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

Cut Iowa Network - Projector Gunship Held {0} (Panic Arrest)


The second Panic Arrest release and this ones a double, with 4 side long tracks and an occasional krautrock vibe in that it often locks into a groove and .........stays there......for ages. But then it comes out of that and comes over all quiet and introspective for 5 minutes or so. I love this as all the tracks are really different and that they  shift textures within the confines of their individual sides - but not in yer normal quietLOUDquiet post-rock way, the shifts are often so subtle that you don't notice them until it has managed to touch another emotion, and just as you're getting to grips with it.......it changes again. 
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