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April 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
Part 4 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me
There are a lot of drum machines and synthesized instruments on this album. Those things were a lot more obvious in 1990. Wow. Read more of this post
March 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
Part 3 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me
In this very special edition of Beating a Dead Facebook Trend Over the Course of a Year but It’ll Probably Come Around Again So It’s Fine, we discuss a band who happens to have a new album out. TV en Français, released last week, is a long way from 2006’s With Love and Squalor, but the shift in tone had already happened in the intervening two releases, Brain Thrust Mastery and Barbara.
February 26, 2014 2 Comments
Pictured: subtlety.
I’m going to be on the radio for a few seconds today.
February 10, 2014 1 Comment
Part 2 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me
If it weren’t for a terrible teacher, I never would have heard of Gideon Freudmann.
January 13, 2014 1 Comment
Part 1 of 12 Albums That Stuck With Me
The term I use most often to describe Recovering the Satellites to myself is “brutal”.
The songs on this album go beyond heartbreak straight to utter despair, dysfunction, and complete emotional collapse. So it really was the perfect stuff to be listening to right after my first big college breakup. Teenagers never get overdramatic about these things, right?