Instant, instant love for this one and I suspect already that it might be my leftfield, underground American guitar record on here. There are generally a couple of those on It Starts. Previously Lawn, (on a couple of occasions), Wild Firth and Warehouse, among others, have done this for me.
The record Offering the second album from Minneapolis band Green / Blue kicks off
with first track Talking to Myself in an uncannily similar fashion to the start of my favourite ever album and my favourite ever discovery of this type.
An odd electronic sound, like some kind of electronic static and then the band kick in with wild rickety abandon and you know almost immediately that you're in very safe hands and that you're going to listen to a record you'll enjoy very much indeed.
Yes Talking to Myself reminded me in the way it set off off the way Radio Free Europe kicked off Murmur in 1983 and Offering continued to offer that same mysterious, tangled, youthful thrill for the course of its run.
It's not as good as Murmur was. Very few thing are, but it has a very similar drive and determination. It sounds like a record that people were waiting for somewhere. I'm happy with that
Great find, Bruce!
ReplyDeleteDid think it might be your think Darren.
ReplyDeleteYou could probably sense my excitement when I read your first paragraph. Great stuff! I've listened a few times already and on the way to work this morning. This and Empath are really doing it for me. On a different tack, I have also enjoyed the new Nat Harvie and das bisschen Totschlag albums recently.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. More stuff to listen to. Appreciated.
ReplyDeletealready taken to the Nat Harvie. That will get a review.
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