Today, the Sparklehorse album that I ordered on eBay arrived in the post. 'Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain'. It really is a magnificent album. It was released in 2006 so isn't eligible for best of the 2009 which I will do in December, but if it was available then it might have even beaten the new Lips album and gotten to number one (so far). It's just amazing. All the qualities I like, really. Kind of shoegazing, dream pop, ethereal style. The songs are all beautiful, they demand your attention and yet still let your mind wander abroad, with their musical landscapes really forging an image in your mind. Excuse my cliché-ness. But from the opening track, to the Tom Waits' featuring track 9 to the closing 10 minute title track consisting of the same brooding chord progression repeating, the album really puts you in a trance. It's magnificent.
In other news, I now have a new, hopefully successful, study plan. From now on (well, starting Monday) I will listen to one record a day from start to finish, any one, and while it is playing I'll do homework+study. This way, every day I have varied study time from 30 mins to 2 hours, and get in some good last.fm scrobbles in the process. I think it's something that I'll be able to stick to, even if I do spend another 15 minutes picking what to listen to =p
Anyway, toodles for now. I want to play Pokémon Silver, but the internal battery's broken so i can't save, and an emulator isn't the same, I can't play it in bed haha. I can't wait till HeartGold and SoulSilver come out :) that day will be beautiful.
Matt
now listening to "Dreamt for Light Years"... (2006) by Sparklehorse
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