The Listening Club - 20th February 2022

Greetings folks,

Hope you're all doing okay. It's a dark & strormy night here in Amsterdam, actually about the fourth or fifth one in succession, as a series of friendly-named storms keep battering the city and removing some of the less secure trees (which, considering Amsterdam is mainly built on a sand bank, is most of them). So, even though the covid restrictions are mostly gone, staying in is still the order of the day... at least for a little longer. Plans are being made though, one of which will require someone to help out here on Sunday 6th March, as I'll be away - if you can assist, let me know...

Last week chez #LC, we had @eastvanhalen in the chair, jazzing up the place with her pick of the eponymous album of "The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope", which keep everyone gently swinging for the duration quite successfully. Thanks extended for the selection, and for sailing the frisb down under where @zbendr is busy fixing his morning coffee with this to say...

“Hello, listeners!

This is something “mainstream”, but dear to me. I find it uplifting, relaxing, engaging; sad, soulful and harmonious.

It pitches and rolls a bit, but it also sails nicely along quite often. It evokes a lot of thoughts and memories as each track arrives, opens its doors and takes you on as a passenger, and then those doors slide closed. As you roll along you might miss your station.

It’s been rolling around my head for the last couple of weeks, after having lost a friend × former business partner to COVID-19, the scourge of the ‘20s.

I hope you can enjoy this record somewhere cozy: whether that be a warm nook or snug, or a cool spot with a breeze. It all depends in which of the hemispheres you live.

Recommended beverage: green or chamomile tea. A decent whisk(e)y. A small carafe of Sangiovese perhaps?

Recommended snack: a slice of tea cake (if you are having tea). Or something in the antipasti / tapas / bread-and-cheese domain.

This #LC submission has a coda, a one-track film clip tribute to my departed friend who was a member of this band. It’s unrelated to the main pick, but I wanted to share with you all. "

Right then. Download's here, stream's below:

See you 8pm GMT tonight!