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| rec me: YOU!!! (December 2023: Final Chapter)
Hi. My name is Ben. For the last 11 months I have listened to your recs. I am asking those users who have given up their time to provide said recs to rec just 1 more rec. Please? FULL DETAILS BELOW. Thanks and, as always, kind regards, Ben. | | 1 |  | Christmas
In Excelsior Dayglo
THE IDEA!!!
If you have RECd me an album this year in any one of the 11 month list things I have done, please feel free to rec me an album.
OKAY, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO REC???
You have 3 choices:
(a) your favourite album or
(b) one of your 5s, if you have no one single favourite album, or
(c) an album that you feel represents you/your taste in some way or means something non-trivial to you.
All with the usual caveat that I mustn't have already rated the album. If you think I will like it, that is an added bonus.
WHY DO I HAVE A RESERVED SPOT???
Because you are one of 12 users who have provided me with the most recs and there are 12 days of christmas and that seemed to be a cute way to say thank you (thanks).
You made this series worthwhile, and a genuinely important part of my life for this year. I am grateful for your thoughtful recs and helpful discussions re genres, artists and records that has helped me fumble through each.
If youāre not listed, but did participate in this crowdsourcing hodgepodge: thank you also! Over 100 users submitted recs, so thanks be to each of you - you may still rec something, but ACT FAST cause December has a limited number of daysā¦
IF IM NOT RESERVED CAN I STILL REC???
YES - but only if you have contributed a rec to a previous rec month. | | 2 |  | Shackleton
Fabric 55
1st December 2023
On the first day of rec-mas RYUS (8) rec'd to me ...
Piquant popping of ///other/// dub wobbles+warbles+ascension; percussive loops spiralling skyward; vocal giblets weaving whispering. It's the clap n' bongo that catches you out t-a-k-t-a-k-t-a-k! Dense like leaves thick like thieves green but an old green. Spring of shpongle save hue lower in clarity bigger contrast BASS as well. Like raking bare hand through dirt looking for sapphires and cobwebs and raindrops. And let go and let go and let go and.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Ryus says fuck you and your grade 8 guitar diploma you dick music is built from seasons and senses and spinal fluid i.e. human condition plus colours. Starting out this list with album of rhythmic nuance, but whose intrigue lies in that -v-i-b-e-, dancing us into december with the lights off. Other choice recs include World of Echo and Songs of Love and Hate, essential arrows in my quiver I love them both dearly thank you darling. | | 3 |  | Drexciya
Grava 4
2nd December 2023
On the second day of rec-mas HYPERION (8) rec'd to me...
Like if you tried to bottle the universe - wait, no - like if the ocean was made of stardust - wait, no - like if dark matter was sentient and wet and really liked IDM. As per my name, I fell asleep on my first listen, which is symptomatic of (a) just how fucking tired I was (16km walk in -2Ā°C up a mountain was STUPID idea STUPID) and (b) how soothing / hypnotic / cohesive this odyssey styled space swim is. HYP i looove your write up it makes me want to get under the hood of the entire drexciya mythos this will do for now as a galaxy-hued-hug of weird (g00d) feelings. Ngl that both you and Ryus have gone for electronic flavoured rec's is a cute throw back to January I'm happy.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: metal understander, electronic enjoyer, other music peruse-r: Hyp you remain an enigma to me, not just because your rates are on rym and i cba to go there, but because your rec's all hop between various flavours of dusty secret sauce, oft obscure, oft miles out of my ballpark, and oft high af. Thanks for getting me stoned on the cheap for 12 months straight. | | 4 |  | Prefab Sprout
Steve McQueen
3rd December 2023
On the third day of rec-mas MORT (8) rec'd to me...
MORT this doesn't skronk why doesn't it skronk FALSE adverTISINg!??!?! Ngl great fucking pop album. I know diddly about pop - if there was a month after December then it'd probably be pop because heck im outgunned - but I know this is a good pop album because it makes my face contract with the happiness. Candy sweet prod elevates these jangle tunes to some special places: yellow-white light catching off bike spokes, romance without cream cheese, there's a fireplace over there, etc. Something I plan on spending alot more time with; shall we see how deep these hooks dig?
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Mort you introduced me to post-hardcore. Thank you. You are also a sweetie. Thank you. You also have too many ongoing rec projects you silly silly. See you in March. | | 5 |  | Lil Ugly Mane
Uneven Compromise
4th December 2023
On the fourth day of rec-mas DEDEX (9) rec'd to me...
Excellent excellent excellent modern Memphis magic the lyrics the prod the silky smooth transitions between each element the cute harsh noise finale I love love love it all!!! Rec-ing an 11 min (effectively) single was a godsend kind move thank you for allowing me to catch up with my laundry and see my gf she hasnāt seen me in months you see.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: essential pillar of the sput canon: dedex is synonymous with soundoffs and (apparently) GOOD RECS that I can hop on near any album, too obscure for a full write up, and see a well articulated and personable mini rundown always prompts a *phew* and a fist pump. Looking at the score cards: your James Ferraro rec in Jan has carved out a special place in my chest cavity; Colin Stetson and Cannibal Ox also DIVINE thank you brother. | | 6 |  | Default Genders
main pop girl 2019
5th December 2023
On the fifth day of rec-mas KOMPYS (9) rec'd to me...
NoStAlGiCfOaMpEaNuTs!!! Gloopy sparkles of breakbeat/dnb/trip-hop squeezed into dream-y pop-y shoes but with aloof sadness bleeding unexpectedly out of these upbeat candy rainbows ... i find my brain going ///ooooooh!///. Reminds me (idk why) of the actual good songs on the Monsters and Sprites EPs plus videogame cartridge sticky couch vibes circa early 10s but with curveballs and eclecticism like a pawn shop for crying with elation. Downcast lyrics over upbeat boogies is a CLASSIC formula and this does it very very very nicely; i have not yet imprinted my soul on it or vice-versa but lord i know i could given time.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Superthief big win John Donne HUGE win Ashenspire quite a hefty win The Roots Steve Roach Source Direct fuck me you have had a good year of recs they are all varied and characterful and i fear i still do not have a coherent grasp on your taste save to say that i trust your judgement and require more jams pls. | | 7 |  | Arvo Part
Tabula Rasa
6th December 2023
On the sixth day of rec-mas DADKUNGFU (9) rec'd to me...
Closest I'm come to insta 5ing anything in idk forever why am i so emotional rn ;_;
FOCUS (ahem) this this THIS may be the classical gateway ive been looking for: minimalism, like listening to light itself, fractal, picking up dust through shutters, flecks of small shimmering and twirling, aurora, angelica. That each composition works so well in isolation AND in succession is a big YES: the skeletal plink plonk magic of Fratres, into emotion explosion in rainbowsCantus, into the more pensive/sinister/patient Fratres, into the vibrant gorgeous beautiful essential 30 min closer live atmospherics unfolding like tulip in spring with longing AHHHHH its good.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Until doing this list, I did not fully realise how absurd/brilliant of a review catalogue you had amassed during your stay at casa de la sput LITERALLY any time there's a dusty forgotten LP of grace or filth where the real things live you can bet your bottom dollar DAD has written on it (and done so with the good words, might i add). One of my favourite writers rn, graciously sharing knowledge without pretension or ego or judgement, just love for music, and whose 5s im afraid i really will have to ransack for more juicy giblets. An honour to have had you on board this year father. This is probs my fave thing you've rec'd, though you also brought the sauce in NOISE/EXPERIMENTAL, and folk (Wovenhand pos pos pos). | | 8 |  | Des Ark
Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker
7th December 2023
On the seventh day of rec-mas MOM (10) rec'd to me...
