Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom LP.
As someone who has toyed around with playing / creating experimental music and noise I feel justified in saying a lot of it is rubbish, though I suppose this is true with pretty much every genre of music. That said, Raccoo-oo-oon are no snake oil salesmen. This record kills. It reminds me of "In The Fishtank 9" but with much more lush instrumentation and several planes higher.
Twisted Wire - One Night At The Raw Deal 12" Single.
Another great single from IDIB. Kind of sounds like Ian Curtis fronting some dark italo disco band. Could have done with a remix or another song on side b instead of just a guitar take and the instrumental though.
Desire - West Coast Tour Demo. CDR.
I'm a big fan of Italians Do It Better, I own everything the label has released to date, hell I even buy the majority of items on the distro. So it does me no pleasure to admit that this is the first thing Mike Simonetti has put out that I'm totally not feeling. Johnny Jewel's production is hype as always, but the lyrics grate on me, and the sometimes francophone chanteuse is "comme ci comme ca." Maybe I need to give it a few more spins and a reassessment, (which I will do this weekend) but on my first listen, I actually found myself waiting for the album to be over so I could put on something else. Quite disappointed.
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