It’s been busy over here, folks. I never offered my thoughts on Lucinda Williams from week #11, and then I completely neglected to choose a record last week. I’ll keep it short for my Lucinda review of “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.” I enjoyed the record, but if I had to choose a favorite Lucinda LP, I’d go with “World Without Tears.” I don’t know that anything can ever compete with the song “Fruits Of My Labor,” as I first heard it when ending a 10 year relationship and the lyrics and feelings are forever cemented in me from that chapter of my life. It's tough to top that.
As for week #12, I had previously only known of Squeeze as the band that did “Tempted.” I’d never delved into the back catalog and it wasn’t until I saw a live video of them on an archival punk instagram page that I follow that I thought to ever give their records a listen. I am absolutely obsessed with this record. This may be my favorite find yet, as far as record club selections go. It feels like The Clash meets Elvis Costello. I think I’ve listened to “Up The Junction” 150 times in the last few weeks. If I wasn't so damn busy over here I'd have driven out to Joshua Tree to watch them play Pappy and Harriet's last week. I was so tempted to say screw it and just buy the ticket and make the 2 hour drive. Next time.
The Sabrina record is a pick from Sean, my record club partner. He’s determined to keep me abreast of anything going on in top 40, and since I’ve admittedly unplugged from the mainstream in the last year or so, I’m thankful, as there’s still plenty of good stuff there.
RECORD CLUB THREAD
WEEK #12
It’s been busy over here, folks. I never offered my thoughts on Lucinda Williams from week #11, and then I completely neglected to choose a record last week. I’ll keep it short for my Lucinda review of “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.” I enjoyed the record, but if I had to choose a favorite Lucinda LP, I’d go with “World Without Tears.” I don’t know that anything can ever compete with the song “Fruits Of My Labor,” as I first heard it when ending a 10 year relationship and the lyrics and feelings are forever cemented in me from that chapter of my life. It's tough to top that.
As for week #12, I had previously only known of Squeeze as the band that did “Tempted.” I’d never delved into the back catalog and it wasn’t until I saw a live video of them on an archival punk instagram page that I follow that I thought to ever give their records a listen. I am absolutely obsessed with this record. This may be my favorite find yet, as far as record club selections go. It feels like The Clash meets Elvis Costello. I think I’ve listened to “Up The Junction” 150 times in the last few weeks. If I wasn't so damn busy over here I'd have driven out to Joshua Tree to watch them play Pappy and Harriet's last week. I was so tempted to say screw it and just buy the ticket and make the 2 hour drive. Next time.
The Sabrina record is a pick from Sean, my record club partner. He’s determined to keep me abreast of anything going on in top 40, and since I’ve admittedly unplugged from the mainstream in the last year or so, I’m thankful, as there’s still plenty of good stuff there.
Thanks and hope you're all well.
I dream of going to a hardcore show in chain reaction one day. Great way to describe the vibe
It’s a great place to see a show, but a hardcore show in any venue is always a great time.
There would never have been a Head Automatica or fuckin’ Men Women & Children without Squeeze.
Men Women and Children came up in convo AT the show that I wrote about in this piece. WILD.