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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 6 January 2018
Jan 07, 2018, 22:43
Seven That Spells – The Death And Resurrection Of Krautrock – Omega. Latest from the Croatian kings of heavy/spacey psychedelic prog. On first listen, not as immediately great as their last one (this is the final part in a trilogy of albums, dontcha know), but it’s pretty irresistible stuff: https://seventhatspells.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-and-resurrection-of-krautrock-omega

Lars Finberg – Moon Over Bakersfield. Intriguing surprise, this. Mr Finberg is part of Ty Segall’s circle, and while there’s some musical connections, this often pleasingly sounds like Here Come The Warm Jets-era Eno if he’d first emerged in the early 80s rather than 70s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awyeygt2OEA

Mugstar – Collapsar. Singles and odds & sods collection I think. They remind me of a noise rock/psych version of Billy Mahonie, only not as good. It’s pretty rocking in places, but they never really go for the throat – recorded-inside-a-cardboard-box production doesn’t help.

Richard Youngs – Belief. Great collection of songs, and remarkably, for a man who’s made around 100 albums, he's still finding new ways to express himself.

La Feline – Triomphe. I think I may be slightly in love with Agnes Gayraud, certainly with this album.

Rodion G.A. – Rozalia. OK, another one of those why-the-hell-didn’t-I-know-about-this-already?? moments. Rodion Rosca made a load of brilliantly strange electronic garage rock in 70s Romania, but never got to release any of it because he was living in a communist dictatorship. It’s only in recent years that various archival recordings have come to light, this being the latest. One of the things that makes these songs so great is that the primitive effects and electronics are being made using shonky Eastern Bloc synths and reel-to-reel machines, which means they’re got this unique sound, certainly to western European ears: https://inversions-label.bandcamp.com/album/rozalia

The Nazgul – s/t. Krautrock concrete which sound like a series of field recordings from Hell: https://guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-dead-marshes

Procol Harum – Broken Barricades. Another one of those bands whose music, apart from the obvious, I know practically nothing about. This is from 71. There’s some quite decent stuff on here, particularly ‘Simple Sister’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqA_aAMZ_3I but often, it doesn’t know whether it wants to be blues rock, prog or heavy soul, and ends up delivering less than it promises.

Z is for…

Zolar X – Timeless. And so ends this very random trawl through a few of the lesser visited CDs on my shelves. Zolar-X were regarded as a West Coast novelty act throughout their career, being four guys who dressed (and spoke) like aliens and played a mixture of Bowie-esque glam and hard rock in clubs around LA. Basically a sci-fi New York Dolls. Crackers yes, but actually some great songs and riffs on this archival collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr3oi7V6O8M
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