chocolate ladyland, sweet jesus the top two are good. FF not really what I wanted from them but having followed them for so long it's a development which is wholly welcome. armed courage is just another fucking classic from a band who are certainly among the greatest of all time at this point. since I last paid out halcyon digest on here it's gained a bit of respect in my eyes (mainly because monomania is perhaps the worst album I've ever heard in my life, seriously), not because of its songs but rather a renewed like for its atmosphere, that feeling it perpetuates. still not a patch on microcastle/weird era, much less cryptograms and fluorescent grey.
brilliant when you're absolutely and utterly fucking miserable. stone island is also fantastic, can't even begin to think about how I should digest these records given the history of hype (RIP my lovers, the last visionaries of pop)
also in & out of rotation...
craig leon - nommos
pere ubu - dub housing
gate - moths
daniel menche - marriage of metals
hair & skin trading company - jo in nine g hell
wreck small speakers on expensive stereos - river falling love
derek bailey - incus taps
bruce gilbert - this way
parquet courts - american specialties
vakula - you've never been to konotop
the clean - vehicle
mats gustafsson - bengt
stare case - ash from the burning....vol 2
company flow - funcrusher plus
dinosaur jr. - you're living all over me
nico - the end...
bill orcutt - the history of everyone
sun araw - heavy deeds
helm - silencer
ital - dream on
constant mongrel - heavy breathing
uv race - racism
mad nanna - I made blood better
marginal consort - instal glasgow 2008
greg beato - pma ep
sorry dewds