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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 4 March 2017 CE
Mar 05, 2017, 21:52
Cakewalk – Ishihara. Norwegian band including the drummer from Hedvig Mollestad Trio. Their last album was great, this might be even better. Hard to sum up – they’ve got a krautrock/post-punk/electronica vibe going on, with some unexpectedly proggy synth, but for all those references to the past, they sound very 21st century: https://soundcloud.com/hubro/cakewalk-shrooms-taken-from-the-album-ishihara

Trimdon Grange Explosion – s/t. Fans of Espers, Crumbling Ghost etc should investigate this album, like, right now: https://borleyrectory.bandcamp.com/releases

Tender Prey – Falling Off Chairs

Dollkraut – Holy Ghost People

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Feed The Rats. OK, this is officially on the best of 2017 list. Short piece on them in this month’s MOJO where they claim their main influences to be ‘Black Sabbath’ (the song) and Venom (the band).

Lamagaia – s/t

Adamennon – Le Nove Ombre del Caos

Heat Exchange – Reminiscence

Robert Calvert – ‘Ejection’ single version. Actually credited to Captain Lockheed and The Starfighters on its release in July ’73, this is a faster and rawer take than the version that would appear on the CLATS album the following year. Blimey, that riff could be the Stooges or MC5 (courtesy of Paul Rudolph, recently departed from the Pink Fairies when this was cut). One of the great lost singles of the early ‘70s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qki5TH1dS4k

Listen With Father:

Teen – Love Yes. Got sent this and saved it with the girls in mind. Clever, self-aware, leftfield synthetic pop made by over-educated American youth, which might not sound so appealing on paper, but in practice rather cool, like an all-female Devo. A thumbs-up from the back seat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFAqiW7yyg

D is for…

Danava – UnonoU. Couldn’t remember what this sounded like at all, or even why I bought it, so clearly prime for re-discovery. Hmmm, first track has a great riff, like Sabotage-era Sabbath played by Captain Beyond. Elsewhere, more like Rush played by Iron Maiden. Plus some gauche but enjoyable moments of synth wizardry. I guess this is prog metal, but without most of the cringe-inducing techno-widdle and earnest vocalising that tag usually implies. This album is definitely pretentious, and not a little daft – sample titles include ‘The Emerald Snow Of Sleep’, ‘Where Beauty & Terror Dance’ etc – but it’s never less than entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYszepjPHWM
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