Radical Face - Ghost

2007 | Morr Music

Here is one of my most favorite albums in the world. Easily top ten, maybe higher than that. The first time i heard this album was when I was going through the thousands of new cds coming in to WRPI. 99.8% of them were shit, but things like this came along and really made sorting through the new bins worthwhile. I should have spent more time going to class than sitting in that studio....

Radical Face is a solo effort from a guy Ben Cooper from Florida; Ghost is a concept album about the stories that stay with homes. That's all I can say really.. the label should say enough. Belgium's Morr Music consistently releases A+ material. But damn! This dude can make a catchy album (he is also one half of electric president- great shit- which I'll post soon). Wrapped in piano strings is the obvious winner here, but start to finish the album goes through as many moods as an episode of Battlestar, and is much better listened to in its entirety. The artwork on the LP is gorgeous, too.

Oh, and two songs were on the soundtrack for The Vicious Kind. It's always really surprising when music you have a deep fondness for shows up publicly- like on a random movie Netflix gave 4 stars that you decided to watch one night when it was too late but you were feeling sad or sorry for yourself so you put it on anyway.

Tracklist:

1 Asleep on a Train

2 Welcome Home, Son

3 Let the River In

4 Glory

5 The Strangest Things

6 Wrapped in Piano Strings

7 Along the Road

8 Haunted

9 Winter is Coming

10 Sleepwalking

11 Homesick

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Sea Exchange - Schemes

2010 | Self-Released

First off all, sorry I'm bad at being a host of something on the internet.

Second first of all, Let me just say that right now i can hear the ice cream truck outside, my roommate learning the drums in the basement, and kids screaming outside. All of those sounds individually are annoying, much less all at once. Fortunately I'm listening to the song spacedrft9 from Sea Exchange's (formerly Collider) album Schemes, which is kind of laying a drifting soundtrack layer to the sounds of life. It's always a little magically awkward when mundane real world sounds are laced with the music you're listening to. This is the perfect album for that. Also very good highly recommended driving music.

Also, I should add the last song- Lucid Dream (ITC Edit) is unbelievable on good, loud speakers.

Tracklist:

1. Mono

2. Tired Angles Make New Shapes

3. scenes of ourselves vox

4. LED

5. Reject 14

6. anxi ixi

7. Fight Till You're Right

8. Iduro

9. Pass On and On

10. MirrorsrorriM

11. spacedrft9

12. Scenes Of Ourselves (Slow Jam)

13. Lucid Dream (ITC edit)

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