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25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalypse
« Thread Started on Aug 7, 2012, 2:57pm »

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

This list is… well… basically exactly what the title says it is: twenty-five really good albums that I think are worth a listen, preferably sooner rather than later what with the lunar situation and all. That's not to say this the definitive list of my favorite twenty-five albums. Not at all. There's a lot I'm leaving off the list because I feel that they've already been discussed to death, because I just don't think I have enough to say about them to warrant a write up, or because for whatever reason they just don't mesh with the whole Moon-crashing-into-the-Earth motif in my mind.

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25. Land of the Loops—Bundle of Joy (1996)

When you first hear the news that the Earth-Moon collision is imminent this will be a good album for you to turn to for solace. Its warm cocoon of somewhat trippy lo-fi beats will be a comforting thing to wrap yourself up in as you await your impending doom.

Released in 1996 by Boston-area loop dude Alan Sutherland, this little gem of an album has never really received the recognition it deserves in my personal opinion. This is great rainy day music, something fairly uncommon among turntablists and beatmakers in the mid-90s. That's not to say it's a downer by any means—it's actually pretty happy and upbeat—it's just that it's filled with that reassuring nesting feeling you get sitting inside with a cup of hot chocolate when it's crappy outside. And there's something so incredibly innocent about it, that's one of the album's big draws for me. It always seems to conjure up vague childhood memories of summer storms and coloring books.

It's appropriate that the one single released from this album was entitled "Multi-Family Garage Sale" because there's something about the aesthetic of this album that is very garage sale like. A sizable chunk of the samples, for example, seem to be from old children's records or in some cases maybe even actual old toys. And when Sutherland isn't kicking it pre-school he's grabbing some pretty random samples from all over the place—retro sci-fi sound effects, a snippet of Motorhead, wobbly old answering machine messages, you name it. All of this is mixed together with a decidedly indie sensibility that was very much at odds with other beat-oriented music of the same era.

While I was writing this review, what started off as sunny late spring morning has gotten dark and cloudy, threatening rain. I think that's my cue to put on Bundle of Joy and get out the coloring books.

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Re: 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalyps
« Reply #1 on Aug 8, 2012, 1:40am »

Do you smoke drugs at all?

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Re: 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalyps
« Reply #2 on Aug 8, 2012, 9:42am »

Aug 8, 2012, 1:40am, Destroyer wrote:

Do you smoke drugs at all?

i like pot

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Re: 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalyps
« Reply #3 on Aug 8, 2012, 9:49am »

Okay. That's alright then.

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Re: 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalyps
« Reply #4 on Aug 9, 2012, 2:27pm »

I'll give this a go, sounds a bit like Blue Sky Black Death which is by no means a bad thing.

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Re: 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Apocalyps
« Reply #5 on Aug 9, 2012, 5:42pm »

^good choice! here's my next entry:

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24. Alien Sex Fiend—Too Much Acid? (1989)

Denial can be a heady thing. While news of the decaying lunar orbit may cause some to retreat into the comfort of childhood memories, others will no doubt want to party like mad. To party like there's no tomorrow if you will.

During the inevitable maelstrom of sweat and mind-altering chemicals you'll want something fantastic to cut loose to and this live album is the way to go. This is your brain on drugs. Rarely have cheap synths and raw punk rock guitars come together with such furious and fucked up energy. Rarely has a man screamed "Sample my sausage!" with such conviction.

If you've never heard Alien Sex Fiend before, imagine a dash of Hawkwind and a dash of the Cramps filtered through layer upon layer of noisy post-punk jaggedness and gothy new wave camp. If you have heard Alien Sex Fiend before, imagine their best possible concert because I swear that's exactly what this album sounds like—even though, in reality, the songs were culled from multiple shows.

This truly is an amazing album that makes me want to throw down and party every time I hear it. And—most amazingly for such a raw, wild and wooly kind of an album—it really rewards multiple listens.