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Shriekback - Oil and Gold
Another trip down memory lane with this recent score from Turn It Up! in Brattleboro, #Vermont. This was in heavy rotation when I lived with my brother and his wife in Boston. It was a record we could all agree on. Even saw Shriekback on this tour I believe. Holds up well. The drum production is very 80s. But in hindsight they were very much ahead of their time. The UK band that did the Sopranos theme, Alabama3 (or A3 as they were sold in the US), essentially lifted this whole vibe for their blues/gospel/edm mashup; the vocal style is almost 1 to 1. Also big choruses sung by a choir of people would define a lot of post-90s music.
On a vinyl collecting note, while some collectors like keeping on shrink wrap, especially if there are “hype” and/or record store price stickers on it. I’m not one of them. If it’s an interesting hype I may try to transfer it to a poly outer sleeve. Record store pricing stickers, meh. But this. Sounds was a shop I frequented a lot—*a lot*—in the 90s. At that time I was buying CDs, but still a lot of nostalgia in that sticker.
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