change the world, but quite enjoyable so far.

#77

I’ve been listening to it throughout the day. Really like it. There’s a quite a lot going on, so repeat listens are proving to be very rewarding

#78

Hello again!

Young Jesus, A.G Cook and Boldy James were the top recs last week. What records have you enjoyed this week? (We’re over the 50 entry limit for polls so split them into 2 this week)

  • Alex the Astronaut - The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (FFO Courtney Barnett and positivity. Upbeat indie poppy sounds)
  • Barringtone - Bonanza Plan (off kilter rock)
  • Bent Arcana - Bent Arcana (improv collective feat members of oh sees, tv on the radio, sunwatchers, et al)
  • Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
  • Bully - SUGAREGG (FFO hop along, Waxahatchee, White Lung, Dinosaur Jr)
  • Callum Easter - Green Door Sessions
  • Chronovalve - Light (atmospheric ambient)
  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Bonus Tracks)
  • Cleo Sol - Rose in the Dark (soul/R&B)
  • Cut Copy - Freeze, Melt
  • Dan Croll - Grand Plan (nice singer songwriter stuff FFO Fenne Lily)
  • Dan Deacon - Well Groomed (Original Score) (FFO textures and noises)
  • Dent May - Late Checkout (FFO whitney/ben folds)
  • Duckwrth - SuperGood (cool underground hip hop)
  • Eight Rounds Rapid - Love Your Work (John Cooper Clarke & Mark E Smith Southend fight club)
  • Erasure - The Neon
  • Guided By Voices - Mirrored Aztec
  • H.C. McEntire - Eno Axis (alt-country)
  • I LIKE TRAINS - KOMPROMAT (leeds indie dudes)
  • Ian Hawgood - The Endless Sadness of the Shoreless Heart (ambient, drone)
  • Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities (brazilian death metal)
  • J. Zunz - Hibiscus (FFO Melody’s Echo Chamber / Exploded View)
  • Just Mustard - Live Session
  • Katya Yonder - Multiply Intentions
  • Less Bells - Mourning Jewelry (ambient, modern composition)

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  • Library Tapes - The Quiet City (ambient, paino, modern composition)
  • Lisa Lerkenfeldt - Collagen
  • Lomelda - Hannah Sun (lofi slow indie)
  • London Contemporary Orchestra - Giacinto Scelsi: String Trio
  • Marcos Valle, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge - Jazz Is Dead 003 (Bossa Nova time)
  • Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form (leftfield electronic stuff)
  • Maya Hawke - Blush
  • Nas - King’s Disease
  • No Joy - Motherhood (canadian chillwave)
  • Nubya Garcia - SOURCE (british jazz)
  • Old 97’s - Twelth (alt country)
  • Other Half - Big Twenty (norwich based indie/punk/post-hardcore)
  • Palehorse/Palerider, Lord Buffalo - Legends of the Desert, Vol. 1
  • Psychlona - Venus Skytrip (heavy psych)
  • Rachel Angel - Highway Songs (slow singer songwriter stuff)
  • Secret Machines - Awake in the Brain Chamber
  • Siv Jakobsen - A Temporary Soothing (nice singer songwriter stuff FFO Fenne Lily)
  • Sneaks - Happy Birthday (indie/hip hop)
  • Steven Adams, The French Drops - Keep It Light (Country-tinged indie pop goodness)
  • The Cradle - Laughing in My Sleep (one-man lo-fi Americana FFO Wilco / Califone)
  • The Front Bottoms - In Sickness & in Flames (pop/punk/indie stuff)
  • The Juju Exchange - The Eternal Boombox
  • The Killers - Imploding The Mirage
  • The Lemon Twigs - Songs for the General Public
  • The Notwist - Ship
  • Westelaken - The Golden Days are Hard (Pastoral Canadian folk indie. FFO Neutral Milk Hotel and Bright Eyes)

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