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

Yellow 6 - Overtone (Enraptured)



Numbered ltd edition of 300 clear vinyl, with a bit of silk screen stuck on the front. Yellow 6 construct spatial beauty armed with only a guitar and a drum machine. Very similar to early Labradford in that the silences between the chords add more than the chords themselves. Yellow 6 have released a whole bunch of records, cds and tapes and this frightens me somewhat - as my natural reaction is to run out and buy everything. I must fight this natural reaction as it threatens to overtake my other compulsion - which is to constantly seek out new people and new sounds. I just have to work hard to beat this menacing disease.....
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