Five Songs, 8/7/2023
Revenge, "14K" Revenge is Peter Hook's (Joy Division, New Order) band after leaving the latter of those bands. They put out one record and a smattering of singles, one of which gives us this song. And, look - Revenge wasn'...
Revenge, "14K" Revenge is Peter Hook's (Joy Division, New Order) band after leaving the latter of those bands. They put out one record and a smattering of singles, one of which gives us this song. And, look - Revenge wasn'...
The Apples in Stereo, "IV. From Outside, in Floats a Music Box" Were it not for the presence of "floats", this would be the kind of title you might find on a really pretentious prog album. I guess "twee"...
The Apples in Stereo, "About Your Fame" I do enjoy poking fun at the Apples in Stereo around here, but this is a sweet tune. So, yeah, some of their stuff can be unambitious, but when the pop is dialed in, it'...
Pink Floyd, "Is There Anybody Out There?" In a different potential project of mine, I was looking at albums released in 1979, and it's pretty amusing that the same year in rock produced London Calling and 154 and also The Wall....
Einstürzende Neubauten, "Sand" Every now and again, Neubauten will make a song that's relatively conventional. And you still end up with a creepy torch song like this one, complete with strangled half-falsetto and tribal drumming. Built to Spill, "Revolution"...