Tumeni Notes
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Umm, the thread is for 2023 new releases…
There's nothing in the thread title or first post which says this.
Umm, the thread is for 2023 new releases…
It absolutely doesThere's nothing in the thread title or first post which says this.
A signed white copy of Sleaford Mods UK Grim turned up earlier. It’s really good, though like a fair few modern pop/rock albums could have benefitted from an extra side or two. I don’t know the playing time, but it feels long and a bit quiet in level. Nice quiet flat pressing though. I’m late to the party here, this is the only album of theirs I’ve got, so no idea how it ranks, but it is what I was expecting after seeing various things on the TV. Quality stuff anyway.
Algiers - Shook
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BJD9CD7H/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
This feels like it was recorded in the middle of a Floyd George riot, a bleak, dark album, defiantly of the zeitgeist.
As ever, Algiers veer from soul through jazz to gospel to indie and back, often in the same song. This time there is even a bit of MC5s bookended with some trap.
Multiple collaborations pulled into this album including Samuel T Herring, Zack de la Rocha and more, with Big Rube as narrator.
Lots of short spoken word pieces, combined with quite a few songs of 2 or 3 minute length adding to the chaotic, visceral, jittery feel of this album.
Multi facetted, multi-layered, I wouldn't say it always works musically, but definitely a massively powerful soundtrack to these difficult years.
Difficult, heady, demanding listen. I doubt I'll hear anything as good as this in 2023.
This is one of the more approachable tracks, Bite Back, featuring Backxwash and Billy Woods:
Cracker Island - Gorillaz
A proper entry into the ‘23 list. Not sure how best to describe it, but full of good tracks.
And it’s got Stevie Nicks on it. What’s not to like?