Friday, December 30, 2005

slip, slidin' away.....................

i have been churning my way through the billions of "best of 2005" album lists onthe web - amazing how nearly every Top 10 list i have seen has been a re-jig of the same 10 or so albums! Sufjan Stevens, New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Wolf Parade, Spoon etc etc etc

these are obviously the "in" bands at the moment but you'd think with so many relesases & so much music available to everyone on the 'net these days that the choices for people's top 10's would be really, really diverse - this is not the case!

i still ache from my first proper cross country ski-ing work out last night, i am a self confessed star on a snowboard - backwards, sideways any which way on the gnarliest of terrain & I can control that board with my eyes closed -BUT put me on two skinny little skis & point me down the gentlest slope imaginable & i'm all over the place - i embarrasingly slid off the trail last night & about 40 yards into the car park before finally crashing to the ground in an undignified heap

more practise required methinks

I am now at No.2 in my end of year favourite tracks & this song divides the BCR household - i love it but it sends my wife & daughter into a deep sleep mode after the 2nd minute

Espers hardly seem to exist out there in mp3 blog-land although an honourable mention to Shake Your Fist who have played tracks of their's recently & there is indeed some argument to be had (yet again!) as to whether this is a 2004 or 2005 track, I am including it in my 2005 list because it was released (possibly re-released) in the UK on Wichita in 2005 - oh well i suppose these are the top 26 tunes i heard in 2005 for the first time!!

they of course fit in nicely with this super trendy psyche folk thang that is going on at the moment, and i love the way this gentle, pastoral song is overtaken by a judddering spacemen 3 esque breakdown about 2/3rds of the way through before the folk takes over again at the end

play loud!

No. 2 Espers - Byss & Abyss

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