ALBUMS-2022(7)         Miscellaneous Information Manual         ALBUMS-2022(7)

NAME
     albums 2022 – review

DESCRIPTION
     it's the year-end review of albums I listened to.  same as last year, I
     added any albums I got into this year to a playlist.  I've actually done
     that every year since 2018.  maybe I'll review those old playlists some
     time.

   ZHAOZE — SUMMER INSECTS TALK ABOUT ICE (2021)
     it's a five-and-a-half-minute album!  you can loop it however long you
     want.  it's really lovely.

     favourite track: ON HORSEBACK, TO FARAWAY

   KATE BUSH — HOUNDS OF LOVE (1985)
     first of all I do not watch that one show.  I've known that track for a
     while actually.  I mean I probably first heard the CHROMATICS cover.  but
     anyway, I think someone mentioned this album on IRC at just the right
     time and I put it on.  the second half really shines tbh.  love a concept
     album.

     favourite tracks: RUNNING UP THAT HILL, HOUNDS OF LOVE, AND DREAM OF
     SHEEP, WATCHING YOU WITHOUT ME, THE MORNING FOG.

   GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR — ALL LIGHTS FUCKED ON THE HAIRY AMP DROOLING
   (1994)
     didn't expect to hear this probably ever.  still wild that it finally got
     uploaded.  and to be honest I'm a little mad that it's actually good.
     like yeah it's not a godspeed album but it holds up as a tape on its own.
     it's the kind of shit I listen to.  also can't believe some people still
     thought it was fake.  like have you not heard any other efrim menuck
     projects?

     favourite tracks: $13.13, DIMINISHING SHINE, DADMOMDADDY, 333 FRAMES PER
     SECOND, ALL ANGELS GONE.

   BLACK DRESSES — FORGET YOUR OWN FACE (2022)
     woops I think I only listened to this like twice.  will need to revisit
     it later for sure.  I'll like it.

   BACKXWASH — I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES (2021)
     only got into this album after hearing it live this summer.  was the
     first show I went to in years and it was really fucking good.  gotta
     listen to this shit loud.  sampling godspeed for a beat fucks.  honestly
     back to back bangers.

     favourite tracks: I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES, TERROR
     PACKETS, SONG OF SINNERS, BURN TO ASHES.

   PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE — EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH (1979)
     actually just the knee plays because I can't be bothered listening to all
     of it.  and I'm embarrassed by how much I enjoy this avant-garde
     bullshit.  like ok just sing repeating numbers at me and my brain is
     happy.  what is this?  my kink?  anyway I also have kind of an obsession
     with the “story of love” in knee 5.  I fucking hate it.  but it's
     delivered so well.  and that violin though!

     favourite tracks: KNEE 1, KNEE 5.

   KANYE WEST — YEEZUS (2013)
     ok look I listened to this before recent events.  what the fuck.  it's a
     really good album though?  pretty sure I listened to it because bound 2
     kept getting in my head, because of that minecraft parody parody wayne
     did ages ago.

     favourite tracks: BLACK SKINHEAD, HOLD MY LIQUOR, BLOOD ON THE LEAVES,
     BOUND 2.

   FLYING RACCOON SUIT — AFTERGLOW (2021)
     I've listened to the whole album a few times but I'm mostly just here for
     the title track.  this also happened to be dropped in IRC at just the
     right time.  good ska-punk-type shit.  and I like lisps ok.

     favourite track: AFTERGLOW.

   RAMSHACKLE GLORY — LIVE THE DREAM (2011)
     one of those albums I don't know why I took so long to get to.  I've been
     listening to johnny hobo since I was like in high school.  ramshackle is
     a little more hopeful and I love that.  your heart is a muscle the size
     of your fist.  keep on loving.  keep on fighting.

     favourite tracks: WE ARE ALL COMPOST IN TRAINING, NEVER COMING HOME, YOUR
     HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF YOUR FIST.

   LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS — THE OZ TAPES (2022)
     a pleasant surprise in someone's playlist.  lately I've been listening to
     this in the metro to or from electrolysis.  it's good listening for that.
     bold to have two versions of the same 24-minute song on the same release.

     favourite tracks: A SHADOW ON OUR JOY, THE LAST ONE_1970 (ver.2).

   LINGUA IGNOTA — SINNER GET READY (2021)
     another I'm only getting into after hearing it live.  just last sunday
     actually.  was a good show.  people will go wild to hear a cover live for
     real.

     favourite tracks: I WHO BEND THE TALL GRASSES, PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE,
     PERPETUAL FLAME OF CENTRALIA.

AUTHORS
     june <june@causal.agency>

     I started writing this before I saw LINGUA IGNOTA.  good thing I waited.

Causal Agency                  December 21, 2022                 Causal Agency