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.

Friday 13 May 2011

The Bug: Infected (Ninja Tune)

Four sides/four tracks - there's no extra width on this release, as per normal. Kevin Martin has never been one to fuck about and this EP is no different. 'Catch a fire' is closer to his King Midas Sound stuff than The Bug, in that the vocals are more soulful and do not have the sense of anger/menace that you normally find on Bug releases. Is this a sign that his aliases are beginning to blend into each other and that we can look forward to an album simply credited to Kevin Martin in the future? I sincerely doubt it, as the bugger like to keep us on our toes. Elsewhere, Roots Manuva shouts at us in the manner of a crazed preacher and autechre remix 'Skeng' into an anger-filled sermon over a buzzing headache.
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