yamantaka // sonic titan - uzu

release date.

https://ytst.bandcamp.com/album/uzu

son lux - lanterns

release date.

https://sonlux.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns

...because you can't stand yourself

listening to lee ranaldo's last night on earth...

this may be a little out of fashion right now, but maybe that's exactly why it's so refreshing to hear.

sonic youth did a string of nine labeled noise records, syr1-syr9. this is not outside the bounds of those records. i'm not saying you have to like it, but realize it's not a radical departure from previous recordings.

siamese dream is one of the few non ambient or new age records where the harmonic distortion on the vinyl is likely to create a better sounding product, due to the thickly layered guitars. i can't count how many times i've listened to rocket; i only picked up a mild wobble, although there's youtube compression in between. what i'm getting at is that you may even find that the warp contributes to the blurrier sound....

just to temper that: i introduced myself to mike oldfield many years ago by picking up a warped record at a garage sale for $0.50. it was hergest ridge. this is a recording with dozens of multitracked string parts. now, i didn't realize it was warped until i picked it up on cd a few years later, after i sold all my vinyl to backpack across the country. to this day, i *want* to hear what i now know is the warped version because it really thickened the sound.

i don't need to be brainwashed to have a lack of respect for tradition and family.