Primal Scream - More Light [12", 2LP]

I'm not such a big fan of PRIMAL SCREAM's previous two albums (Riot City Blues from 2006 and Beautiful Future from 2008) however i love their older ones. So i was a bit precautious and it wasn't a "blind purchase", this MORE LIGHT album. But after i'd heard the album a few times i was convinced: this is the Scream back in their old shape. There are plenty of cool tracks on this album, but if i'd had to choose, i'd say that Hit Void is my favourite one. A great noisy garage/shoegaze track with cacophonous saxophones at the end, that sounds better the louder you play it. Although opening track 2013 with Kevin Shields on guitar isn't bad either. Or the track River Of Pain. And i could go on and on, because like said earlier there are plenty of cool tracks here. Definitely a contestant for this year's Top 10 list.

Label: First International
Cat.nr.: SCRMLP003
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. 2013
02. River Of Pain

SIDE B:
01. Culturecide
02. Hot Void
03. Tenement Kid
04. Invisible City

SIDE C:
01. Goodbye Johnny
02. Sideman
03. Elimination Blues
04. Turn Each Other Inside Out

SIDE D:
01. Relativity
02. Walking With The Beast
03. It's Alright, It's OK

My Bloody Valentine - Glider [12"]

A couple of weeks ago i was in Athens, Greece for a few days. And actually where you'd least expect it, in a second hand store at the local flea market, i ran into this missing piece in my MY BLOODY VALENTINE collection. Of course i already have that weird counterfeit that combines this GLIDER EP with the Tremolo EP, but i still needed the original. Well, here it is. Finally.

Label: Creation Records
Cat.nr.: CRE 073T
Year of release: 1990

SIDE A:
01. Soon
02. Glider

SIDE B:
01. Don't Ask Why
02. Off Your Face

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Acid Reflex [12"]

Last year on Record Store Day i tried really hard to find this 12" at the participating stores, but for some reason none had it. So i kinda gave up and expected i'd never get my hands on a copy anymore, but a few weeks ago at Pet Sounds in Stockholm i saw one standing in the racks to my big surprise. On this ACID REFLEX EP there are 4 different songs, all from the Belong album, in a remixed version. One thing about remixes is that it either hits exactly the right spot, or it goes terribly wrong. It doesn't happen very often that i actually like all the remixes on a 12", but in this case i do. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART definitely chose the right artists to remix their songs, and they're not the least names either: Twin Shadow, Saint Etienne, Violens and Washed Out. Pretty cool stuff!

Label: Play It Again Sam/Slumberland Records
Cat.nr.: PIASR532T
Year of release: 2012

SIDE A:
01. Heart In Your Heartbreak (Twin Shadow remix)
02. Too Tough (Saint Etienne remix)

SIDE B:
01. The Body (Violens remix)
02. My Terrible Friend (Washed Out remix)

Team Ghost - Terre Brûlée [12"]

This TERRE BRÛLÉE EP by TEAM GHOST was released for Record Store Day 2013. It features the singles that were taken so far from the Rituals album (Dead Film Star and Curtains), a slow song called Tonight Is Magic and the title track, which fills the whole B-side with its 25 minutes. It's an instrumental track which consists of various soundscapes and almost ambient themes. Only 300 copies were made and i'm happy that i could get my hands on one.

Label: wSphere
Cat.nr.: 3271466           
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. Dead Film Star
02. Curtains
03. Tonight Is Magic

SIDE B:
01. Terre Brûlée

Whirr - Part Time Punks Sessions [7"]

Late 2012 i discovered the band WHIRR when they released their album Pipe Dreams, which i really liked and which even ended up in my top 10 of 2012. This PART TIME PUNK SESSIONS 7" was released for Record Store Day 2013 in the USA; these recordings were previously only available on a very limited cassette tape which was made to raise money for a new engine for their van. My copy is the "black in electric blue" edition of which the label made 500 copies. There's also a "baby blue in royal blue" edition of 1500 copies. Cool stuff!

Label: Run For Cover Records
Cat.nr.: RFC:086
Year of release: 2013

SIDE A:
01. Blue
02. Flashback

SIDE B:
01. Junebouvier
02. Twist

My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss [12"]

Finally, I recently came across a copy of MY BLOODY VALENTINE's FEED ME WITH YOUR KISS EP. Of course i could've bought it earlier on sites like eBay or Discogs if i wanted, but besides the fact that those copies are usually way overpriced, it's the thrill of running into it while doing some good old cratedigging. I found it for a decent price at a cool little store in Stockholm called An Ideal For Living. Of course i already had these songs on vinyl, but owning an original copy is what counts, right? And this particular release was still an important missing item in my My Bloody Valentine vinyl collection.

Label: Creation Records
Cat.nr.: CRE 061 T
Year of release: 1988

SIDE A:
01. Feed Me With Your Kiss
02. I Believe

SIDE B:
01. Emptiness Inside
02. I Need No Trust

Curve - Cherry EP [10"]

Despite already owning the 12" edition of this EP, i thought it  would be cool to have this limited 10" edition as well. It's handnumbered (my copy is #1779), limited to 2000 copies, and comes in a plain silver sleeve with a sticker. Besides, it has one extra track compared to that 12" version. So when i found it in Utrecht in April for a fair price of course i had to buy it.

Label: Anxious Records
Cat.nr.: ANX X 35
Year of release: 1991

SIDE A:
01. Clipped
02. Die Like A Dog

SIDE B:
01. Galaxy
02. Cherry
03. I Speak Your Every Word (with JC 001)