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, 20 January 2011

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Advance Base Battery Life (Tomlab)

First became acquainted with this bloke when Mark Kozelek covered one of his songs on the free ep with the last album. This is a delightful collection of skewed lovesongs played by a strange fellow on keyboards and guitars. I keep thinking of early badly drawn boy - not in the sound but in his ethos. This album makes me feel warm and hopeful for the future, which is a bit of a turnaround - as most music i listen to is as miserable and downbeat as fuck. This has 2 Springsteen covers on it, but both are so drenched in noise and reverb that they sound positively glorious.
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