What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

thenewno2

 Opeth - Heritage. Played this non stop, best of the year so far without a doubt.

Blind Pilot "We Are The Tide"

really enjoying this long-awaited second effort by this Portland band.  you will recognize their sound, but it sounds completely fresh, building on the strengths of the first album without mimicking it.  Good stuff.

On the Black! a bit of a neil young evening.

First listen. I'm definitely intrigued.

Patricia Barber (b.1955)

Early Autumn 4:43

Greys 5:32

Alone Together 4:28

Spy Sly 4:24

Easy to Love 4:30

Too Late Now 4:46

Winter Illusion 5:23

Retrograde 3:18

Two for the Road  4:38

Then I'll Be Tired of You  5:06

Michael Arnopol bass

Mark Walker drums

Patricia Barber piano, vocals

Recorded in May 1989 at Universal Recording Corp.

Studio A Chicago, Illinois

(Split was recorded entirely with tube microphones)

Premonition Records (cd) © 2004 issue

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Hi Lloydy!

This I think (so i'm not really sure) this is PB’s debut album (?)

It’s a very classy studio take of nothing but really nice jazz trio songs, the mood and tempo changes from track to track and the studio take can give an unkind dead-pan feel in places but it’s still very pleasurable, sometimes relaxing, sometimes stimulating, but with a wonderful taste of what comes in her later albums.

As much as I love PB’s other albums, I merely like this one quite a lot, although 'Split' is still new to me and probably a grower.

But i happen to know you’re well smitten with her music, so (like me) you really should consider collecting all her albums, and after all... our collections won't be complete without all of 'em  

Debs

 Don't know much about Jazz, but I like this. Will have to investigate a little bit more. 

 Like this too.

Brilliant album from the best live band in the world ever.

Stu

Never got to see them live but love all their albums.

Looking forward to Steven Wilson's new album next week

Calexico Live at Serenadenhof on 2009-08-11from Internet Archive.