Saturday, May 15, 2021

I love Echo and the Bunnymen... their old records


I was in first year high school in 1981 when I was introduced to Echo and the Bunnymen by my classmate, Nicky R. That was their first album, Crocodiles. I got myself a copy and was enthralled by their sound. It's like they picked up on Joy Division but with a more atmospheric sound. More than the music, I loved the oddness about them. The weird videos and use of shadow and silhouettes on their album art. 

I got al their albums and loved everyone of them including this self-titled album above that you see. 

Unfortunately, this was my last Echo and the Bunnymen record. Oh, I did get the next one which was a compilation -- Songs to Learn and Sing but I never got another. It's not that I do not like them. I do. But after this album, I went for louder bands -- Jane's Addiction, Pixies, Guns N' Roses, and the like. 

I love Ocean Rain which may be their best record and the self-titled is all right. I prefer Side Two.

And strangely, even as I revisited my old favorite bands of the 1980s, I never went past this album. I did pick up a live album that was released much later, but I have largely been unimpressed.

But it's just great listening to the old records from Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine, Ocean Rain, and this.

Friday, May 14, 2021

The new cassette album from Filipino punk band ExSenadors


A jarring and stinging new diatribe of the times by ExSenadors.... Heartlessness and the Perpetuation of Despair.

Been a fan of this band since I picked up their Kalayaan o Kamatayan EP on 7-inch vinyl. Have their other cassettes as well.

Released on cassette. 

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

My Test Presses

 How many test presses do I have?


Let's see...

On 12-inch vinyl 

Gapo Volume 1

Barred - Bloodstained Existence

Peryodiko

Red-I - Killademic

Itchyworms - Waiting for the End to Start


On seven-inch vinyl

Pilipinas Hardcore Volume 1

Pilipinas Hardcore Volume 2

The Oi Squad (still unreleased)

Veils - Wellwisher's Tongue

Choke Cocoi/Tiger Pussy