Welcome, readers. It's been a few days since I wrote - a lot has been going on in the world, so I have been limiting my exposure to the news. I'm doing all right. I have been quietly working on art, voted recently in a political primary, and am in the process of logging my most recent vinyl acquisitions. This is where we will start today.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - LW
This band is a mouthful, but they have been really neat. I haven't felt quite the enthusiasm for acquiring a single artist's entire body of work in some time, but King Gizzard blew my mind with their Nonagon Infinity offering. This is actually the last in a series of albums they recorded using "microtonal," stuff, so I'm going to pretend to know what that means. I haven't listened to this yet, so I'm hoping to treat myself later.
Sienna Nanini - Pants Down Time
I wouldn't buy an album just because there's a diapered lamb character on the cover, would I? Of course I would. I've been told the music on this one is uh, challenging to say the least. Well, I had to tell this commentator to avoid giving me spoilers.
Melvins - Houdini
This is the only one of this week's albums I've listened to. I've listened to it a LOT. This album got me through my wild and wooly teenaged years. I would go on to see The Melvins a total of three times as of this writing. They consistently rank up in the top ten of my favorite musical artists. This could be considered the peak of grunge or early 90s sludge metal innovation.
Typically, when I buy albums today, I like to buy one newer piece along with two older ones. The newest release is King Gizzard's LW, and the other two are from 2012 and 1993 respectively. I don't like the idea of being stuck in my youth with regards to musicology, so I try to add new elements to it here and there.
Spoiler for the next record: It's not going to be anything I really know too much about. That's it for today. Stay safe and stay rad.
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