Proper Laura Stevenson vibes circa 2011 LOVE - that feels like a generic cop out GURL WITH GUITAR statement but this came out the same year and shares a lot of the same stylistic and prod hallmarks it even does the HAPPY/sad contrast in tone/lyrics it is lovely (plus it has a twee math rock hue to it that adds franticness + cool structures!). Opener is its own lil masterpiece. Clearly recs for a year has revealed my soft spots oopsie.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: I have heard who MoM is (hi!!) I donāt recall us having any interactions pre 2023, but have loved those weāve had since. Always insightful and enthusiastically given recs, full of variety, signposts the true unjaded love for the medium bubbling beneath your avatar, sans cynicism. Top rec: Eddie fucking Palmieri jfc I have not stanned (and forcefully recd) any album as much as when I first heard this in a long while. Pos pos letās have more conversations. | | 9 |  | The Drones
Gala Mill
8th December 2023
On the eight day of rec-mas PORC (11) rec'd to me...
Blue balls bust dust bowl blues is how I feel about this album: teases a climax that never cums, fuck off to another wasteland, they say. Dirty rockfolkblues atop spit and the feeling of dejection and tiredness. Progressions have a Pink Floyd-ian ebb and flow that Iām struggling to excavate from the mud; heart beat beating beneath the earth, in fact, thump thump thump. Worked well as companion piece to walking home alone avec streetlamp companions. I donāt yet know my true feelings for it and I like that.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Nothing. Porc is an enigma. They appreciate the weird and the wonderful and are weird and wonderful by proxy. Champion of the murk muck and fuzz - who needs shiny marble flooring when you have blood and piss?!? Particular highlights: Acid Mothers Temple (discog run when), Tourture des Tenebres (art deco when) and Sirom (fade into bliss when). So long and thanks for all the fish. | | 10 |  | The Mothers of Invention
We're Only in It for the Money
9th December 2023
On the ninth day of rec-mas ARS (11) rec'd to me...
The sound of an entire generation falling apart at the seams, set to the soundtrack of that very same generation, satirised and weird-a-fied in a way that honours the best of its source sound while simultaneously kicking the shit out of it. Alcoholism, napalm, hippie bullshit, cop bullshit, absentee parents, cunt corporations, fucking america man; itās all here, hella catchy, hella fucked, hella hazy, lyrics hilarious/hideous a.k.a. very, very, very Ars. Absurdly disjointed yet entirely (against all odds) coherent. FLOWeR PoWER SUcKs!!
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: I can think of few people whose musical impulses re good vs bad are as at odds with my own, WHICH IS WHY I HEART YOU ars! A partially facetious statement - we both ween harD, bungle hArd, and appreciate other hazy things jointly (haRdly) - I think my point is more that you often lean towards many things that I often lean away from, and that makes receiving recs from you all the more interesting: I donāt know what to expect or if Iāll like it, but when the rec is a HIT Iām all the more pleased as, chances are, Iāve learnt something new about the buttons within myself that music can push. You have been a particular source of enthusiasm throughout this 12 month marathon, as well as inspiration - thank you for FUNK - I am grateful to/for you. | | 11 |  | Fear Not Ourselves Alone
DEAD DOG PARADISE (OR LIFE LIKE PARASITESā?ā)
10th December 2023
On the tenth day of rec-mas SLOTH (12) rec'd to me...
The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Swear I Have Heard This Album Before. Influences well and truly unsleeved, janky and flailing, motion blur 100%: this be that 2013 emo revival shit 10 years late to the party but w/o any drop in earnestness, angst or fragrance a.k.a. that anxiety + panic attack musk. It's the exact soundwavepackage that got me to join this crumbling site uh 8 years ago(?) and is damn pleasing / nostalgic / nice to see some kind folk are still fighting that good fight with their own quirky twists and turns.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Sloth doesn't play by the rules because he is a sloth and slept through orientation AgAiN. Main strategy: recing punk or punk adjacent albums in months that are not punk or punk adjacent ... that 41% is starting to make more and more sense. Also, rec'ing some 2023 album with near no rates that you literally just heard yourself for the first time 3 weeks ago on a "pls rec favourite lp EVER" list is the most outrageous slothian chad move ever lol. TBF: I like that you know what you like and like sharing said likes with alike and unalike minded strangers. Such ravenous enthusiasm / positivism is hard to come by within the dark jaded halls of the internet, especially absent literally ANY pomp + pretension, so I'm glad you're around to light the way. Best rec: NOMEANSNO and THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE literally two of my favourite albums of all time which you gave me thank you sincerely and emphatically for these. | | 12 |  | Rinoa
An Age Among Them
11th December 2023
On the eleventh day of rec-mas SNIFF (13) rec'd to me...
After 11 months back-to-back of rec-ing me loud emotional music, do we think sniff has thrown me a curveball? oh no no no NO no (and i wouldnt have it any other way) this is right on form post EVERYTHING and i am ready!!!!! Big ol' ENVY skramz fury///sadness with that post metal and that post rock and that (not post) sludge and it is just rather large. Like if American Football could riff? Like if Cult of Luna had the sads? Nah brother this is too much its own thing for trite/silly comparisons (probably) this chuggs it chugga chuggas it pushes my feels buttons and i am pleased about it.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Henlo sniff you have had perhaps the most near flawless streak of any rec-er here Vladislav Delay (4) into Artifacts (4) into Dakhma (4.3) into Daikanjyo (4.3) into Elaine Radigue (4) into Drive Like Jehu (4.5) these are very good albums (there were more) and while that feels like a cold factual compliment I mean it more as a THANK FUCKING CHRIST FOR YOUR RECS they all have the feels the ornate unknownness they fit well into my preexisting taste preferences they challenge my preexisting taste preferences they are unique and make me feel unique and heard and ALIVE they do what the good music should do. Let's have a tea party and talk about our feelings while screaming into void avec smooth jazz and volcanoes. | | 13 |  | Macaroom
Homephone TE
12th December 2023
On the twelfth day of rec-mas JOHNNYOFTHEWELL (14) rec'd to me.
