jamieanderson1968
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My guess is German Oak - Down in the Bunker for a one-off psyche record. Obscure, but fairly well known in Kosmiche circles. It has had a few limited reissues as well.
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NewsFedora
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The story behind the Shaggs is so much better and more interesting than anything the Shaggs ever actually released.
Put me on team Top Drawer.
Put me on team Top Drawer.
supahypeag
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I would jump all over Top Drawer.
I will not be receiving the Shaggs. I don’t care that I planned to be a VMP Essentials completionist for a year as an experiment. I was willing to accept some of the picks I didn’t care for - Experience Unlimited and Africa Brasil - in order to expand my musical experiences and maybe taste.
But I don’t want to expand them as far as the Shaggs.
I will not be receiving the Shaggs. I don’t care that I planned to be a VMP Essentials completionist for a year as an experiment. I was willing to accept some of the picks I didn’t care for - Experience Unlimited and Africa Brasil - in order to expand my musical experiences and maybe taste.
But I don’t want to expand them as far as the Shaggs.
Djxfactor511
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Hard pass if it's The Shaggs.
Top Drawer, however, intrigues me.
Top Drawer, however, intrigues me.
NathanRicaud
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If it’s Top Drawer’s Solid Oak, i’ll definitely give it a go. I can imagine really immersing myself in this release when on high-quality vinyl!
There’s something unique about this Top Drawer album. It sounds religious, reminds me a tiny bit of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black and a bit of Tame Impala’s Lonerism. The vocals have this reggae touch to it and although the music is still very rock, it’s funky and holy and reminds me of an cute, outdated, ugly bar that still has character that you’d find in Red Dead Redemption!
supahypeag
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If it’s Top Drawer’s Solid Oak, i’ll definitely give it a go. I can imagine really immersing myself in this release when on high-quality vinyl!
There’s something unique about this Top Drawer album. It sounds religious, reminds me a tiny bit of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black and a bit of Tame Impala’s Lonerism. The vocals have this reggae touch to it and although the music is still very rock, it’s funky and holy and reminds me of an cute, outdated, ugly bar that still has character that you’d find in Red Dead Redemption!
Completely respect the Red Dead Redemption reference!
Murfocakes
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Clint Howard
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Absolutely stunning record but there is no way Now Again would allow them to re-issue it after putting it out on their subscription service.
jamieanderson1968
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Thats right, I forgot N&A did a reissue and subscriber exclusive
supahypeag
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my guess is whatever psych rock album Stoned Ape suggested to them that’ll be instead attributed to a random Discogs search that makes no sense
MadLucas
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The upcoming month's Essentials pick is going to be "the most crate digger album ... this year" according to storf, who added that it was on a label that only released that album according to discogs.
I think we're getting this one.
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...aaaaaaaaand that logic takes Jandek off the table.
The Shaggs sound like something a cannibal serial killer would play while he bastes me before he puts me in the oven to cook me.
NewsFedora
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Ouch.
The opening song “Song of a Sinner” is fantastic. The rest of the album... isn’t bad. Not amazing, but certainly more listenable than the fucking Shaggs.
The opening song “Song of a Sinner” is fantastic. The rest of the album... isn’t bad. Not amazing, but certainly more listenable than the fucking Shaggs.
Yeah, Totally agree with you.
Definitely better than Shaggs but, I can't see it as an "Essential" record either.
Hopefully it'll be something else.
zombie.modernist
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I always wonder where they source this crap from. Sometimes they're long rants, sometimes they're crap like this, sometimes it's clearly copy from the label.... They should just hire more writers to work on this stuff to facilitate better understanding of the music on the platform.
Despite the cynicism I do somewhat agree that lots of these rare rock and psych records are mostly propped up by a few good cuts and put on a pedestal solely because of rarity / cool factor. I'll give this one a listen again, but I don't think I need it either. The opening cut is on Forge Your Own Chains which is easily my favorite Now Again comp, and honestly a much better listen than almost any of the albums it draws from.
I just checked on Spotify and it's exactly the same text!
zombie.modernist
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Yeah it has to be some sort of a centralized vendor or something! Crazy how its so bad.