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

No UFO's: Mind Controls the flood (Public Information)

Very much a record of two halves this. Side one sounds like analog electronica played by the solo electro version of a garageband - whereby the music sounds unpolished and a little rough around the edges, whilst the drones that often underpin the tracks sounds pre-prepared and polished. Like a guy playing along to his droney pre-thoughts to give the whole thing a much more organic, more NOW feel. Side two feels much more worked out, with the Neu-esq opener lasting about 20 minutes too short and being followed by two slices of carefully created and extremely well produced sci-fi electro loveliness, ending in delicious ambience. There are a hell of a lot of ideas spread over these seven tracks and i think it will be really interesting to see what direction his next release will go in, keep 'em guessing.....that's the ticket. 

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