This album made me very emotional. Did the sleep deprivation + work crunch stress madness fuCk have something to do with that? uh, Maybeee; but. i want to give this album all of the credit for it is hugs and sublimity and yesness! glitch pop is a genre i know only "so-so", in the sense that i know nothing. i therefore cannot appraise the extent to which this fulfils the archetypal gold standard stroke genre defining status Johnny's excellent fucking write up ascribes to it, BUT the fact that this feels so damn right+seamless+natural is convincing, hewn out of crystal and air, presented at height and angle to obtain condensation and catch light in rainbows, cosy, modest, teeming, all of these are good feelings. a.k.a. i really really really like this. POP hooks sucker punch you with candyfloss out of the dreamy ASMR lusciousness and seem to be a source of longevity. This feels very you. i will return often and gratefully.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Johnny (you) has (have) been for all intents and purposes the co-founder/conspirator in this weird crowdsourcing genrehopping gauntlet, contributing to (i think?) every list, creating your own equivalent series, engaging enthusiastically in discourse and memes, guiding hand giver sense check provider banter enjoyer and all round interesting conversation person. The open arms with which you have received/reflected my mangled attempts at horizon expansion have been supportive encouraging motivating and an all round good vibe. I do not think I would have kept this going for a year, but for your enthusiastic prodding. As with Ars, we often have opposite instincts re where the good sauce is hidden, but that doesn't prevent intermittent moments of consensus: Solar Fields good Burning Orchids good Oxbow excellent Every Third Rec in May sublime(!) Leonard Cohen, Carissa's Wierd, Flaming Lips, the whole Zorn universe, Endo and Oomori have all been sensational wins. You've had the bad (or perhaps good) luck to fall in a period when I've had literally no time to contribute to music/sput, so this is far from my best written THANK YOU, written between blurry eyes and shortness of breath, but it is genuine and sincere. thank! big! | | 14 |  | Bathory
Nordland II
13th December 2023
On the thirteenth day of rec-mas SM0K (1) rec'd to me
EPIC spelled with a capital VIKING DEATH MARCH and uppercase FOLKSCREM: this is, indeed, glorious. Stark contrast to their s/t and Black Mark, being the only other bathory I've slurped, but every bit as charming. Jammed in freezing cold & rain on morning walk to pick up car from garage (it is fixed, yay!) and felt like a nordic GOD until i got lost. Shimmers in blue, white and riffs.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: sm0k likes metal. | | 15 |  | Anna von Hausswolff
Dead Magic
14th December 2023
On the fourteenth day of rec-mas PANGEA (1) rec'd to me
In the world there's a country called england and in england there's a county called yorkshire and in yorkshire there's a seaside town called whitby and in whitby there's a church called st mary's and at st mary's there's a graveyard that overlooks the tangled gothic streets and tastes like salt and cold and magic and that is what this album sounds like. Haunting but comforting (that Kate Bush circa Diamanda Galas thing but also soooooo much just its own characterful kind/weird thing). Organ swirls around it all. Lullaby terrify. Ambient crescendo. Come fly with me.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: pangea if this is the music you like then you are a good sentient being. | | 16 |  | The Hirsch Effekt
Eskapist
15th December 2023
On the fifteenth day of rec-mas ZAC124 (1) rec'd to me
This here slice of firework-juiced German sausage is a fustercluck of cool things: bass presence + PxHxCx very cool, frantic disorganised but in a good way songwriting, grooves boing into non-grooves it's startling, neato mathy prog amidst melodic singsongs, saurkraut between the beat-downs, rubber glue tic tak. Reminding me of Thank You Scientist though last time I heard them was 2016 so idk if that's a valid comparison this doesnt have horns so uh no? I'm probably about 7 years too old for this but I can still get down with the kids.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: zac has done their own iteration of this list series thing and is therefore a cool human egg. their other rec to mine own monthly adventure was also posthardcore-y that is some information right there god im so tired. | | 17 |  | Dinosaur Jr.
You're Living All Over Me
16th December 2023
On the sixteenth day of rec-mas FOXXXY (3) rec'd to me
As essential as everyone says it is i tried to listen to this years ago and hated it but the pieces actually fit together this time. Lazy drawl hazy sprawl it works though with charm and fuzz and feedback. Jangle jangle jangle jangle jangle pop hook jangle jangle jangle the best solo of all time jangle jangle jangle. Carefree effervescence yet meaty rich goodness and detail beneath the sheets. At ease, improbably, forever.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: foxxxy came late to the party all contributions have been in the last few months noise psych and post-hardcore ALL loud ALL fun ALL good (High Rise especially though what a BANG). Always bringing the posi vibes in the threads I've seen; a good cookie. | | 18 |  | Hermit and the Recluse
Orpheus vs. The Sirens
17th December 2023
On the seventeenth day of rec-mas SOMEONE (6) rec'd to me
Drumless + aimfull this fucks. So many quotable bars atop so many elegant/coaxing beats that donāt bang but rather soothe. Mythological overtones not overdone, always in service of narrative rather than tack, raff and window dressing. Somewhere on the billy woods nujabes mf doom spectrum a.k.a. Sublimity.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: This, NOD and Ramleh are all solid gold recs and you are a solid #goals user. Great chats, generous soul, my fave up+coming writer and (much like Dad) a much needed champion of weird underground nuggets (another set of 5s I gotta raid one of these Tuesdays). Large thank you to you to you. | | 19 |  | Neil Young
On the Beach
18th December 2023
On the eighteenth day of rec-mas RABIDFISH (5) rec'd to me
The type of album that doesnāt immediately click yet at the same time does make me want to immediately check out an entire discography lol. Thereās a magic bubbling and whizzing beneath these blusey tomes. Maybe itās as simple as the delicate + rough + airy prod and/or delicate + rough + airy songwriting, idk; thereās gold to be found here, regardless of cause, and despite it being obscured behind the sand of in-immediacy a.k.a. this was not a 1 spin and done kinda love it look time to grow roots. Story behind the mythos of the LP is also cool - pre internet album not really reissued for near 30 years making the privilege of listening an (uh) privilege - though, on reflection, itās not that, but the ineffable despair-but-not-despair feeling that drew me in, decisively, by the 5th listen. Iāve been very ill today and this has been a charming companion. My first Neil and (apparently) one of many more to come.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Rabid this is your best rec (easily) coming in hot on the 18th of december with the goods (and) completely different to your last slam dunk in Kingpin Skinny Pimp Memphis dopenessness. We are still relative strangers, your taste remains foggy to me, though i have a fever rn so uh ... thank you for your service(!) it has been good to have you aboard HMS Sleepy please collect your tote bag and basket of mini muffins on your way out. | | 20 |  | John Frusciante
To Record Only Water for Ten Days
19th December 2023
On the nineteenth day of rec-mas BUDDHA (2) rec'd to me
This indietronica morsel of rainbow sadness and squishy reverberations is doing weird + unexpected things to my face and chest help. Initially the motions felt shallow, surface level, but (it turns out) was false these are actually rich, teeming with excellent pop sensibilities and subtle innovation sans hamfist. The plip plop of electricity. Catchy in the non-pejorative sense: bone worm: a worm that worms into bone: it is becoming a part of me: help!?!
