Greetings, LC folk,
It me, @saucer, in today for @kleptones who’s away on assignment (aka at a music fest). Hope you’re all doing great!
Out here in Boulder it’s a lovely, chilly Fall day. The bears are starting to think about finding cozy places to hibernate… but for now they’re still seeking out and cramming in as many snacks as they can find (aka my typical modus operandi) to get ready for their winter sleep.
Last Sunday in LC land, @EastVanHalen and her kitten Gracie treated the assembled to a weirdo nostalgia album as she described it, namely the lo-fi Alien Lanes by Dayton Ohio 4th-grade teacher Robert Pollard and his Guided By Voices merry makers. I’ve been a longtime fan of the band but had never heard that particular album, and very much enjoyed its waggishness along with you all.
This evening we welcome the frisbo-clutching @SimonLandmine onto the stage… Let’s hear what he has in store for us…
“As usual, I was suffering considerable indecision looking at my increasingly-misnamed shortlist, and nearly picked a completely different album (partly due to recently watching a short YouTube video about how it fitted into the band's oeuvre). That one might still show up another time. However, I then thought of this one, and on listening through, realised I was more in the mood for it. Hope that you all are, too.
“Some of you may know this one, and others might recognise the voices. This album came about because of a loss, but gave those involved a way to process their grief, and ended up becoming rather well renowned for the combination of artists - two of whom were already known for the band that they were in, although would go on to greater fame, and the rest of the lineup, with the guest vocalist, would soon become a new band in their own right, who also made quite the impact a little later with an award-winning multi-platinum album. Notably, the single from this album was the first recorded release to feature vocals by that as-yet-unknown guest vocalist.
“This one got good reviews, but failed to chart ... until a year later, when the artists involved had got considerable mainstream attention, and the record company realised what they had with this, and re-released it and pushed the single and video, since when this album has also gone platinum.
“Hope that you enjoy it - it's a favourite of mine when I'm in the right mood, although obviously not as unknown as some pickaas for LC. No bloody clue what the #DrinkingClub suggestion would be, though, but it should possibly be wrapped in a paper bag while being drunk on a bench.”
Alrighty then! Download's here, stream's below:
See you 20:00 GMT tonight (9 pm central Europe, 3 pm Eastern, noon Pacific) and talk to you on Mastodon with the #listeningClub hashtag.
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