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.
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
Light - Waterside Reverberations (Unlabel)
Yep, it's another CD. Limited to 100 hand numbered copies, in handmade packaging with a collection of inserts, i couldn't resist this one as it was their first release in 7 years when originally sent out into the uncaring world (i.e 2006) and i didn't even know it existed until i stumbled across it in the Norman Records sale list. Sorta carries on from the previous 2 albums in a floaty guitar-y dreamy way in a similar fashion to the very excellent Flying Saucer Attack - with whom they were heavily linked, being part of the whole mid '90s Bristol experimental guitar scene that i was in the middle of as well. Good memories of hanging around with all these bods in Revolver Records talking shit about music and trying to outdo each other with recommendations of obscure free jazz and Krautrock b sides.
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