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: good user. have a cookie. | | 21 |  | Counterparts
Nothing Left to Love
20th December 2023
On the twentieth day of rec-mas DEDES (1) rec'd to me
I donāt usually take my metalcore this melodic or my post-hardcore this metallic, but DAYMN this is spicy. I really didnāt like their 2022 LP, but this greases the nips rather nicely. Maybe my stan-ing for END has simply tipped over into their OG bands, but this is so damn cathartic I was bouncing around the kitchen like a maniac reheating dinner and smashing dishes until I realised I still had a fever and collapsed into linoleum like puppet with cut strings.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: whenever we have interacted (briefly) you have been cool pos | | 22 |  | Kind of Like Spitting
Nothing Makes Sense Without It
21st December 2023
On the twenty-first day of rec-mas ARTIFICIALBOX (1) rec'd to me
My theory is that each of us are allocated a designated number of hyper-sad melancholy-bombs in our life, to which we are permitted to relate, cri, laugh, struggle along with and draw respite from. Having hit that quota myself at some point during the first emo revival, the formula has since ceased to hit quite as hard; further albums tend to feel like other peoples' (sad) happy places, not mine; the quality of the albums is not in question, it's just I no longer have the capacity to take them on board. #genuinelycurious can anyone else relate? Idk, the older I grow and more albums I accrue in my noggin the more the "laughing through the tears" posi-vibe music with sombre undertones seems to appeal, more so than overt melancholy - AND i am desperately trying to phrase this in a way that doesn't come across pretentious or as implying that i consider myself ABOVE such albums (far from it, some of my faves wallow in their grief horrendously and I love them) - it goes back to one only being able to experience that kind of bandage ripped clean off RAWNESS so many times before fuck man it hurts! WITH THAT BEING SAID i can totally understand why this would be an important album to many someones - it's earnest, sincere with the sloppiness, explosive, thoughtful, tired, and exudes the haze of a very long, very fucked summer - it's just not my very fucked summer.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: whenever we have interacted (briefly) you have been cool pos [2] apologies it is hard to draw learning points when these are a 1 rec affair | | 23 |  | xanopticon
Psicicite
22nd December 2023
On the twenty-second day of rec-mas AVAGANTAMOS (3) rec'd to me
For all LOUD GUITAR MUSIC enjoyers seeking to get into the non-guitar music haven of electronic, a.k.a. me, breaks and breakcore do seem to be that gateway drug that just keeps giving. I know too little of its glitch'd fuck'd hallmarks and history to be able to appraise whether this is a good example of the style but it turned my mind to mulch and I was pleased about it so BIG POINTS from this uniformed numpty. Someone make a guide to breaks list and/or point me in the direction of that good shit thank you!!!
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: avagantamos do always be rec'ing that weird shit, my fave being the mindFUCK that is Luuli jesus christ that was scary and cool. You also like breach which makes you cooler than people that dont like breach. I fell like we would get along would you like an beer? | | 24 |  | Cult of Luna
Somewhere Along the Highway
23rd December 2023
On the twenty-third day of rec-mas MEATSALAD (3) rec'd to me
That atmosludge post-metal THING has always alluded me, slippery gargantuan eel that it is. The LPs that I've tried (i think some CoL, Amenra and Neurosis, though I honestly dont remember) have never ///quite/// hit that HEAVINESS itch i seek from nosier/punkier variants of sludge, nor did the crescendos have the golden shimmer of a straight post-rockian affair; the middle ground between the two confused me. I'm grossly generalising and, tbh, "Dim" is the best case in point I've heard to suggest my under-informed generalisation is probs wrong. Beautiful composition, thoughtful atmos, the heavier chuggas always in service of the broader canvas rather than ends in and of themselves. Closer and "Finland" are also loooovly. I'll keep poking around the genre, and spend some more time with this; I sense it's a grower.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Colour Haze and T2 glorious rec's my fella thank you thank you thank you i require more Colour Haze equivalent recs in particular one of my fave records of the entire list series so damn fucking pretty. fwiw you're presence around the site is always lovely we have not interacted much but i see your posi vibes and i am pleased about them. | | 25 |  | Lazarus
Hawk Medicine
24th December 2023
On the twenty-fourth day of rec-mas CYLINDER (4) rec'd to me
Ethereal sadness for Christmas people I think we fucked the sequencing here lol. Terrible celebration album but seems very very promising for a different setting - ace prod, lovely hazy organ tones, eerie melancholic vox, earnest/authentic/intimate in its bones, patient autumnal songcraft. Feels like my kinda folkinā. Ima find a cosy snug in the new year with a cup of tea and a blanket and jam this to heck.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: late joiner to this series circa August but you have recād an album each month and have had a pretty banging K:D ratio throughout (Can and Fugazi big bangers). Another cool site presence big hugs cylinder letās drink eggs and nog each other. Merry Christmas Eve! | | 26 |  | The Smith Street Band
Throw Me in the River
25th December 2023
On the twenty-fifth day of rec-mas BELLOVDDD (1) rec'd to me
Repeating themes of 22: I already get my serious smithie kicks from No One Gets Lost Anymore, and goof smithie kicks from Football, and am therefore not what sure where to put this; it amplifies, seemingly, the authentic unsleeved heart confessionisms of Gets Lost, but with more mature musicianship/songwriting, therefore lacking the awkward fumbling amateurish air of their debut (which I love) and no holds barred honest good fun of their 2022 LP. Iām being picky - I love this band and finally checking their oft lauded BEST album feels like a satisfying conclusion to the story arc, but one that arguably takes itself too seriously for the hair down good vibes Iād want on Christmas Day. Bad timing innit.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: best new user? probs. | | 27 |  | Fair to Midland
Arrows and Anchors
26th December 2023
On the twenty-sixth day of rec-mas DEWI (2) rec'd to me
Ngl, I couldnāt find a slot for this yesterday amongst the bubble and squeak, but actually very fitting aesthetic for Boxing Day: the fairytale dew stroke ye old England stroke big ass riffs make for a magical rocking belated Christmas prezzie. Shamelessly melodic - thereās cheese between these psalms - and Iām down with that. I know it shares little of anything with nu metal, but giving me the same shot of gloopy joy I get from early Linkin Park circa The Dear Hunter (a compliment!). Modern proggy alt rock remains unknown to me but this is nice.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Papa Dewi is the beating heart and soul of sput, love for the medium, penmanship with the best, unique taste, kind boi, but you all know this already, pos and hugs. | | 28 |  | Stereolab
Dots and Loops
27th December 2023
On the twenty-seventh day of rec-mas SPICYBOI junior (5) rec'd to me
Thereās a high degree of toe dipping, Iāve found, that Iāve needed, when getting into Stereolab, LPs, due to ungraspability, like trying to grab smoke, tendrils slipping through fingers, basslines and brass evading quick contemplation. I LIKE WHAT I HAVE UNDERSTOOD SO FAR THOUGH! Itās not like itās a challenging listen - these are warm blankets for fireside reading - mittens for walking on beach in winter - cinnamon sprinkles on latte of chai - BUT there is an intangibility here - the subtext is more important than the text. Every song is the same song but also not. I love on paper and hope it continues to wiggle towards my heart.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: jalapeƱo is another crazy cat looking to expand horizons with even more ambitious discog run format and has clearly gleaned much given quality of recs. Tree People is my fave that I remember of top, of head, and that Future Sound of London LP. | | 29 |  | Iron Monkey
Our Problem
28th December 2023
On the twenty-eighth day of rec-mas FFS (5) rec'd to me
Slots rather neatly into my existing love for Bongzilla and the like, cruising with the bluesy sludge filth, with a bit of that Admiral Angry shrill screm and drop Z tuning. Reeks of hidden gem and I love the stench. Very little to say: it fucks.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: Iāve admired ffs from behind a shrubbery for years, for their excellent write ups, varied taste and general all round good vibes. Pleasure to have had you involved in the series - thank you for the recs, Soul Makossa especially, as well as Blind Idiot Godās weirdnessness. | | 30 |  | Sparklehorse
It's a Wonderful Life
29th December 2023
On the twenty-ninth day of rec-mas EGARRAN (1) rec'd to me
An artist I have intended to deep dive for years, who seems soooo up my alley, and this is predictably lovely (phew). One of the few albums here Iāve comfortably played in front on my extended family on loud speakers over the festive period - not a criticism of any other album on this list, or of this album, just an observation re how lovely the surface level aesthetics are here, working well in living room. Need to unpack lyrics in my own time but pleased to have finally checked in with this shiny mammal.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: idk who egarran is, budgie in disguise as an aubergine? moving on! | | 31 |  | Red Herring
Faster Moving Forward
30th December 2023
On the thirtieth day of rec-mas SANDWICH (1) rec'd to me
Genuinely unheard music. I canāt find much of a whiff of anything about this online - 5 ratings on rym, 2 on sput - COOL! Jangle chaos folk punk with strong post-punk rhythmic genes. Proper blast of dusty adrenaline into knees; not h e a v y, but super boisterous for how paired-back it is aesthetically, kick and flat bass, cowbell and screm, makes you wanna jump. Great raspy breathy vox, works brilliantly. Touch of bluegrass is that a fucking banjo?! RINGADINGADONGITSPINGPONG!!!!
