//31 October 2008
Groan. I have really, really struggled with this album. I have now played it three times and I have to confess, I like it less and less with each listen. [...]
Given the John Baker anthologies released earlier this year and the upcoming Delia Derbyshire compilation, this has been a great year for the soundtracks obsessive. The De Wolfe Music Library has vaults stretching back one hundred years and as this is released, there will doubtless be untold treasures released, many of which may never have seen the light of day before. [...]
Damn it, Matador just keep on doing it! This is the second album from the Toronto band with the moniker unlikely to trouble daytime radio (at least in the UK, where we can be frightfully uptight and repressed about these sorts of things). [...]
This is Plaaydoh’s third release – their second EP – all of which have been on the innovative Glasgow label Winning Sperm Party. In what may be considered a strange move by such a fresh, young band with an extensive catalogue of songs at their disposal, they have chosen to cover songs by four other bands on the Winning Sperm Party roster. [...]
This is a very spacey album. On first listen, it feels like every sound is being blown up from the inside – inflated to its absolute maximum before being allowed to explode all over the sound system. [...]
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