And no-one was happier than me when IDLES new album went straight in at number 1 - yes!!! Having lauded them on here, and other places, it's great to see a band that has gone from obscurity to the top of the charts...some absolute belting tracks, my favourite of which is this banger - can't wait to see this performed live - it'll be mental!!!
This is the album opener..... Last week, when the album came, we sat around the record player, me, the mrs, Jnr and Jnrs new girlfriend (I think she thinks I'm a bit nuts because of this!) and blasted this out of one of his big guitar amps in our living room - it was amazing!!!
Treat time for me today - had ordered a limited edition release for Record Store Day of a previously unreleased album by Mansun.....it's also in the "must have" lists for this years RSD releases, and it was a bitch to find a copy! And what a beautie it is! Whenever Mansun went into a studio they recorded two albums, one for release and one kept back in case the label didn't like it. The Dead Flowers Reject is the sister album to Six, one of my favourite albums, so I'm excited to hear this - especially as Paul Draper (writer/singer) has described it as some of his best work! The only song on the album I know is this one, as it was included on the extended release of Six....