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: sandwich is as sandwich does. im not sure youāve ever given me a bad rec. your contribution to this project was modest but I forgive you for the high quality of the jams. your rating of 9 is unforgivable though tut tut. | | 32 |  | The Pax Cecilia
Blessed Are The Bonds
31st December 2023
On the last day of rec-mas HESPERUS (1) rec'd to me
FINAL TRANSMISSION BABY Iām not crying youāre crying ā¦ GOOD conclusion album heck I already love Ode and Elegy, and gather this is what they did first ā¦ that classical-lite lane of post-rock with the skramz and the post-metal and fuck genre labels itās just very spiritual music ā¦ what they do with space and momentum I love ā¦ the last 4 tracks (around 50% of the album) presents as an extended outro to the burns twice as bright opening tetralogy, the big boom sadness opening 4 going going going going going *poof* in epicness and the whole castle burns down and the band are more than happy to spend some quiet time in the ashes thereafter ā¦ and you know fucking what it WORKS!! Iāve seen criticisms of the backend being filler but I aināt buying it ā¦ thereās an intention to this structure ā¦ and the vision ā¦ is well realised for my money.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT: hesp we dont interact much but we should! drei affen GOOD! ode and elegy GOOD! i dont remember the other things that we both like but /shrugs/ lets go to a concert and screm or something.
AND WE ARE DONE i dont really know what im gonna do without this rec series in my life. lots to mull over, some of it contained here: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=204937.
hugs and peace x | |
AsleepInTheBack
11.26.23 | One last spin around the sun innit | ToSmokMuzyki
11.26.23 | bathory nordland ii | Ryus
11.26.23 | oh very nice i like this
shackleton - fabric 55
if you cant find it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpHTym-OyI | Mort.
11.26.23 | Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (also called two wheels good depending on location)
the version you will most likely find on spotify is a re issue with demos and acoustic covers (by the vocalist/songwriter) done much later. I reccomend ignoring the demos but keeping the acoustic versions. | Pangea
11.26.23 | You have rated quite a few of my faves already, but i do not see one for this
Anna von Hausswolf - Dead Magic | Zac124
11.26.23 | The Hirsch Effekt - Eskapist | mryrtmrnfoxxxy
11.26.23 | Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me | CugnoBrasso
11.26.23 | I haven't rec'd you anything but here's my rec anyway: eat veggies. | someone
11.26.23 | i do not see Protomartyr's Relatives in Decent, nor Orpheus vs the Sirens anywhere in your ratings, so *coin toss*
Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs the Sirens | ArsMoriendi
11.26.23 | My favorite album of all time is not in your rating so:
The Mothers of Invention- Weāre Only in It for the Money
Make sure itās not the 80s remaster because it has awful overdubbed drums. The newest remaster should be fine | Egarran
11.26.23 | I haven't rec'd you anything, just wanted to say you're a sweetie. | rabidfish
11.26.23 | I feel very strongly about Neil Young's On the beach. If you haven't before, you should listen to it. | JohnnyoftheWell
11.26.23 | Oh fuck you have already taken everything I have AAAAH what do you want for christmas | bighubbabuddha
11.26.23 | John Frusciante - To Record Only Water For Ten Days | Dedes
11.26.23 | This is actually a very sweet idea goddamn u r such a kind boy
Not even close to a surprise but imma go with Counterparts-Nothing Left To Love | SlothcoreSam
11.26.23 | I'm gonna give you my latest discovery, and album of the year contender.
Fear Not Ourselves Alone- DEAD DOG PARADISE (OR LIFE LIKE PARASITESā?ā)
| Hyperion1001
11.26.23 | this one is easy. ill never stop spreading the gospel of DREXCIYA so I recommend
drexciya - grava 4
get ready to leave earth my friend šš§āš | artificialbox
11.26.23 | Kind of Like Spitting - Nothing Makes Sense Without It
grab a box of tissues | Avagantamos
11.26.23 | If i had to pick one release to sum up my music taste it would probably be...
Xanopticon - Psicicite | Avagantamos
11.26.23 | also huge props for the dedication to giving feedback for every rec. I love following big list projects like this, but I'd be so overwhelmed trying to taking on something similar. at the start of the year I probably would have seen your list of 5s and thought to myself "I have almost nothing in common with this user in terms of musical taste". but this turns out not to be true at all! honestly a lot of pleasant surprises with your takes on some of the recs presented to you =] | MeatSalad
11.26.23 | Heck yeah lets get all grand finale up in here
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway | MoM
11.26.23 | Love ya, bro!
Des Ark - Donāt Rock The Boat, Sink the Fucker
I hope you find something to enjoy in it. Itās been an important album to me from the moment i heard it and i love it. My wife and i sing āTwo Hearts Are Better Than Oneā to each other all the time! Have a great day, man | cylinder
11.26.23 | Talonsā - Rustic Bullshit | bellovddd
11.26.23 | The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River.
