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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 27 January 2018
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 27 January 2018
Jan 28, 2018, 22:13
Cavern Of Anti-Matter – Hormone Lemonade. Latest from Tim Gane’s post-Stereolab electro-rock trio, and it’s another goodie. Not as hard-edged as some tracks from their last album, the brilliant Void Beats/Invocation Trex, but still a fine channelling of Kraftwerk, Add N To (X) and early techno. https://soundcloud.com/cavern-of-anti-matter/make-out-fade-out

Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuiness – What News. Scottish nu-folk guy and collaborators cover a variety of traditional songs from the Highlands, most of which involve death and murder. I can usually take or leave this kind of stuff, but this is really good – Roberts’ voice is a fine instrument in its own right, but the arrangements for piano with some subtle digital soundscaping are often wonderful: https://alasdairrobertsambleskusedavidmcguinness.bandcamp.com/track/johnny-othe-brine

The Final Age – s/t. A surprisingly accessible and enjoyable avant rock album, like a cross between GYBE and the type of psychedelic industrial stuff on those late ‘90s Macro Dub Infection albums. https://cful.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-age

Anna Von Hausswolff – Dead Magic. Pretty sure this is already one of the albums of 2018.

The British Space Group – Eyes Turned Skyward. Nice ambient hauntronica stuff. https://ian-quietworld.bandcamp.com/album/eyes-turned-skyward

Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left. On the front of this month’s Mojo. As ever, both quintessentially English and otherworldly.

Listen With Father:

The Godfathers – Hit By Hit. Can’t think why I haven’t played the girls this before, just a brilliant collection of brutal but catchy garage pop, from yet another band who were actually pretty big for a few years, but seem to have been mostly forgotten now. But a song like this is still jump-around-the-room fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPhbNedQ_o Have subsequently discovered they actually reformed a few years ago, the single from their last album was actually rather good, and they’re playing the 100 Club this March…

Live:

Wand – The Dome, Tufnell Park. Though with my ears still ringing from this gig, maybe I need to be more careful before submitting them to further abuse. It wasn’t even that loud, but the sound was a bit painful. Pretty decent, but one of those gigs that if you don’t know a song already, it’s unlikely it’s going to grab you beyond being noise with direction.
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