All posts tagged moderat
All posts tagged moderat
A list of the albums I listened to today while studying french, followed by a link to my favourite track (if it’s on youtube), or the only track that’s on youtube. And probably a spiel.
Exile in Guyville Liz Phair
My partner loves this album (he says it’s probably his all-time-favourite) and, though I liked parts of it, I never really got into it. But then I ordered it, and when it arrived I put it on and it just… clicked. Such a brilliant album.
The Dreaming Kate Bush
Her best, without a doubt. A truly passionate album, it’s unfortunate that no one seemed to get it.
Neptune City Nicole Atkins
There’s so much amazing about this album: her voice, the songs, the orchestrations, the feelings, the album as a whole… Neptune City is a really beautiful album, nostalgic in sound and in feeling.
Maybe Tonight (my favourite is actually “Together We Are Both Alone”, but it’s not on youtube. yet.)
Maxinquaye Tricky
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this all the way through. A ground-breaking album, Maxinquaye is split between songs that still sound fresh and those that have become extremely stale. It’s still his masterpiece: though his later work held moments of promise, even brilliance, it never reached this level again (though some say, and I may agree, that Knowle West Boy is almost, if not as, good, a kind of modern-day Maxinquaye. Then again, after Vulnerable anything would’ve been amazing).
Moderat Moderat
This album is very tied to about a year and a bit ago when I really got into Modeselektor, Apparat and, as a consequence, Moderat. I still love this album, but it’s like my taste has moved in a different direction to how it seemed to be moving then. On the other hand, this is another album that took me a while to get into before I was able to realise how brilliant it is.
The Milk-Eyed Mender Joanna Newsom
Of all the artists I listen to, Joanna Newsom is probably the one who most obviously matures through her work: her early EPs show promise, but are… immature, for want of another word. The Milk-Eyed Mender is good, but it has never held the same appeal as Ys, though it is more digestible (except if you can’t stand her voice), and there are some excellent songs on it.
Sprout and the Bean | Peach Plum Pear (amazing live version here)
Pink Moon Nick Drake
If you’re going to die, I guess make sure you do it after your best work: though Kate Bush has had to live through “The Red Shoes”, Nick Drake released Pink Moon then signed off. A stunning beautiful album that proves that the guitar isn’t the instrument everyone thinks it is and is in fact remarkably versatile. With so much beauty, it’s sad that it’s such a short-ride, clocking at just over 28 minutes, though perhaps if it were any longer it wouldn’t be so perfect.
And that’s a wrap. For today, at least.