Might be my number 1 all time album, and its from an Aussie. It's a required taste but god damn its the best to me | AsleepInTheBack
11.26.23 | Thanks for the posi vibes all
Soz bellovddd already heard that one (and v enjoy it I think) pls rec another
Otherwise I think yāall are good these recs are valid thanking you | AsleepInTheBack
11.26.23 | Actually ignore me!!! Itās the only smith street band Iāve not heard lol youāre good | Kompys2000
11.26.23 | Check Default Genders - Main Pop Girl 2019 and plz be gentle that album has grown into every crevice of my soul
Been a weird kinda bad year and this series has been such a crucial island of pure good vibes and earnest thoughtful appreciation through it all tysm sleepy | bellovddd
11.26.23 | OH SWEET! you know smithies already. this should be a breeze for you then!
| Sniff
11.26.23 | Rinoa - An Age Among Them | porcupinetheater
11.26.23 | Awe, this is sweet
Ima do
The Drones - Gala Mill
Can't really pick a favorite record, but Gala Mill strikes me as a pretty perfect one that's consistently grown with me. Ragged and dilapidated, probably want to update your tetanus shot before you get to the guitar tone on some of these cuts, but at other moments it falls into a spare, dusty dilapidation in some forgotten corner of some forgotten cabin in a forgotten part of the world. Couple it with some of the best, endlessly rewarding lyrics in music, that all culminates in the extended, fully acoustic masterpiece of a closing track about a violent Aussie penal colony. Thing's incredible | DominionMM1
11.26.23 | neurosis- through silver in blood | Dewinged
11.26.23 | Very strange you don't have it rated or at least I didn't see it. If you have it I'll rec smth else!
Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors
| BitterJalapenoJr
11.26.23 | Stereolab - Dots and Loops | JohnnyoftheWell
11.26.23 | Hm Macaroom - Homephone TE
don't love recing this in general because it's a slow grower, has far more subtlety to its delivery and production than its pop trappings suggest, is far less vague than its atmosphere and sequencing initially suggest, has far more depth of melody than what most of its hooks initially suggest etcetc
but it is also the smartest and most atmospherically distinct pop-adjacent record anyone has made this century, so you'd better let it puzzle you out quickly | AsleepInTheBack
11.27.23 | sweeeet thank you thank you for the RESERVED spots we're just missing DAD and DEDEX (oi), ill start adding the rest, keep em coming | dedex
11.27.23 | Lil Ugly Mane - Uneven Compromise
because the dude deconstructed hip hop in 11 minutes and also you deserve a short one for your dedication. also it's a 5. love you xoxo | Dewinged
11.27.23 | Also props for Pangea, that's a hell of an album. | AsleepInTheBack
11.27.23 | sweeee keep coming
the only rec ive not accepted so far is dominion's apologies i double checked through the previous lists and couldn't find your name - if i have missed you, my bad! just let me know when/what you rec'd and i'll add you back in | AsleepInTheBack
11.27.23 | also egarran you did rec something (i think in bm month) so you can rec if you wish | ffs
11.27.23 | iron monkey - our problem | Egarran
11.27.23 | Oh honey that's so far in the past I didn't think it counted for this particular round (also I had forgotten), but you don't seem to have any Sparklehorse on your list. Go with It's a Wonderful Life. | Zac124
11.27.23 | nice. my rec landed on my birthday. | SlothcoreSam
11.27.23 | The last 4 songs of my rec, Fear Not Ourselves Alone, is pure bliss. Better than any TWIABP run of tracks. Wait until you hear Class Of Violence, my SOTY | SandwichBubble
11.27.23 | If it's too late, just ignore this rec
Red Herring - Faster Moving Forward
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=384412 | AsleepInTheBack
11.27.23 | Keep em coming kinda wanted to cap this at 50 nice round number if of interest to people, otherwise maybe weāll go to 40 like some of the others | hesperus
11.27.23 | The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are the Bonds | bellovddd
11.27.23 | you're gunna have the BEST Christmas Day music wise haha | DadKungFu
11.27.23 | Aw man honored to be here lemme get at you in a bit | Sniff
11.27.23 | I've really enjoyed following this throughout the year and I admire the dedication you've put into this. It's easy listening to albums but writing about each and everyone you hear is NOT. | AsleepInTheBack
11.27.23 | Well Iām genuinely thrilled that this evolved into something that others have appreciated/found worthwhile, ive loved it but always felt it was a bit of a self-indulgent thing, so glad itās had some purpose other than just to make me happy. | artificialbox
11.28.23 | honestly this is a dope list. good job ladies and gents, y'all have good taste. | DadKungFu
11.28.23 | A'ight Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa | AsleepInTheBack
11.28.23 | Sweet we are quorum might actually cap recs here given reduced flow and 1 per day for a change might be kinda nice and leisurely | Squiggly
11.29.23 | Pax Cecilia are a great way to cap off the month m/ m/ | DominionMM1
11.29.23 | āthe only rec ive not accepted so far is dominion's apologies i double checked through the previous lists and couldn't find your name - if i have missed you, my bad! just let me know when/what you rec'd and i'll addā
oh i dont think iāve ever recād you anything before. didnt read up on the prerequisites.
anyway listen to through silver in blood because its really good | AsleepInTheBack
12.01.23 | No worries my love I will jam at some point
It is December let us begin jam woot | DadKungFu
12.01.23 | Hello woo it's been a fun year | AsleepInTheBack
12.01.23 | It has thank you for your service
2 is UP thank you RYUS
to manage expectations each daily entry will not include a rating as the last thing i want this list to turn into is me shitting on each of you we are going for POSI vibes and bouquet provision. i will of course eventually rate them, but want to avoid the EEK that can be caused by me slapping a 1 listen gut rate on something that means alot to each of you. good? good.
ALSO im on holiday tomorrow and the day after in a place probs without internet i will save the albums to my phone and jam em but expect write ups with a 48 hour delay x | Ryus
12.01.23 | very cool thank u
im glad uve gotten something out of some of my recs | unclereich
12.01.23 | very fitting album to end the year with! | Hyperion1001
12.01.23 | drexciya day coming up š | AsleepInTheBack
12.03.23 | i am back from our weekend away our car almost died because snow bad but we are alive 2nd and 3rd are up kisses and hugs | AsleepInTheBack
12.04.23 | Also thank you dedex 4th December 4 Lords A Leaping or whatever | DadKungFu
12.04.23 | Yeeeeaaah Lil Ugly Mane is a vibe and a half | AsleepInTheBack
12.06.23 | i am HANGING whose idea was it to do the christmas office party on a TUESDAY uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 5th December UP 6th December COMING | AsleepInTheBack
12.06.23 | 6th Dec now live great hangover album perfect timing | Pangea
12.06.23 | Love the effort you put in these lists, they are a blast to read! | DadKungFu
12.06.23 | Damn man, gonna be riding this high all day thanks for the kind words | Egarran
12.06.23 | That was indeed some exemplary hype. | Kompys2000
12.06.23 | Listen to those downcast lyrics a few more times and hey what's with all this water coming out of my eyes
Then listen to the upbeat boogies a few MORE times and wtf they're just as emotionally devastating as the words?????
