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.

Monday, 5 December 2011

Junior Varsity KM: Fourshadowing (Darla)

Well it was 49p and it was on Darla - what could possibly go wrong? Darla, well known for their bliss-outs and shoegazey indie loveliness seem to have released this record of mixes whereby said bliss is covered with breakbeats and sounds rather horrible. Maybe i'd enjoy it better if it didn't sound so bolted together - although the B side has a much more effective percussive rhythm going down that i could probably learn to love if i played it another dozen times.

Which, to be frank, is pretty damn unlikely.

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