Consuming the Tangible

This week’s playlist brought to you by an exhausted man with piles of laundry in front of him who desperately needed som kind of unifying theme to get this together this week. Also my wife’s not home and let’s say I was smart enough to, uh, schedule a myriad of deliveries to arrive while she was gone, thus exacerbating the problem.

It rarely happens, and I’m fully aware (maybe not “fully”) this is a case of justification via sublimation of repressed trauma being “addressed” via shopping; retail therapy as avoidance coping – see, that Psychology degree did get some use! – but the kernel of truth remains: sometimes, just sometimes, there is a nugget glinting in the dirt and detritus of shuffled off and forgotten bands. Or new bands!

Things like Warhorse and Birth Control are gimmes, given my penchant for early 70s rock of all kinds. I dig a little deep and that’s where the Stepson album came from. French prog is a new one of so I’ve been slowly finding some recommendations like the Pulsar which is so…odd I had to give it the pole position this week.

And to ensure truth to the “Not just old bands!” note at the beginning, there’s cuts from No-Man and L’ombra della sera. One is the partnership between Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness, so that might not be so obscure. The other?

Still finding out…

Be safe, be good to each other. See you next week.