So glad u liked | AsleepInTheBack
12.06.23 | Well arenāt you all a bunch of sweeties hugs kisses and cookies for all | SlothcoreSam
12.06.23 | Just realized you have dad and mom back to back
| SlothcoreSam
12.06.23 | Then you have Porc- Arse. Or by it's other name, Bacon. | AsleepInTheBack
12.07.23 | Porc ars sloth sniff it was all intention mwahahaha
I have heard 8 but donāt yet have the words apologies will hope to locate them tomorrow | AsleepInTheBack
12.08.23 | 8 now up, eek and hugs | Kompys2000
12.08.23 | not seeing one for the 8th? | Kompys2000
12.08.23 | ack nvm i see now what u meant i am a fool | AsleepInTheBack
12.08.23 | Itās my bad offsetting days and list entries was a silly silly on my part lol | Kompys2000
12.08.23 | maybe if any of you fucks ever READ THE DESCRIPTIONS | ArsMoriendi
12.08.23 | I fear your reaction to my favorite album
Iām trying not to flood you with context to make sure you like it hahaā¦just stay away from the 80s remaster | porcupinetheater
12.08.23 | Whatās the ugliest
Part
Of that record? | MeatSalad
12.08.23 | "I fear your reaction to my favorite album"
Same but loving the general vibes of this list/the descriptions so far
Asleep only has one Cult of Luna rating and it's a 3.0 for their most recent lp. SATH is completely different tho so we'll see! | ArsMoriendi
12.08.23 | @Porc: I think itās your mind
In all seriousness prob Chrome Plated, but in a good way | AsleepInTheBack
12.08.23 | Donāt worry we all about them posi vibes this month
9 (8th) live and cookin | porcupinetheater
12.09.23 | Awe bless your sleepy heart thank you for the kind words, long love the murk muck and fuzz | AsleepInTheBack
12.09.23 | xoxo
So ars you want me to listen to the remaster right? Specifically the 80s remaster? | AsleepInTheBack
12.09.23 | The one on uk Spotify looks like itās the OG? Canāt tell | AsleepInTheBack
12.09.23 | Whatever the case, I will track down the 80s remaster for you ars donāt worry | ArsMoriendi
12.09.23 | It's sad that Spotify's verison of We're Only in It has all 3 censorships still in place, but at least it's not that 80s remaster | ArsMoriendi
12.09.23 | For context, all 3 censorships were done behind the band's back:
"Concentration Moon" has the lyrics "also at the same time I get to work with The Velvet Underground which is as shitty a group as Frank Zappa's group" during the whispering sections (The Velvet Underground and The Mothers of Invention had a feud at this time and this was Frank's way of saying "you're not better than us like you say, you're the same"
"Harry You're a Beast" has the line "donāt cum in me, in me" backmasked
"Mother People" has its 2nd bridge as "Better look around before you say you donāt care. Shut your fucking mouth about the length of my hair. How would you survive if you were alive? Shitty little person"
The 3rd of which is one of the album's best lyrics. No need to hunt for the version with these (one of them is the gross 80s remaster anyway), but context is important for an album that's known for it's lyrics/satire IMO | MeatSalad
12.09.23 | Those are some limp-ass censorships man, hate that kinda shit | ArsMoriendi
12.09.23 | The 60s were prude as hell
Fuck, shit and cum were no-nos | AsleepInTheBack
12.09.23 | fuck shit cum we are live | ArsMoriendi
12.09.23 | Glad you liked it!
Zappa flavor of political commentary is often so refreshing. And other times itās hella dated but, hey | AsleepInTheBack
12.10.23 | I really need to run the Zappa discog gauntlet as both that and Hot Rats are banging but v different more different than i'd expected where do i go next?
Also 10th (11) is live | ArsMoriendi
12.10.23 | One Size Fits Allās opener might be my favorite song ever so that one | Dewinged
12.10.23 | Pretty hyped about your reaction to Dead Magic | SlothcoreSam
12.11.23 | Thanks for the write up.
I had to rec you something new, as you already know my favourite LP. Corey Feldman -Angelic 2 the core | AsleepInTheBack
12.11.23 | Once more sloth sidesteps my brain
SNIFF is UP i rate SNIFF (3.5) + 1.5 | Sniff
12.12.23 | Anytime you pass this way. I'll be having coffee | Mort.
12.12.23 | hi sweet baby boi, im gonna need u to check the prefab sprout acoustic tracks and then update this list, otherwise im coming for u | AsleepInTheBack
12.12.23 | Ah a fellow coffee connoisseur praise me (be)
Mort Iām on it (probably)
Johnny I have heard your rec but it was between calls with angry people so uh i will take some more time before making opinions | cylinder
12.14.23 | Could I change my recc pls?
Lazarus - Hawk Medicine | AsleepInTheBack
12.14.23 | uh if you want though the rec that you rec'd looks interesting! choose wisely!
Johnny thank
Smok im coming for you next
Mort ill do the thing when i can breathe again | ToSmokMuzyki
12.14.23 | you a day late already ( Ķ Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°) | AsleepInTheBack
12.14.23 | take it up with my employer | AsleepInTheBack
12.14.23 | nm you have been SERVED | cylinder
12.14.23 | Theyāre both great albums, but Iām sure about this one. Thank you though | ToSmokMuzyki
12.14.23 | MMMMMMEEEENNNN M/M/M/M/M/M/M/ | Egarran
12.15.23 | I hope people realize that from a moral, socio-psychological standpoint, it's problematic to be ok with smok. | ToSmokMuzyki
12.15.23 | now thats just mean eggy what did everyone ever do to you | AsleepInTheBack
12.15.23 | Appreciate your collective ongoing patience I have basically not left the office in the last 5 days so uh am behind and may need to work the weekend as well BUT I will get to this when I get to this the celebrations shall resume | someone
12.15.23 | Dying to know what you think of Dead Magic, one of my fave albums of 2010s | AsleepInTheBack
12.15.23 | I look forward to having an opinion too internet companion of mine | AsleepInTheBack
12.16.23 | phew we are up to date 15+16+17 | Zac124
12.16.23 | Glad to hear you at least somewhat enjoyed it. I never thought of the TYS comparison before but I do see it, although I'd say Dillinger is a closer one. | MeatSalad
12.17.23 | This list is good, good vibes, good energy, good list. Hope you get a chance to actually sleep and stuff | AsleepInTheBack
12.17.23 | Thanking you I have slept the grass is now greener
SOMEONE youāre up | someone
12.17.23 | Methanks | someone
12.17.23 | Also, never really thought of the comparison AvH = goth Kate Bush | AsleepInTheBack
12.18.23 | idk if its a valid comparison as my kate bush know how is scant but there we go i express words
18th Dec Rabid live closer and t/t are excellent excellent excellent hold up while i throw up | rabidfish
12.18.23 | oh yes neil young is tha man. "On the beach" is definitely one of his more melancholic records.
