Pentagram Ring

A hoot and a holler. Rating has not been adjusted for age/legacy - it's a really good album.

One of the few non-instrumental albums (see also: Arooj Aftab) which I can totally play while reading. Sounds dreamy.

The most charming and energetic record about trying/failing to keep your head above water since Untenable (also by Bad Moves). It won't make life easier but it'll give you some lyrics to shout before you go under. Each song here has been my Favorite Song at some point this week, which is a really good sign for this album's longevity.

Revenge on the Disney Sing-along Songs tapes I had to hear when young. Nice variety of moods and sounds, from smooth lounge jazz to an electro-gizmo solo at the end of track nine that will make your toddler cry so hard.

Cool sound, pounding drums, nice "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover. I prefer the sound of this era KJ to their pre-Iceland-apocalypse albums, and FAR prefer this to the versions on comp Wilful Days which I bought in the nineties thinking it was a straightforward compilation of early works, not yet realizing what terms like "b-side" and "12-inch remix" meant.