What are you listening to right now?

SlushPuppy · « **Reply #47820 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 04:15 am »

The Sound - Thunder Up (1987)

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"The fifth and final studio album by British post-punk rock band The Sound."

I love The Sound. There were dozens of great British bands in the early to mid 80's, but these guys are probably my favorite. I think Adrian Borland was one of the best songwriters of the period and always wrote lyrics that focused on the positive instead of the "gloominess" that his contemporaries were so focused on. One thing I always liked about their studio albums is they were never overproduced. You won't hear layer upon layer of keyboards and vocals with these guys. I like to think that what I hear on their studio albums is close to how they sounded live. Guess I'll find out soon enough as I recently ordered all five of their live Dutch Radio Recordings

Get this one quick. Their reissues are small batch, infrequent, and don't last long. This is one of their best.

You can still buy it for $15 if you act fast.

Slush

Mike Nomad · « **Reply #47821 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 04:24 am »

WC · « **Reply #47822 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 04:53 am »

Quote from: SlushPuppy on 14 Jul 2012, 04:14 am

Nice find, but that's got to be one of the strangest Amazon Editorial Reviews I've ever read!

"Despite being perpetually too poor to drink dusted dive-bar drafts, Stockholm s Holograms still manage to projectile vomit their fare share of poison. Their regurgitations originate more from the nausea inherent with menial labor in the desolate warehouses of Sweden than alcohol abuse; ultimately making it more enjoyable to sift through. In defiance of their decrepit instruments (a collective estimated worth of a handful of Kronas) Holograms emit a seemingly impossible energy. Their sound synthesizes the drudgery of dismal existence with a lust for something better; echoing both the violent abandonment of punk as well as some of the electronic gloss of early 80 s new wave. Their sound has proven far too large for Stockholm s charred pavement and empty streets; leading us to think it s about time for all of us to get a little drunker together".

Really

Yeah that description tells you absolutely nothing about their music. That album is my favorite of the new releases this week I have listened to.

SlushPuppy · « **Reply #47823 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 05:19 am »

Circle Jerks - Group Sex / Wild In The Streets (1986)

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ArthurDent · « **Reply #47824 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 05:43 am »

The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children

airhead · « **Reply #47825 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 05:54 am »

Quote from: Mike Nomad on 14 Jul 2012, 04:24 am

After raining for most of the last seven days, a couple of different makes and models of frog are out. Stereo wars, indeed.

My new Frog Gold. Beyond what I thought was possible. Just finished listening to a wide variety of music, finishing with Idyl for the Misbegotten by George Crumb. Unbelievable.