Monday 21 July 2014

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation [12", 2LP]


The cover art of REVELATION looks familiar to those who know the split EP that THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE recently released for RSD 2014 with The Magic Castles, and the Fist Full Of Bees EP that they released for the same occasion a year earlier. Once again they've released a really strong album and this one will definitely end up in my personal top 10 albums of 2014, that's for sure. Anton Newcombe's record label A Records always has such great thick quality records and also the colours of this release look really fantastic: opaque light blue in the middle, and see-through dark blue on the outside. Gorgeous. The only sad thing is that i still haven't managed to see them live. They were in Amsterdam a while ago, but i couldn't make it that day. I'm sure one day it will happen though ;)

Label: A Records
Cat.nr.: auk030lp
Year of release: 2014

SIDE A:
01. Vad Hände Med Dem?
02. What You Isn't
03. Unknown

SIDE B:
01. Memory Camp
02. Days, Weeks And Moths
03. Duck And Cover

SIDE C:
01. Food For Clouds
02. Second Sighting
03. Memorymix

SIDE D:
01. Fist Full Of Bees
02. Nightbird
03. Xibalbia
04. Goodbye (Butterfly)

Sunday 6 July 2014

Various Artists - Sorted, Snorted And Sported [12", LP]


Of all compilation albums that Creation Records has released, the Doing It For The Kids album is probably the most well-known. But SORTED, SNORTED AND SPORTED is the one i personally like best. It features some excellent tracks by many of my favourite bands like Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, The Telescopes, Swervedriver and Teenage Fanclub. The song Lundi Bleu by The Times is a laidback cover of New Order's Blue Monday by the way, sung in French. Pretty cool.

Label: Creation Records
Cat.nr.: CRELP 117
Year of release: 1991

SIDE A:
01. PRIMAL SCREAM - Higher Than The Sun: A Dub Symphony In Two Parts
02. LOVE CORPORATION - Give Me Some Love 10:35
03. MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Honeypower
04. THE TELESCOPES - Flying
05. SLOWDIVE - Shine

SIDE B:
01. PETER ASTOR - Street Of Lights
02. THE TIMES - Lundi Bleu
03. HYPNOTONE - Yu Yu
04. SWERVEDRIVER - Laze It Up
05. TEENAGE FANCLUB - Starsign

Adorable - Against Perfection [12", LP]


I've been looking for a vinyl version of AGAINST PERFECTION for a very long time already. Back in the early nineties there was this local club where they had indie dance nights, and the song Homeboy was played regularly. I remember ordering the CD at the local record shop. It was a pretty expensive UK import album, but i just needed to have it, if only for that song. And I still have it, but during the past few years i really wanted to have a vinyl edition as well of this excellent ADORABLE album. So far i only managed to get hold of two maxi's from songs of this album: Sistine Chapel Ceiling and Favourite Fallen Idol. The album itself is pretty much impossible to find in record stores, and on the internet the prices are ridiculously high; usually over 45 euro at least. However recently i came across one that was fairly priced. The sleeve is a little scuffed but the record itself is in great condition, so this was my chance. Very happy that i bought it, and finally i can play Homeboy on my record player ;)

Label: Creation Records
Cat.nr.: CRELP 138
Year of release: 1993

SIDE A:
01. Glorious
02. Favourite Fallen Idol
03. A To Fade In
04. I Know You Too Well
05. Homeboy

SIDE B:
01. Sistine Chapel Ceiling
02. Cut #2
03. Crash Sight
04. Still Life
05. Breathless