Apparently, I buy too many records

My wife Helen, like every other woman i've ever lived with, believes that I buy too many records.

Which, as every record-buying man knows, is a ridiculous belief.

I will concede, however, that I do indeed buy a lot of records and that I don't afford them the same amount of listens and attention that I did 20 or 30 years ago.

To this end, I have decided to blog about the records that I buy, in order to help my appreciation of them - and perhaps to show Helen that I don't buy that many records after all.

Because i'm crap with deadlines the blog posts will be sporadic and probably be about a month or 2 behind but that's just the way i am! The posts will not necessarily be actual reviews (most likely comments, at best) and will generally be pretty damn short due to the reasons outlined above. As a writer in a previous existence i have decided not to worry about writing as art in the pieces but, instead, to attempt to convey feeling over semantic (and often grammatic) perfection.

And 'OCRB'? It stands for 'Obsessive Compulsive Record Buying' - a little known mental health affliction that is potentially damaging to the bank account but ultimately life-affirming. It is sad.......but a nice form of sad.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Capitol K: New York (Faith & Industry)


I used to have the debut Capitol K album (don't know what happened to it) and it was a mess of techno noise with occasional stabs of melody and structure amid the bleeps and beats. Anyway; i bought this as it was really cheap, featured the rather wonderful Leafcutter John and came in a handmade hand numbered cloth bag. On first playing it (at 45rpm), it was all going well until a high pitched noise came in that took me a few seconds to recognise as a female vocal. On second playing (at 33) i found it to be a pleasant guitar & keyboard lead techno romp until the vocal came in. Although no longer as painfully pitched as before, it irritated the tits off me - as it took the tune firmly backwards into a bland poppy nowheresville, Shame. Anyway, on turning it over i was delighted to find 'Playground' hitting all the right spots -  a dub inflected 8 minute job with melodica, violin, guitar and drums cranking out a lovely mood piece that took me to the places that i wanted to go. Absolutely worth the £1.80 i paid for this track alone.
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