June Music

Music I’ve bought in June. Let’s see… I somehow got quite a lot of stuff in June without really trying. The album from Rosa faenskap is really good. I’ve seen them live a couple times, and it’s great hearing that they’ve managed to capture that explosiveness on tape. I got two new albums from an old favourite — Tujiko Noriko. She’s a lot more ambient these days than in the old and wild days, so there’s a lot of tunes that sort of just are… there… but in a pleasant way. But the album under the CxBxT name is more crunchy. Astrïd and Sylvain Chauveau Cover Songs Originally Sung by Women Singers is very nice, but perhaps a bit one note? I’ve always liked Sylvain Chauveau, but I’m unfamiliar with Astrïd — I think I’ll give them a go… The new Horse Lords album is even stranger than the earlier albums. They’re sampling people doing what sounds like shape note singing? It’s cool. I’m slowly buying my way through Richard Dawson’s back catalogue — I love his stuff, but I’m really trying to…