An epic journey from start to finish.
One of those rare albums I can’t just take bites from - it’s all or nothing for me.
Isn’t that the definition of “great album?”
I’m not sure it ever got better for Perry & Co. than their debut.
And this track - “Summertime Rolls” - may be the single greatest song about the joyous, spacious , airy rush of new love and/or drugs ever recorded. Eric Avery’s heartbeat bass is featured all over this record and I am HERE for it.
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I’m not sure which other artists have released their best work on their 5th studio album (after four priors that were consistently and increasingly amazing)
It may not be her “New York album” per se given its recording provenance at Linford Manor in Milton Keynes
But it is damn sure *MY* PJ Harvey NYC album
I also love the nod to Patti Smith (she was always lurking there, just below the surface) on “Horses In My Dreams” 🖤
This is kind of about you
This is kind of about me
We just kinda lost our way
We were looking to be free 🪽
A top ten all time album for me
Oct 22, 2024
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Against Me! And all her solo stuff comprise an ouevre that amounts to over two decades of punk rock and general songwriting excellence. Listen to all of it
Jun 25, 2024
To be very honest, I think a favorite album in general (in my case Pet Sounds) should have no skips so I'm just naming one that I think fits here.
This is definitely one of the best debuts ever and the bonus tracks could have all been included in my opinion
3d ago
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Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️
Mar 27, 2024
“Songs Of a Lost World” coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 🖤
The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for
Sep 14, 2024
I will fail to explain just how much this band meant to me in the 90s.
So I will borrow from AV Club who did a fine job of distilling it:
“Unwound is the best band of the ’90s. Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space between some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise. That jumble of subgenres doesn’t say much; in fact, it falls far short of what Unwound truly synthesized and stood for. Unwound stood for Unwound. But in a decade where most bands were either stridently earnest or stridently ironic, Unwound wasn’t stridently anything. It was only itself. In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the ’90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell. In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.”
R.I.P. Vern Rumsey.
This is their finest song, from their finest album.
I really can’t say enough about the sheer bloody minded genius of this group. 🖤
Mar 23, 2024