The Listening Club - 29th December 2024

Seasons greetings to you all,

Hope you're all doing okay and that the holiday season has allowed you a decent measure of the things you like to indulge in. Amsterdam remains grey and wet, but the streets of twinking lights keep it looking very fine indeed, and present many cafe windows through which to watch the hordes of tourists and bargain-chasers as they charge around the city in search of their ultimate prize... "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" indeed.

Last Sunday we had @SimonLandmine in the chair, delivering the last "standard-issue" #LC of 2024 with his pick of Therapy?'s 1994 classic "Troublegum", which certainly got the assembled grinning and moshing. Thanks to Simon for the pick and for sailing the frisb over to @akx who has until next year to ponder their pick because...

...because because because indeed, le #FestiveVortex 2024 est ici. 33 slices of this year's music that tickled the earbuds of you all in some way or another, wrestled into submission by @kleptones and now available to hear. Thanks to everyone who chipped in a track or two, this year saw a few more longer tracks than usual (a couple got edited down, apologies if that offends), which has pushed the playtime out to a new record, I think, but as a reflection of the collective tastes, as always, it is what it is, and we give thanks and praise accordingly!

Download is here, stream is below:

Hope to see you at 20:00 GMT for playback and plenty of Glühwein!