Okay, here's the deal. I have resigned myself to knowing there are not enough hours in the day to become properly acquainted with all the new releases this year. I've spent a good deal of time catching up on older albums that somehow flew under my radar, and as such have not yet had the chance to fully listen to some newer albums I know my trusted moggers have fallen for. Alas, all in good time...
Blonde Redhead have been around for quite some time, I've only ever heard the name, never the music. So the other day while perusing Tower I purchased '23', again probably way later than everyone else, and I gotta say I love this album, from start to finish. Gorgeous chord sequences of a cyclical nature, drums than sound both live and programmed, ethereal reverb soaked vocals washed in spacious...