Rock - what are you listening to?

[tweber]

Hope you're heading to the NCH tonight Dermot

[Rob]

Two of KC's weirdest offerings?

I had absolutely no chance of even getting to the end of Side One of 'Lizard' back in those hazy days. Hated it with a vengeance. Roll forward almost 40 years and only now it is starting to make sense lol!

'Islands' is only a recent buy. Completely bypassed me. Wonder why :) Another weird unsettling listen and all the better for it. Definitely Mel Collins finest moment methinks.....

Just goes to show how progressive the groups were back then......and they were to be found in the Pop section lol!!!

Unfortunately I haven’t heard Islands but thought Lizard was a surprisingly good fusion of jazz – particularly the title track. I thought it was a little more ambituous and experimental than In The Wake of Poseidon but IMHO fewer of its tracks standout. Yup definitely file under “weird”! lol Impressive to think they recorded their debut, In The Wake and Lizard in just over a year! Such prolific creativity that’s hard to imagine anyone in rock having these days.

[Sloop John B]

Having a CCR evening








Keep on chooglin'


SJB

[cybot]

Having a CCR evening








Keep on chooglin'


SJB

My first band proper :) Hard to believe they made 7 albums in such a short time! Three albums in '69 alone!!!! But then the albums were short :)

[markof]

Terrific album from 1980 - really takes me back.
Mark

[Adrian]

I took a chance on this one.... and it paid off....a bit of Rammstein in this one...

Envy ..... Atheist's Cornea...





From Bandcamp...

Despite its relative brevity (at 43 minuntes it is Envy's shortest album since their early 90s thrash days), Atheist's Cornea is easily the band's most progressive work. Beginning with a punishing pummel, holes of light are gradually punched open to reveal an uncanny series of dynamic, emotionally charged epics. Not only does Atheistʼs Cornea showcase some wholly unexpected new turns for Envy, it also often reaches transcendent heights that could overwhelm a major blockbuster film — all while vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa sings, screams, and speaks like his life depended on it. Atheist's Cornea is the purest, most distilled example of Envy's brand of brilliance. It is also their bravest album, taking new risks with a much welcomed, broader vocal palette and an instrumental experimentation that navigates blistering shifts from impenetrable noise to poetic, pin-drop introspection with astounding grace. Envy have finally mastered the art of being effective and efficient without sacrificing an ounce of either – a truly inspired evolution from a band whose mastery of both remains unparalleled.

https://envy.bandcamp.com/album/atheist-s-cornea

[tweber]

Surfer Rosa by The Pixies:
Sounding even better than I remembered, depressingly, released in 1988!!

[tweber]

Probably appropriate for the weather we're having currently but more so RIP Allen.

[dhyantyke]

Comfortably satisfying Sunday afternoon boogie

[Gerry D]