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I recognize the genius on Charli, I've enjoyed some of his stuff (when she was closer to PC Music though) and I see a lot of that here. But also some stuff just sounds like cheap synth presets to me and some PC Music lookalike and burnt ideas. So yeah, all good but I'll get back to this another time.

This guy, am I rite? All bangers here.

Mr. Scruff sampled this back in the 90's, it was a nice flashback to rediscover it on the first listen.

This guy has been doing his thing on his own for a long while and you can tell he's comfy with his sound. How cool is that. I like how he plays with drums and how he cuts samples and I'll always check his stuff.

This one has a hipnotic quality to me, could be on repeat for a few hours and wouldn't get tired of it. I get back to it every now and then, this time because of Cindy Lee.

An amazing persona, dreamy guitar work and sweet and sour songs.

Love the made up 50's

Soul Coughing was tagged as a "novelty act" in the 90's along with other bands. Eff that.

Their 3 album run was full of the most imaginative and unique stuff to come up from that decade. The drummer slaps on this one.

I miss the old James Blake. The Harmonimix James Blake. The CMYK James Blake. The not-singing James Blake.

This one delivered that old vibe, and I'm glad.

Not his best piano album (that's all three of Solo Piano, obvs) but has really good moments and melodies nonetheless. Saw him in London a few years ago, a real entertainer.

So back in '96 my family went on a rare family trip, this time to London. Got all my savings and bought a ton of albums and my first Adidas Gazelle. Good trip.

From what I got I clearly remember this one and The Breeders' Pod. Those two albums redefined everything I listened afterwards as the world was phasing out grunge and I was done with the british punk classics.

Do i like pop music now? Is this pop? I asked myself. Not sure but this distorted and delicate sound went on to be up my alley. Dark and sweet, slow but intense in all its noisy glory. Such a unique sound with catchy melodies (Superball, Honeycomb) and some amazing… More

So many ideas on every song here. Feels outlandish and all over the place, but in a good way. Fun stuff.

Sometimes it takes a fifth listen on a long subway trip to get the vibe of an album.

Happy to see the band together (I didn't like that separate double album at all) and their quest to explore different stuff in every release. It's not at the level of the three first albums but still works. One of my favorite bands of the last decade. ❤️