pachinko-devil wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:26 am listening to my copy of Superchunk's Majesty Shredding that I picked up for like $8 a few months ago. love this album.

One of their finest.

The Sweet - The Six Teens

Love.

Volante - 45 degrees north (2000)

Not a great fan of emo and post hardcore in the 2000's but this is good; band is tight and they have some groove going on. And it sounds great.

kokorodoko wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:04 pm The Sweet - The Six Teens

Love.

When I listened to this yesterday I realized that it's about dealing with post-60s depression, and he's like "I know it ain't easy, but life goes on", we're not getting stuck in melancholy, and we'll always have this, it'll always be worth something, stay real and "you'll never go wrong". It's beautiful. I think it can be transplanted thematically to whatever context applies.

Bat Boy - Couldn't Keep Up (2017)

Wasn't sure about these, but they got some tunes.

^ "Decoder Ring" was the first I heard, again wasn't sure, but I like it more each time I hear it.

Not 100% there but I think I've finally (after at least 15 years) cracked Judas Priest, Stained Class and Sin After Sin especially. It's blues-less, clinical propulsion, drenched in bombast - the transition between 70s hard rock and thrash.

The absence of paint-by-numbers cheese sing-alongs on these records def helps, I can't stand chunks of British Steel or Screaming for Vengeance, but am grooving with these early records quite a bit.

Will I finally enjoy a Scopions or UFO record next? Only time will tell.

^ I like Painkiller, tho it's a bit too long. Another Thing Coming is also good. The rest mostly has something irritating about it.

and Living After Midnight SUCKS

Lorde - Green Light

This sounds like music made for 40 year olds that only 20 year olds listen too.