I made a list today.
It's a gratitude list of records.
It was good to think about it for a second.
I picked up the new Bowie record.
I've listened to it but just digitally
and I haven't given it like the time that I'd like to as a massive Bowie fan.
I feel like it requires a bit of concentration.
I need to sit with it.
I grabbed this one.
The Neil Young cover, which is 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'
it's strange to imagine that song in any other
format other than the original which is one of my favorite songs
but their version is also one of my favorites
and I definitely think this was a
was a peripheral reference for my new record, in terms of
bringing in more electronic elements.
This guy, I'm not super familiar with
this band other than I really love
the first song on the record, called 'I Can't Escape Myself.'
It's like a grower.
I've made the mistake of DJing it
I've got a minute to figure out how to ramp this up
but it's good, it's dark and it's good.
Only Ones, a favorite.
Yeah, English mid/late-70s
for whatever reason, I guess maybe this is like a UK release, so what I have
doesn't have 'Another Girl Another Planet' on it
for that song alone it's worth having the record.
You should listen to that song, it's really good.
I need to own, on vinyl, the song 'Someone Who Cares'
"f you try to follow me home tonight...'
It's really good. Anyway...
shit, I meant to find that but that's ok, this is good too.
And then it's a toss-up between the first, y'know, two
these were big records for me in the past and then I kind of went
through a resurgence of obsession.
The record that I am putting out soon
it wasn't so much stylistically that these were big reference points but
something that I think is really effective about
this record in particular is the vocal treatment
is so specific and identifiable and obviously
coupled with her voice which is so distinct and powerful.
It really ties the whole record together. The songs can jump from
y'know, mild genre changes or production styles but
that really roots the record and that was something
that I was interested in be a very dominant thing on my record
because I was intentionally trying to sort of like branch out and
not be excluding of
y'know, influences that I haven't really had
the space to play around with. So yeah
that.
Thank you so much.
Yeah, thank you.