I'm loving the new Dry Cleaning album so far Kevin, think it's a bit more consistent than their first. Favourite track so far is 'Don't Press Me', although I'm also struggling to resist a song about a tortoise called 'Gary Ashby'.
Still not sure I'm completely sold on the 'talking not singing' trend, or Sprechgesang as I understand it's called, but somehow it just works perfectly for Dry Cleaning.
And (damn you!) I'm now also going to have to seek out Japanese Breakfast and Lily Konigsberg. I can't be listening to all this music; I've got a novel ( challenge69.substack.com ) to finish writing!! Tim
Haha. I had "Gary Ashby" playing in my head for a good part of the day recently. Both the Japanese breakfast and Lily Konigsberg records are well worth the distraction. Maybe you can work 'em into an upcoming chapter. :)
Yo La Tengo: such a staple. It's funny though, I never spent much time with this record. After being introduced through "I Am Not Afraid of You, And I Will Beat Your Ass, " I only went as far back as "I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One." Once I discovered this one, the later records were so firm in my canon that this one never quite stuck. I think I'll spend the day (or the week) rectifying that.
YLT's "From a Motel 6" chills me!
Right? When I was writing this, I was playing the record. If "From a Motel 6" isn't my all time YLT fave, it's close.
I'm loving the new Dry Cleaning album so far Kevin, think it's a bit more consistent than their first. Favourite track so far is 'Don't Press Me', although I'm also struggling to resist a song about a tortoise called 'Gary Ashby'.
Still not sure I'm completely sold on the 'talking not singing' trend, or Sprechgesang as I understand it's called, but somehow it just works perfectly for Dry Cleaning.
And (damn you!) I'm now also going to have to seek out Japanese Breakfast and Lily Konigsberg. I can't be listening to all this music; I've got a novel ( challenge69.substack.com ) to finish writing!! Tim
Haha. I had "Gary Ashby" playing in my head for a good part of the day recently. Both the Japanese breakfast and Lily Konigsberg records are well worth the distraction. Maybe you can work 'em into an upcoming chapter. :)
Yo La Tengo: such a staple. It's funny though, I never spent much time with this record. After being introduced through "I Am Not Afraid of You, And I Will Beat Your Ass, " I only went as far back as "I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One." Once I discovered this one, the later records were so firm in my canon that this one never quite stuck. I think I'll spend the day (or the week) rectifying that.
I'd love to know what you think once you get a chance to play it!