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لحن محمد فوزي اللي رقَّص الحسناوات 

Bob Azzam - Ya Mustapha

Love Record Breaker is a transitionary record for Burlington, Vermontʼs The Smittens. Theyʼve grown to a 6 piece with the incorporation of New York soap maker Missy Bly, who having made a guest appearance on their previous LP, Believe Me, contributes the title track here and appears throughout the 8 tracks on vocals, providing a melodically fuller sound. Itʼs also the last record from The Smittens to feature Dana Kaplanʼs vocals pre-transition and pre-testosterone, prior to his new voice and new vocal arrangements.
This is the most forward album from The Smittens so far: sluts, whores, dead pets, not wanting to live and a rather explicit discussion of indie politics all feature as part of this record. It includes a cover of US folk duo Indigo Girlsʼ Closer To Fine, a homage to their queer forebears as well as their geeky pasts; The Smittens describe the original as an “80s lesbian campfire anthem”.
The title track, Love Record Breaker, was written as a response to a friendʼs cold hearted Conquistadorian conquests around town, from the perspective of someone who had been through his conveyor belt of gal pals. “I wanted to convey the anger and frustration that happens in that situation, but keeping a sense of dignity despite feeling like a slut in a long line of ʻslutsʼ in waiting”.
This is also a record that has taken The Smittens back to their roots, completing the circle. Writing the track These Lips returned them to their collaborative and improvisational past, not as simple as it used to be with members now living in Philadelphia and New York. Growing from a jam about a lip infection preventing Dana from kissing his partner, The Smittens twisted and turned the meaning into something far saucier, implicating both the narrator and the listener.
Closing the album is a remix of These Days from Death Teamʼs Johen Rafael Tilli, a Swedish producer The Smittens met on a cruise ship in the Baltic Sea: “I wanted to create a sound that could combine Scandinavian queerness with Moog syntheziers, but at the same time breathe a sense of expectation”.
The album was recorded by The Smittens at Twee Valley Manor and mixed by Gary Olson (The Ladybug Transistor) at his Marlborough Farms Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Love Record Breaker comes on 10” black vinyl in one of 6 different hand screenprinted sleeves, each hand numbered and limited to 50.
The Smittens are friends first and open-hearted indiepop revolutionaries after that. Max Andrucki, Dana Kaplan, Colin Clary, Missy Bly, Holly Chagnon and David Zacharis switch up instruments, song-writing, and singing to create catchy, harmony-driven twee ballads, pop anthems, and queer love songs. Always brilliantly lyrical, and often brazenly political.

The Smittens - Almost

Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie

Just a Friend

Brian Damage

Lookin' Out

Track from the Subliminal Sounds Comp:
PAKISTAN: Instrumental Folk & Pop Sounds 1966 - 1976 2-LP SF064

http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/

Sohail Rana-The Khyber Twist

Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Recordings

(I Know) I'm Losing You

札幌の4人組インディー・ポップ・バンドmooの全国流通盤デビュー・アルバム『Kite Flying Society』のリリースが決定した。メンバーは20代前半の若き4人組で、ミツメを始めとした最近のインディー・シーンのバンドと共鳴する独特の日本詩が魅力的なバンドである。90年代のPavement周辺のオルタナティブ・バンドや、ニュージーランドFlying Nun周辺のキウイ・ポップ、Real Estateや最近のメルボルン・シーンTwerps周辺のバンドを思い起こさせるギター・ポップ・サウンドが胸を打つ。全7曲グッド・メロディ、グッド・リフが続く最高のギター・ポップ・アルバムが完成した。

Kite Flying Society

Buy this album

moo - Freak

Love And Glitter, Hot Days And Musik

Love and Glitter, Hot Days And Musik

Karen Marklinger - It's A Great Life

Rock'N'Roll Ladies

Bigelow 6-200

Talking Synth - The Bongolian

The School - Never Thought I'd See The Day

Adriano Celentano "Bam Bom"

La Moda by Ennio Morricone  (1969)

Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop - YouTube

compilation of some indiepop shoegaze....etc! 

20 - The World Is Going Under

Spilt Milk - North American Hamsters

"South Street" - Orlons (vinyl)

@1910fruitgumcompany "Red Light"

http://cleorecs.com/ (P)(C) 2012 Cleopatra Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws

#60s #Sixties #1910FruitgumCompany

1910 Fruitgum Company -  Red Light

金井 克子 - Mini mini girl

Been blogging, music sharing, etc. for a while now (see blog under this name) & DJing since 1982. I like all kinds of music.

Most of my playlists are not organized & just hold songs I'm interested in, many of which I haven't listened to yet. The "freeform current listening" playlist is as it says & will be updated regularly. Many of my reposts were unintentional, they were just random tracks I was trying to add to a playlist using my phone & I've got clumsy fingers.

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