Bit of reappraising going on, liked this, previously never loved it. But I’d say some inventive writing here and a great slice of art/rock with real variety across the tracks are really pushing for attention. Styx, ‘Cornerstone’ (1979, CD)
Something stirs in the land of pattern seeking …
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Oh how I love this group, this album 💿
RTF and ‘Romantic Warrior’ (1976, CD). Magnificent
Way into work music, superb metal prog/jazz all the way. Really getting into this ... 😎👍
wearepolymath.bandcamp.com/album/zenith-2
Way home tunes, should have noted this was part 2, but hey ho, in we go! Thought this would be very heavy, but in fact it’s more ambient adjacent and very textured. Not sure it would be something I would see enough in to go back to here
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Totally enraging. Recommended reading to understand what a f*cking mess things are, and it’s not getting any better. Nothing really much to do with the art of actually LISTENING to and appreciating, respecting and rewarding music.
Nice to have this alongside the Affinity box. The exquisite sounds of Linda Hoyle and ‘Pieces of Me’ (1971) and ‘The Fetch’ (2015) remastered and reissued together by Esoteric (2020 2CD). Another world beckons …
Review | Stephan Thelen - Fractal Guitar 4 by @zmnathanson.bsky.social
"Instrumentally, Thelen delivers once again. He exchanges ideas with his collaborators in a way that elevates every theme, every texture, every moment."
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Having been fractalised, now time to chill. Bremer/McCoy with ‘Kosmos’ (2024). Seems so simple, yet so achingly beautiful just love this duo. Hoping something else might turn up from them again soon … 😎👌
bremer-mccoy.bandcamp.com/album/kosmos
Chunk of the way in, and wow, a tale of greed and woe and ‘content’. Pelly doesn’t hold back on the pre-streaming music industry but what comes next is frankly abhorrent and f*ck all to do with music. Let’s just be honest about that. More to follow …
