Non Metal Now Listening

[Pentagrimes]

Late to the party but the Tristwch Y Fenwood lp is great in a sort of basement Dead Can Dance/Miranda Sex Garden/twee goth kinda way

[Carnage]

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (2021 reissue) (remastered from original 1630 tape)

TBF I can't tell the difference between this version and the (mastered from original ½ inch analogue tapes) versions.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

[Ducky]

Met up with a good friend yesterday for food and pints. We don't necessarily have the same tastes in music, but we absolutely do have a similar obsession with it. She insisted I go and listen to these ladies and well, what the actual fuck.

Basically their auld lad was told by his mother that his daughters would play a popular band, so he pulled them out of school, bought them instruments. They play with out of tune guitars, use random chord progression, rhythms are all over the shop. Apparently some session musicians were pulled in for their debut but couldn't contribute because the playing is so chaotic.

Anyways, off to give the debut its forth listen on Spotify. Mental stuff.

[Carnage]

They should have stayed in school.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Pretty sure I heard there was some kind of Nirvana connection with that band, or Cobain was a fan or something.

[Ducky]

Pretty sure I heard there was some kind of Nirvana connection with that band, or Cobain was a fan or something.

Yep Cobain was a fan. As was Zappa. Seen Shonen Knife and Sonic Youth mentioned too. I'm a fan of both of those bands, so I'm not entirely surprised I'm going back to this lunacy for multiple listens.

Pivoted to some Joni Mitchell (Clouds, my fave album of hers) for now though.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Met up with a good friend yesterday for food and pints. We don't necessarily have the same tastes in music, but we absolutely do have a similar obsession with it. She insisted I go and listen to these ladies and well, what the actual fuck.

Basically their auld lad was told by his mother that his daughters would play a popular band, so he pulled them out of school, bought them instruments. They play with out of tune guitars, use random chord progression, rhythms are all over the shop. Apparently some session musicians were pulled in for their debut but couldn't contribute because the playing is so chaotic.

Anyways, off to give the debut its forth listen on Spotify. Mental stuff.

Ah yes, a classic

[91/30]

https://open.spotify.com/album/4hgpxkWFglKOY3wrbbLZjh?si=UYZy3-D-To-8ATqLBd4BdQ

Beethoven's 9th from 1958.

[Necro Red]

Got The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers on vinyl as a present. I've always liked them, never actually picked up an album until now. I forsee an obsessive binge ahead ha ha. Been blasting the last Garbage album a good bit lately. Top notch stuff

[Carnage]

I haven't heard Garbage after the second album, same kind of stuff is it? I saw them live around that time ('98 I think?), the guitarist was 'playing' to a backing track and that put me off them altogether.

[Bürggermeister]

Got The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers on vinyl as a present. I've always liked them, never actually picked up an album until now. I forsee an obsessive binge ahead ha ha. Been blasting the last Garbage album a good bit lately. Top notch stuff

You're starting at their absolute peak 

To be fair, it's a peak very few ever reach. The albums either side of The Holy Bible are class too. After that, save your money.

[Necro Red]

Got The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers on vinyl as a present. I've always liked them, never actually picked up an album until now. I forsee an obsessive binge ahead ha ha. Been blasting the last Garbage album a good bit lately. Top notch stuff

You're starting at their absolute peak 

To be fair, it's a peak very few ever reach. The albums either side of The Holy Bible are class too. After that, save your money.

I'd say their peak was late 90s with This Is My Truth. Maybe not artistically though. I remember them always being on MTV around that time. I still have the single Masses Against The Classes from around then. Must be 25 years old now.

[Necro Red]

I haven't heard Garbage after the second album, same kind of stuff is it? I saw them live around that time ('98 I think?), the guitarist was 'playing' to a backing track and that put me off them altogether.

bit darker than the earlier stuff, still has the hooks and catchy songs. One of their best in my opinion

[The Butcher]

This became a bit of an earworm the past while randomly coming across this on YT ->