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.

Thursday 23 June 2011

Mist: House (Spectrum Spools)



John Elliott, from Emeralds, is also Mr Spectrum Spools and has a beautifully lush shiny gatefold sleeve for his beautifully lush electronic evocations and experiments in sweeping soundscapes and kosmiche wonderment. Each track is given so much time to unwind and expand that you almost forget that the glistening chimes of one track started off as a bass-y rumble 5 or 6 minutes ago. Best taken as a whole, this album moves through the whole range of emotions with undulating textures and Klaus Schulze-like movements that never stay still for long and continuously surprise and excite.  
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