Journal
I have a fascination for subcultures, specially those with a close-knit relationship with leftfield and challenging music, so music does take center stage here. Glad if it resonates with you in some way and you discover something new here, in which case you should explore more and support the artists.
Band: ROY MONTGOMERY
Album: Island of Lost Souls (2021)
Track: Soundcheck (For Adrian Borland) (07:20)
With compositions steeped in rich guitar effects, the four extended instrumentals in this mini-album suggest communion and isolation, channeled through four island residents’ musical memorials: Sam Shepard, Adrian Borland, Peter Principle, and Florian Fricke. The ambiance across songs wavers between being majestically sad yet with a power mimicking hope, encouraging remembrance and honor without pain.
“Soundcheck (For Adrian Borland)” is a tribute to the late Adrian Borland, founder of the very underrated English post-punk band The Sound. This is nowhere near as emotionally raw as the underappreciated English singer it honors, but it surely hints at his music for the uninitiated. Adrian commited suicide in London on this day 22 years ago.
Band: RUSSIAN CIRCLES
Album: Blood Year (2019)
Track: Sinaia (07:30)
Band: GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Album: G_d's Pee At State's End! (2021)
Track: “Government Came” (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) (11:36)
Band: SUPERMACHINER
Album: Rust (2009)
Track: By the roadside (06:01)
Band: GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Album: Yanqui U.X.O. (2002)
Track: Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls (20:42)
Band: ALUK TODOLO
Album: Occult Rock (2012)
Track: Occult Rock I (10:13)
Band: PLANNING FOR BURIAL
Album: Leaving (2009)
Track: Memories You'll never feel again (05:28)
Band: SOUTHPACIFIC
Album: Constance (2020)
Track: Pintail gate (05:28)
Band: RUSSIAN CIRCLES
Album: Empros (2011)
Track: 309 (08:49)
Band: EARTH
Album: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (2011)
Track: Old Black (08:49)
Band: HELEN MONEY
Album: Becoming Zero (2016)
Track: Machine (4:33)
Band: CAPRICORNS
Album: Ruder forms survive (2005)
Track: 1969: A Predator among us (07:59)
Band: MOGWAI
Album: The Hawk is Howling (2008)
Track: I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead (06:46)
Band: BRAVEYOUNG
Album: Misery and Pride (2017)
Track: Wonderful (8:42)
Band: JO QUAIL
Album: From the Sea (2010)
Track: Rex Infractus (08:54)
Band: EARTH
Album: Hibernaculum (2007)
Track: Ouroboros is Broken (08:17)
Band: PELICAN
Album: Australasia (2003)
Track: Australasia (10:48)