I got my 12 string Rickenbacker this year for just such emergencies - anyone want to play too? Anyway, the mojave album is a cracker, it might not have the emotional clout to make me hold my breath in case I miss anything that the previous three have, but it has strong songs played with a tangible sense of fun, if not relief. Puzzles Like You by Mojave 3 - there's never been a better time to get back into the Byrds. Listen: Guillemots - my chosen one (from Trains to Brazil) Listen: Guillemots - over the mountains (from the songs ep) Through The Window Pane by Guillemots - genius album, gives the wife a headache in the car though so we don't tend to have it on on joint journeys.
Listen: Duke Special - Love is a series of scars Listen: Duke Special - Ballad of a broken manĪnd from the equally brilliant debut album adventures in Gramophone It also has the strongest melodies I've heard in years - some real Paul McCartney moments there. Chamber pop, lots of instruments, quite upbeat musically, despite the lyrics. Songs from the Deep Forest by Duke Special - a surprise late entry from the last two months. As I tried to convalesce after last year's car crash we played scrabble, drank beer from little bottles and generally lived it up. Subtitulo by Josh Rouse - the sound of my sister and I in Barcelona givin' it up for good. Listen: Sufjan Stevens - he woke me up again (banjo solo) Listen: Sufjan Stevens - a size to small (acoustic guitar solo) Well I'm sure this whole album has been posted in its entirety by the blogging community enough times - here's a couple of tracks that you might not have heard: Have a very happy holiday, wherever you are.Īvalanche by Sufjan Stevens - works amazingly well as an album, a little too well. These are ranked roughly in order of number of times listened to end to end. I'm just going to put the list up at the moment, and then back-fill with tracks over the holiday. Well I thought I wasn't going to be posting any lists this year, but I'm just can't help myself.
Early day miners - return of the native.cowboy junkies - you will be loved again.