That pretending-not-to-be-annoyed-by-the-Mercurys morning of the year. But as way of distraction, here’s this week’s rather late office playlist.
A few strong newcomers to flag up: the Jessica Pratt debut that I raved about yesterday; albums from both Koen Holtkamp and his duo, Mountains; this month’s MVEE (sits well next to “Psychedelic Pill”, I think); the whole Bryan Ferry Palm Court flashback. I keep coming back to Limiñanas’ “Crystal Anis”, too, which is ostensibly “Bonnie Et Clyde” covered by the VU for the duration of an entire album. Can’t complain, really…
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1 Hans Chew – 2012-10-18 NYCTaper CMJ Day Show, Cake Shop, New York, NY (nyctaper.com)
2 Mountains – Centralia (Thrill Jockey)
3 Robert Stillman – Station Wagon Interior Perspective (A Requiem for John Fahey) (Archaic Future)
4 MVEE – Fuzzweed (Three-Lobed)
5 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Def Jam)
6 Indian Handcrafts – Civil Disobedience For Losers (Sargent House)
7 Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt (Birth)
8 The Damned – Damned Damned Damned (Universal)
9 Allah-Las – Allah-Las (Innovative Leisure)
10 Otis Redding – Otis Blue (Atco)
11 The Seeds – The Seeds (Big Beat)
12 Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson – Stones (Rune Grammofon)
13 Koen Holtkamp – Liquid Life Forms (Barge)
14 The Bryan Ferry Orchestra – The Jazz Age (BMG Rights Management)
15 Call Of The Wild – Leave Your Leather On (Kemado)
16 Major Stars – Decibels Of Gratitude (Important)
17 Goat – World Music (Rocket)
18 The Limiñanas – Crystal Anis (Hozac)
19 Arbouretum – Coming Out Of The Fog (Thrill Jockey)