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, 1 December 2011

Movere Workshop: Western Hamlet (Word/Object)

Everything that PC Worship aren't, this is a lovely 20 minute 12" of well played, well recorded instrumental beauty with a lovely guitar sound and a loping nature throughout. This actually came out in 1998 and would sit well with a band like Rex, who would've been around at the same time - it was the days when the hardcore musicians realised it was no longer a crime to slow down, expand their instrumental range and actually show that they knew how to play. This was the next wave after the more abrasive slow-core bands like Slint and Codeine had shown everyone how to put the breaks on. Good times, as youngsters on Facebook seem to end their recollection of any minor fact of their lives.

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