You have no idea how ready I was to destroy this record.
Category: Album Impressions
MassEducation: Low like a candle, still hot like a wick
MassEducation by St. Vincent Review âBut if they only knew the real version of me Only you know the secrets, the swamp, and the fear What happened to blood? Our family? Annie, how could you do this to me?â -âHappy Birthday, Johnnyâ How the fuck did this happen? How could nothing but a piano and a voice take a record this far? How could such a spur-of-the-moment concept be so flawless? How could such a world abuzz with post-satire rock …
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IC-01 Hanoi: Unknown Jazz Orchestra
If there was a long-game to be played on this record, this was itâtoying with a Miles Davis line of seemingly nonsensical sonic experimentation until finding that miracle place of otherworldly sound and space.
Patterns: Thanks, Gwyn
There's a similar sentiment every time I put Patterns on as Fowler's voice picks up on "For Me," while singing the penultimate verse: she's right, like all good old friends are.
Band of Joy: Something Comes From Nothing
Darrell Scott may wax his lap steel guitar to its most opaque or Byron House may whack his bass guitar into didgeridoo-type drones or Marco Giovino inhabits each cut with on-beat percussion or Patty Griffin and Bekkah Bramlett may sing like spectres on the end of Plantâs lower register or Buddy Miller may manage to wrap it all into nice package with a cute liâl bow nâ all, it still sounds like this is the re-reburnishing of a car marque …
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by the Cure
âKiss meâ read red lips, flashing across the cover. Like a dare that wonât stop there, they repeat: Three times. Three strikes. Three bullets
Outer Peace: Quick like silver
Outer Peace is not so much a record as a thirty minute DJ setânothing makes it past four minutes, everything ephemeral, a slinking sleuthing swirling spinning series of singles that lock together like a jigsaw puzzle yet flow like a stutter-step butterfly flight.
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