mixtape | bleak house: a uk post rock primer (vol 2)

and without further ado, here's volume 2. this one picks up at 1994 and ends in 2007 with the slo-core bliss-out of epic45.

i should point out that these two mixes focus on the "experimental" side of post rock. a primer on the sturm und drang noisy side (mogwai etc.) is coming soon.

::: main - rail
::: pram - life in the clouds
::: hair & skin trading company - *
::: 'o'rang - little brother
::: navigator - driving bell
::: state river widening - unsung couples
::: third eye foundation - a galaxy of scars
::: fridge - five four child voice
::: rothko - april 18 / undone
::: hood - closure
::: epic45 - the stars in spring

fill your boots.

various | autumn mix

it's suddenly got chilly here, which means i can finally shed the shorts and t-shirts and start layering up. right now i'm wrapped up in a thick jumper. i like winter clothes. they remind me of long walks in the country, gloves on and breath steaming; equally long waits at bus stops in the cold; warm pubs with warm bitter; dark monday mornings struggling into work. in my curent nostalgiac frame of mind, i miss all of these things equally.

this onset of autumn requires a mix to celebrate. some bands immediately lend themselves to this topic (i'm looking at you hood and epic45). but please allow me to indulge myself by including one of my former bands in here too.

::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater
::: hood - branches bare
::: bark psychosis - big shot
::: epic45 - a year without summer
::: explosions in the sky - first breath after coma (live)
::: malcolm middleton - autumn
::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater (tortoise remix)
::: flying saucer attack - come and close my eyes
::: rachel's - systems/layers
::: the reverse - emily
::: july skies - autumn fires
::: yo la tengo - autumn sweater (kevin shields remix)

archived

various | more tell-tale signs of earworm

back in the day, earworm was one the uk's most impressive and highly collectible record labels. like wurlitzer jukebox, it was one of those labels that out art before profit and therefore poured huge amounts of money into the coffers of gramofonove zavody and the like, with little hope of seeing much of it back.

that said, earworm's catalogue features an impressive number of household names - that is if people like obscure indie bands in your household. we're talking bands like yo la tengo, bright eyes, fridge, of montreal, spacemen 3 and the apples in stereo.

their speciality was a mixture of space/kraut/post rock and elephant6 psychedlia, and it's well represented on this compilation of sold out singles and exclusives. this is the second of two - wish i had the first...

cd1
1. echoboy - scene 30
2. left hand - piero manzoni
3. the apples in stereo - behind the waterfall
4. the minders - right as rain
5. ma cherie for painting - salut salut
6. green pajamas - missing miss. maccoll
7. gnac - the moustache
8. screen prints - her name i don't remember
9. love machine - ge lightbulb
10. lenola - slipping under the shadows

cd2
1. epic45 - the motorway journey of hope
2. cul de sac - the portland cement factory at monolith california
3. the gerbils - big white limo
4. southall riot - a warp in my dreams
5. force - the sofa
6. kimonophobic - super highway
7. the slowes - searching for larry playfair
8. portal - 'hydro-electric' version ii
9. opia - abstack
10. sunray - fire inside

dirty pants, clean botty.