The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction & Come Saturday [7"]

This one's about two 7"es at the same time. It should've been about three, but unfortunately i do not own the Everything With You 7", which is the oldest of the three singles lifted off THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART's s/t debut album.

Both the album and its three singles have the same cover art. The album's in black, and the single that i miss, is in blue. There's also a limited CD EP with this cover, in yellow. I especially like the fact that the vinyls are the same color as the cover art (maroon and green in this case, respectively).
Radio-friendly indie rock, that's what this is. Many people call this shoegaze but if it can be compared at all to My Bloody Valentine and the likes, it would be their pre-Creation (mid 80's) period. Great catchy tunes though, and a very sympathetic band.

YOUNG ADULT FRICTION
Label: Slumberland Records / Fortuna Pop!
Cat.nr.: SLR 92 / FPOP 84
Year of release: 2009

SIDE A:
01. Young Adult Friction

SIDE B:
01. Ramona


COME SATURDAY
Label: Slumberland  Records / Fortuna Pop!
Cat.nr.: SLR 103 / FPOP 85
Year of release: 2009

SIDE A:
01. Come Saturday

SIDE B:
01. Side Ponytail

The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart [12"]

A great song by a great band. THE HOUSE OF LOVE made some really fine tunes in the late 80's. Most people (if at all) probably know them from their "hit" later on (Beatles And The Stones) which they had while they were signed to Fontana, but i personally like their Creation Records period better. Christine is my favourite song from that period, but DESTROY THE HEART is a good second.

Label: Creation Records
Cat.nr.: CRE 057 T
Year of release: 1988

SIDE A:
01. Destroy The Heart

SIDE B:
01. Blind
02. Mr. Jo

Team Ghost - You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me [10", EP]

TEAM GHOST is a band that was started in 2009 by Nicolas Fromageau, co-founder of M83. He left that band in 2004, and we didn't hear from him until he relased this YOU NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG TO ME EP in 2010. Musically, it comes very close to M83. Maybe Team Ghost is more shoegaze and M83 is slightly more dance-orientated, but many of these tracks would've fit perfectly on a M83 album.

The 10" shows no sides on the label, but pics of celebrities: so we have a Natassja Kinski side, and a Lou Reed side.

Label: Sonic Cathedral
Cat.nr.: SCR 023
Year of release: 2010

NATASSJA KINSKI SIDE:
01. Lonely, Lonely, Lonely
02. A Glorious Time
03. Sur Nous Les Étincelles Du Soleil

LOU REED SIDE:
01. Echoes
02. Only You Can Break My Heart
03. Colors In Time

My Bloody Valentine - Ecstasy And Wine [12", LP]

ECSTASY AND WINE is a compilation of two EP's by MY BLOODY VALENTINE that came right before their Isn't Anything album on Creation Records: Ecstasy, and Strawberry Wine. Lazy Records, having released the EP's, released this compilation when the band was getting more and more popular on Creation.
I've had this copy for years (bought it at Repeat Records in Malmö) and it's long out of print, but recently it surfaced again in the UK. Word goes that Kevin Shields himself found a secret stash of this title and is now selling it off, but i don't know if that's true. Anyway you might bump in to a copy if you're lucky. Pretty expensive, but well worth it!


Label: Lazy Records
Cat.nr.: LAZY 12
Year of release: 1989

SIDE A:
01. Strawberry Wine
02. Never Say Goodbye
03. Can I Touch You
04. She Loves You No Less
05. The Things I Miss

SIDE B:
01. I Don't Need You
02. (You're) Safe In Your Sleep (From This Girl)
03. Clair
04. You've Got Nothing
05. (Please) Lose Yourself In Me

Baroness - Second [12", EP]

Before BARONESS got big with Red Album and Blue Record, they had a few EP's out and this is one of them - their second, d'uh. It's out of print these days and copies are going for big money, but what i really like about this release is that it has a great etching on the back.So it's single-sided.
Check it:

Label: Hyperrealist Records
Cat.nr.: HR 010
Year of release: 2005

SIDE A:
01. Red Sky
02. Son Of Sun
03. Vision

SIDE B:
etching

Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies/Sap [12", 2LP, Limited Edition]

ALICE IN CHAINS' vinyl double album JAR OF FLIES/SAP was originally released in 1994 on Columbia. The Sap EP had been out in 1992 on CD and simultaneously with the CD release of the Jar Of Flies EP in 1994, this 2LP was released.
Just like that limited pressing, the reissue by Music On Vinyl from 2010 has an orange side A/B and a blue side C/D, while side CD is etched. The biggest difference is that the original pressing had used the band's name logo for the etching, while this re-press has a tribal sun logo.
There were 2000 copies coloured vinyl made by Music On Vinyl; later re-pressings are on black vinyl.

Label: Music On Vinyl
Cat.nr.: MOVLP 086
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Rotten Apple
02. Nutshell
03. I Stay Away
04. No Excuses
05. Whale & Wasp

SIDE B:
01. Don't Follow
02. Swing On This

SIDE C:
01. Brother
02. Got Me Wrong
03. Right Turn
04. Am I Inside
05. (Untitled Bonus Track)

SIDE D:
etching

Logikparty - Good Hood [7"]

The debut release by LOGIKPARTY, a no-wave/post punk band from Dublin, Ireland. Only 250 were made of this one. Excellent songs with that typical late 70's/early 80's feel.
I ordered this around release date from a great record shop from Dublin called Road Records, which sadly doesn't exist anymore. The band's drummer Gib used to work there. Nowadays he's running a new shop called Elastic Witch.

Label: White Plague Records
Cat.nr.: plague0001
Year of release: 2010

SIDE A:
01. Good Hood

SIDE B:
01. Iodine