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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 11 November 2017 CE
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Fatalist
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Edited Nov 12, 2017, 21:02
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 11 November 2017 CE
Nov 12, 2017, 20:55
An annoyingly busy week, so just what I’ve been listening to in the car…

Charles Howl – My Idol Family. Perfect distillation of that particular type of English indie that sounds like it’s made by Syd Barrett-loving, home counties librarians. A recommendation in this case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_obDqOMp7M

Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You / In The Hearing Of… / Made In England. Great to revisit the AR back catalolgue. DWBY is pretty much a stone-cold classic, essential for any fan of proto-prog/early heavy music. But Vincent Crane was clearly a restless guy, apparently forever dissatisfied with AR’s line-up and direction. On ITHO, the sound is getting bluesier and funkier, smoothing off some of the jagged edges that made them interesting, and by MIE, they’re (ironically) attempting a simulacrum of that American soul rock sound, blustery and testifying, and not really pleasing anybody… Best remember them like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yO7l6TmIRI

(John Foxx – Assembly. This was actually one I forgot to mention from last week. I love his contribution to the new Belbury Circle album, but have never really got a handle on his solo stuff. This is a compilation drawn from his first four albums after leaving Ultravox, which see him go from icy/campy I-want-to-be-a-robot-isms to deciding that Van Morrison is a Very Good Thing (the words ‘Celtic soul’ send a chill through my soul). ‘Underpass’ still sounds great, but maybe you had to be there for the other stuff.)

Listen With Father:

La Feline – Triomphe. Described how much I was liking this to daughter one, who then insisted I play it on the school run. I think she really liked it, as well she might – think this is the best album I’ve heard from a ‘new artist’ (or at least new to me/the UK) all year. Without wanting to get too ‘women in rock’ about it, she does for brooding pagan pop what Jane Weaver does for folky Krautrock ie. bring a new spin to it and make something uniquely their own. Here’s the album, I strongly recommend you give it a listen: https://lafeline.bandcamp.com/album/triomphe
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