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May 2026- SPRING ALBUM RECCOMENDATIONS
Love songs that you can believe! David Byrne famously said “The better a singer’s voice is, the harder it is to believe wat they’re saying”. Ronnie Spektor has a great voice but her real talent is the way she can communicate feeling. The famous “wall of sound” production gives these love songs a huge, tectonic quality, like thunder. I think Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds/Smile era was definately inspired by the sound of this record.
An example of an emerging genre I like to call “benedryl funk”. Every song feels like at least eight songs piled up and weaving in and out of one another like a whole night’s-worth of dreams you only half remember. It’s murkiness kind of reminds me of Sly and The Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin On”. Or like if Prince had schizophrenia.
A very commanding experience for me. Most music I listen to tends to wrap itself around my life, like a soundtrack. Whenever I listen to this, the music brings me into its world, instead of conforming to mine. Self-titled albums are interesting to me. They seem to announce themselves as the artist’s personal distillation, music that is supposed to represent them. If Townes Van Zandt meant for this music to represent him, then I feel like I know him very well.
I play this album over and over when I write. It bridges the gap between Miles Davis’ earlier, more traditional work and his psychedelic experimentation in the 70s. The music feels tender and spiritual. I imagine that Miles is in a confessional booth on the album cover. I listened to this as I stared into a fire and it made everything make sense.