So tired

It has been like forever since I have made a post here. A new house and baby have not impeded my opportunities to listen, but have greatly impeded my ability to reflect. So tired, but here is what is going on...

I was very excited to unpack the music archive at our new house. Virtually all of my music had been packed away for a good 6 months. Having everything displayed before me is like being a kid in a candy store. The timing is especially good because there isn't an album that I can't stop listening to at the moment. I have been rediscovering all sorts of great stuff on my way to and from work.

The Sisters of Mercy have been a frequent flyer lately. Great early 80's goth! Really good late 80's goth. Spotty early 90's goth. Some Girls Wander By Mistake is such classic post punk goth.

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure found its way into the rotation. Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno at their best and most promising. This early 70's gem is such a great time capsule. Ferry's lyrics are absurd and even profane as he rambles them like he is almost making them up as he sings them in his crooning vibrato. And Eno just creates these complex and dense soundscapes that ride underneath every track. The album is this crazy blend of much of what was going on in music at the time. Self indulgent 8 minute stoner jams. Acid rock guitar riffs. Pre-disco boogie. Crooning balladry. A song about the complications of a romance with an inflatable sex doll. Awesomeness!

Low - The Great Destroyer. Just intense. One of my favorites from this decade.

Bob Mould - Body of Song. Circles is just amazing. I think I played this song eight or nine times while listening to this album this week.

The Cure - MSG '08. Pictures of You is the best song ever written. 20 years after its release it is still just as stunning as the first listen.