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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 23 February 2014 CE
Feb 23, 2014, 22:29
Bit of a Nordic theme chez Fatalist this week…

Motorpsycho – Still Life with Eggplant / Timothy’s Monster. Didn’t get SLWE when it came out last year for some reason (well, OK, it was the slightly mad Death Defying Unicorn which had temporarily stymied my enthusiasm for MP). Opening track is fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqmxF_GuGE There’s other good stuff too, but it’s a bit meander-y. Listening on Spotify, so I thought I’d also check out TM, their big breakthrough album in Norway from the mid-90s – it’s of its time in a post-grunge, pre-Radiohead way, but this mellotron-augmented epic is rather good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAg6h-yYtSQ

Bushman’s Revenge – Thou Shalt Boogie! Fellow Rune Grammofon labelmates with MP. RG produces a ridiculously high quality stream of this type of jazz/rock/prog/skronk stuff, and this is an excellent example of it. Nice title too.

Krokofant – s/t. Ditto the above, though this is a bit more free jazz heavy.

Bly de Blyant – Hindsight Bias. (Mostly) Icelandic. Eclectic. Pleasant. Unlikely to sell in large quantities.

Ulver/SunnO))) – Terrestrials. Kind of as you’d expect, but actually better than I expected.

In other realms…

The Wyrding Module - Mellifluous Ichor from Sunless Regions. This is pretty great in a faux occult, Wendy Carlos-worshipping way. Download (legally) for free here: http://www.upitup.com/catalogue/release.php?cat_id=62

Pink Floyd – More

Listen With Father:

VA – Sound of the Suburbs. Finally got through all of this. Possibly controversial on this forum, but for me, “Reward” remains the greatest thing that TE did by a country mile.

Blondie – Atomic, best of. Yet again.

More Beatles. My research indicates that children are hard-wired from birth to like chips, say “no” to every sensible suggestion you make, and know all the words to “Yellow Submarine”.

Belbury Poly – From an Ancient Star. I love Belbury Poly.

Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heels. Goth/prog/post-punk that still sounds amazing and quite unlike anything else, before it all went chocolate box dream pop.

Clinic – Internal Wrangler. Garage rock exotica, perfect for kids.

Durutti Column – Obey the Time. I know very little about DC, but I’ve always loved the sinister minimalism of this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzD_ew_0_3M

VA – Vertigo Mixed
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