2022 March Listenings

Posted on March 31, 2022
Tags: music and stuff

Phonophani - Kreken

Trippy electronic music. This is very good music… It’s kind of like Bibio but more psychedelic and jazzier. And I got it at Amoeba for less than 5 bucks.

Release date: 2010-06-21

[8.7/10]

Olivia Block - Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea

Electro-acoustic modern classical music. This is really good synth music… don’t miss it.

Release date: 2021-11-19

[8.7/10]

Pavel Milyakov, Yana Pavlova - Blue

Love it.

Release date: 2021-07-26

[8.6/10]

JK Flesh - New Religions Old Rules

New bangers old dude.

Release date: 2022-02-12

[8.4/10]

Only Now - Indian Unclassical, Vol. 1

From the cover art I thought it’s going to be a stoner / folk metal kind of album, but it’s actually very nice drone / noise. Love it.

Release date: 2021-10-25

[8.4/10]

Huerco S. - Plonk

At first I didn’t really know what to make of it: is it better than Huerco S.’s last album from six years ago? And then several days went by and during which I’ve been listening to this album and could not decide whether I like it or not. Now one third into the month I think I actually like it, it is less ambient leaning and more club friendly, but still you probably can’t really imagine someone dancing to this.

Release date: 2022-02-25

[8.3/10]

o` - Moment Mist Glass Mayflower

Crystalline ambient / techno. I really like stuff like this, if only this is longer…

Release date: 2021-04-20

[8.3/10]

Abul Mogard - In a Few Places Along the River

One day I was chilling on the couch, and wanted to play his earlier stuff on YouTube and just stare at the sky turn from bright to navy blue. But then whenever a song ends the UberEat commercial always popped up, so it’s not exactly the most satisfying experience…

Release date: 2022-02-01

[8.3/10]

Hajj - Drag Me Into The Void

This is much better than the Antidawn EP from Burial earlier this year IMO…

Release date: 2022-03-11

[8.2/10]

Ssaliva - I’m the One with No Soul

Hypnogogic pop / bedroom indietronica. FFO Dean Blunt.

Release date: 2020-10-22

[8.2/10]

Krallice, Dave Edwardson - Loüm

This one has a lot of melodic passages, which I like a lot. The last track is something I think I’ll learn when I have time.

Release date: 2017-10-27

[8.1/10]

caroline - caroline

Indie-folk. It’s kind of like Ian William Craig doing midewest emo, if you can imagine that.

Release date: 2022-02-25

[8.0/10]

Misantrop - Reproaching the Absurd

Wonky noise / techno. Or when club music goes horribly wrong, when everyone’s left the venue and it’s only the things not from this world that are on the floor.

Release date: 2021-06-24

At times it is a bit too abrasive though, I dig the atmosphere but this is not something you’d want to put on repeat.

[7.8/10]

Tomu DJ - FEMINISTA

It’s like The Field’s Cupid's Head but even more organic and vibe-y.

Release date: 2021-08-06

[7.8/10]

Soshi Takeda - Floating Mountains

When a club musician decides to use exclusively new-age sound textures in an album.

Release date: 2021-10-08

[7.8/10]

No Love In The House Of Gold - there is no such thing as a jellyfish

Kind of like Bedwetter but a bit easier to the ears.

Release date: 2021-04-21

[7.8/10]

Pan-American - The Patience Fader

Brain Eno: “Duane Eddy playing Erik Satie”. I think of Roy Montgomery plus Bill Frisell.

Release date: 2022-02-18

[7.7/10]

Societe Etrange - Chance

Kind of sounds like Mong Tong.

Release date: 2022-03-25

[7.6/10]

Big Brave - Vital

Doom metal. Like the first track, but as it approaches the end of the album it gets more dragging.

Release date: 2021-04-23

[7.6/10]

Loscil - The Sails, Pt. 1

Pulsating ambient.

Release date: 2022-03-01

[7.5/10]

Charli XCX - Crash

  1. I’ve never seen the Cronenberg movie nor the Ballard novel.
  2. This is still a decent pop album, but it’s more conventional compared to her last two albums.

Release date: 2022-03-18

[7.5/10]

OKnice - Have You Tried Being Happy?

Underground rap. The lyrics are as honest as it gets.

Release date: 2022-03-01

[7.4/10]

Beats Unlimited - Beats Unlimited

Microhouse / dub techno. Not exactly a bad album but also not something that leaves a lot of impression on me.

Release date: 2021-07-30

[7.1/10]

Rerekat - Balance Through Imbalance

Dancefloor friendly, hardhitting techno. But not really something that I enjoy all that much.

Release date: 2021-09-30

[7.0/10]

Vein.fm - This World is Going to Ruin You

Nu metal / metalcore. Flesh Juicer could become something like this but they went for the cheesier way instead.

Release date: 2022-03-04

[7.0/10]

Deathspell Omega - The Long Defeat

The most recent band to decide to dabble in dad rock territory is Deathspell Omega, who would’ve thought.

Release date: 2022-03-23

[6.3/10]

Yaya Kim - a.k.a YAYA

Mediocre jazz pop. And it’s 2.5 hours long…

Release date: 2022-01-17

[5.8/10]