Just reading the ‘Half time report: your best music of 2020 so far’ thread and one of @Nick.Lees suggestions reminded me that I had this one saved for further investigation based on previous reviews. Now downloaded from bandcamp and enjoying some deeply hypnotic, motorik electronica!
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Listened to this earlier today. Grandaddy - Last Place. Very good - it reminds me a lot of their album from several years ago, The Sophtware Slump.
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Another one from earlier today. Lambchop - Flotus. I’m still struggling with their recent albums which have a marked change in direction compared to their earlier works.
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Good to have you back, Jim.
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Now playing…
GoGo Penguin
Chris Illingworth (piano), Nick Blacka ((bass) and Rob Turner (drums).
Streaming on Qobuz (96/24)… continuing on heading into the noon hour with this new release on 06/11/2020 from GoGo Penguin and they, as usual, are sounding mighty sweet!
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I’ve been listening to quite a lot of funk and soul recently, so I fancied a complete change in direction. Just played CD3 (And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees) of this 7 CD Johann Johannsson retrospective. Very relaxing.
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You’re right, it is quite hypnotic. I wasn’t sure at first, but it really grew on me.
I think I know what you mean Neil. Strangely Flotus was my first experience of lambchop. So I am now exploring the back catalogue in the opposite direction to you. I must say I love it all. Is it the auto tuned vocals?
I know it puts many people off, but I don’t mind auto tuned vocals. I’ve got the Bon Iver album, 22 A Million (I think it’s called) and that has a lot of auto tuned vocals, but the melodies are so good. I don’t mind electronic / keyboard led music. It just seems as if Kurt Wagner isn’t writing strong enough songs. Perhaps it’s me - I do love Americana-type music with guitars, dobro, fiddle and the like and the earlier Lambchop albums are in that vein, albeit with their own quirky take on that genre. I saw them live after the release of their Is A Woman record and it is one of my all time favourite concerts. Maybe in time these recent albums will finally click if I persevere with them. I seem to recall the last two albums were favourably reviewed by the critics.
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Now playing…
Dion - Blues with Friends
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… I saw this mentioned in the past couple of days and wanted to take it out for a spin and the opening track with How Bonamassa is sounding pretty nice. Looking forward to the rest of the album.
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Gomez. Bring it on. Bought originally on cd but more recently on double vinyl. They put the last track alone on side 4. My original thoughts were that it was a nod to Blonde on blonde. Maybe not but I think there was some humour there. An absolute classic from the Southport lads.
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Jenny Lewis - Voyager. Another excellent Album from Jenny.
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