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Shaping up to be a great album so far. “The Slab” is a masterpiece of pacing and atmospherics.
Almost all of Swans’ and Radiohead’s output plays chess with my brains, but Sonic Youth’s Diamond Sea manages to ask more and more questions with every listen (and there have been quite a few).
I guess this makes me ancient, but here goes nothing: Blondie, Hangin’ on the telephone .
Each and every single they’ve released so far has been an absolute banger. If the album maintains this standard, I think it could be a serious contender for AOTY.
I was truly glad to hear it during “American Honey” and it was cleverly used there. As far as covers go, this is by far my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabGb_HiHfs .
No matter how many films and TV series use this song or how many people cover it, it’ll never be anything less than stunning and seductive.
Glorious track, wish it went for about 10-12 minutes more, hyped AF for the album.
One of the greatest covers in history, by LCD Soundsystem.
It’s choppy yet propulsive, groovy but dark. I love it, certainly among the better releases today.
I rarely start playing it without going all the way through. It’s almost 2 o’clock in the morning in my country and I had to get my headphones on, my neighbours would kill me otherwise 🙃.
As vital and important now as it was back then, if not (sadly) even more.
Sheffield: Sex City, by Pulp
I am so, sooo lucky to have been a teenager when this was playing on mainstream channels. Still one of the most criminally underrated bands in history, though.
I got a pair of mid-range Sennheisers and the difference in quality is noticeable. Could never go back to tin can sound.
I bet!