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, 13 October 2011

Noveller: Desert Fires (Weird Forest)

Noveller is Sarah Lipstate, guitarist and film maker, and one time member of both Rhys Chatham's AND Glenn Branca's guitar armies. With that in mind i expected a free noise fest but instead she has produced a remarkably restrained album of ambient guitar tones overlayed with effects and suchlike. Similar in tone to some of Yellow6 releases, the pieces are generally subtly beautiful and full of interesting diversions to keep the interest high. Never relying on the tried and tested 'seek a drone/find a drone/stay on the drone' method of guitar ambience, Lipstate mixes gently plucked/hit notes with feedback to create an effect of a looping circular  journey. Very interesting and highly enchanting.
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