"Ambulance blues" is probably the one song that retroactively invented slowcore back in the early 70's even if it's more of a gen-X thing. Maybe also "albuquerque" from "Tonight's the night" (also a 10/10 album i adore like a pagan god on an altar). | AsleepInTheBack
12.19.23 | gotta do his classic 3 prior to On the Beach asap as Ive heard he does folkier things and that sounds good
20! | mryrtmrnfoxxxy
12.19.23 | sick list. thanks for doing it. i'm glad you dug the dino jr album | bighubbabuddha
12.19.23 | Water is a grower, glad you liked it , hugs! | artificialbox
12.19.23 | ngl 21 and 22 being back to back is a crazy one two punch to the gut | AsleepInTheBack
12.20.23 | An bump 21 bringing the AAAAGGGGHHHHHH | artificialbox
12.21.23 | Ayy youāre a cool cat too brother. I knew my rec could go either way so I appreciate you for entertaining me. I also completely relate to what you said and Iāll even admit that the album doesnāt hit as hard for me these days as it did when I was in my mid-late teens. Iām glad you were able to still appreciate it for itās raw, sloppy honesty which is my fav thing about it.
Lyrics like āyou feel fat, and I feel ugly, together we donāt like anybody. I feel sick cause I know youāre gonna run, but I canāt blame youā are so on the nose itās almost corny when you read it out, but the delivery is so genuine that it leaves me with a pit in my stomach. Which oddly is a feeling I enjoy receiving from music. | AsleepInTheBack
12.21.23 | Cheers brother glad you could see where I was coming from and thank you for sharing.
Completely agreed - I grew up on literalist on the nose lyricism (one of my favourite formative artists was Frank Turner and that is literally all he does lol) but it is the kind of thing Iāve found less rewarding as of late. No doubt Iāll eventually go full circle and end up craving that corny goodness once again. | Mort.
12.21.23 | there are two good songs on 22 | artificialbox
12.21.23 | Iām glad you are able to share your opinions here Mort | Mort.
12.21.23 | thanks you non-organic 3 dimensional square or rectangle | artificialbox
12.21.23 | šš | Dedes
12.22.23 | Glad you dug Counterparts my guy! Tbh I adore their last album but I think it's moreso the timing in which it arrived (love interest going through cancer, friends parents passing from cancer, musings on death sinking in) that made it as powerful as it was. I think it's a bit more of a fan pleaser than their ~true~ peak of musicianship but I do absolutely recommend You're Not You Anymore if you dug NTL cause that's definitely where the direction shift began. One day, maybe just one, I'll peep one of your 5s myself. | AsleepInTheBack
12.22.23 | cheers mate i probs need to peek/peak more of their discog fs
lol dont touch my fives they are under construction - I have only had five 5s for i think the last (uh) five years, then earlier this month bumped all of my 4.7s (#staffflex) and some 4.5s to 5s because i got bored of being so stuffy about the music that i love. MEANING my 5s are kinda chaotic rn lol. Ima have to trawl back through my faves from this list series as im sure there's some 5s in there, you just cant get that into any one particular album when doing 1 album per day format as it doesnt leave any room to get too familiar with each LP.
Monologue complete: 23 is now up | bellovddd
12.22.23 | every counterparts album is gloriously spicy. YNYA is a must listen. | AsleepInTheBack
12.22.23 | ive skipped to tomorrow and done 24 (23rd) as I sense im going to struggle to find private time to jam over the next 5 days because family friends and all those good vibes MAYBE i need to do an post metal month or something the genre has always flummoxed me but that CoL is noice | AsleepInTheBack
12.22.23 | also apparently ive completly forgotten how to spell lol apologies i still have covid and havent slept much | JohnnyoftheWell
12.22.23 | oh fuck catching up with this and
"I do not think I would have kept this going for a year, but for your enthusiastic prodding"
lmfao squarely missed your shot there to reproach me for being a finicky lil bitch, but much appreciated all the same - likewise hugely glad i stole this format for about 3/4s of the year even the slackoff factor was really. been musing over how to adjust it for 2024
24 is the words of someone who has clearly never discog'd ISIS, and you are lucky that your join date doesn't reveal whether you hit the site before or after this was a mandatory requirement for all users | MeatSalad
12.22.23 | Sorry to hear you're dealing with a shitty bout of covid man, hope it's over soon.
SATH was a big grower for me and it might be for you as well (or not) who knows! I know in my case, a big part of it is that I've always resonated with the lyrics/concept of the album. That stark, kinda desolate but cathartic emphasis on loneliness hits d33p. Glad you found some enjoyment from it all the same, you definitely seem to have zeroed in on the absolute heaters of the album
I wish I had more colour haze-adjacent recs for you but honestly the best advice I can give is just check more of their albums. Tempel is pretty much on par with the self-titled | AsleepInTheBack
12.22.23 | @johnny this list is posi vibes Iāll call you a bitch in a grind thread someday donāt you worry
No I have not listened to ISIS and yes I really do need to
@meat SATH defo feels like a grower first listen was like a 3 second listen was 3.7 weāll see where it lands though DAMMIT I need more Colour Haze gotta discog run | AsleepInTheBack
12.24.23 | 24th live Merry Christmas Eve | bellovddd
12.27.23 | YOOO glad you enjoyed it and nooo not a great Christmas album but a great album still the same :) | Dewinged
12.27.23 | So happy you enjoyed 15 but even happier that you enjoyed Fair to Midland!! | ffs
12.27.23 | just FYI when you listen to our problem dont bother with any tracks past "9 joint spiritual whip" if the version you have has them, those are bonus tracks which are solid for the most part but make the album flow badly | AsleepInTheBack
12.28.23 | Noted, ta for the heads up. I suspect Iām gonna fall majorly behind with this due to the festive season, appreciating your ongoing understanding and interest
Cheers dewi, both great albums, 15 feels like a keeper in particular, loads of mystical magical eerie vibes
Cheers belloveddd have you heard their debut? Easily my fave of their discog | bellovddd
12.28.23 | yep! I'm a big fan of all their releases!! you checked out Wil's solo stuff? | AsleepInTheBack
12.28.23 | Laika, I think
27th (28) up | AsleepInTheBack
12.28.23 | Phew okay we are back on track though I do not have a coherent opinion on Stereolab yet other than the fact that I like it | BitterJalapenoJr
12.28.23 | Let its comforting embrace envelop you a few more times in the coming months, it becomes addictive. Glad to hear that your initial listens were positive! | ffs
12.29.23 | bless u pal, honestly didn't think you'd love iron monkey especially but its one of my favs for its ability to cook abject misery down into something silly and surmountable so always interested to hear what others think of it.
reiterating major respect for running this thing month on month and always seeming to have insightful and earnest takes on everything you hear. hope your new year plans are vibesome and a lil less less taxing | AsleepInTheBack
12.30.23 | cheers stranger! ye i am not doing this again next year lol but its been a very fulfilling project, made so by you lot engaging as you have done
i need to dig into the lyrics on iron money, but i just love that sludge-y aesthetic with proper violent screms | Egarran
12.30.23 | yeah boy I like how you dig my big, fat aubergine | Azazzel
12.30.23 | hey this sleepy fare dodger can write pretty good huh, who knew? should review some not-core metal ;)
happy to see that sputcore Pax Cecilia record still getting passed around here, good stuff | AsleepInTheBack
12.30.23 | š
Thanks fella - v hyped for Pax Cecillia as I love that Ode and Elegy record they put out last year | AsleepInTheBack
12.31.23 | and we done | SandwichBubble
01.01.24 | Congratulations! Glad you liked my rec. | hesperus
01.02.24 | aw hell yeah |
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