Shanti Project Collection 3
i was at grooves the other day, flipping through the rock section when i came across this album. i noticed it sort of out the corner of my eye. sometime around when i was 14-15 i’d made a huge wishlist on amazon.ca of cd’s i wanted to get, and this was one of them. basically i bought this out of principal.
if i remember correctly, i’d heard a Black Heart Procession track on Little Radio (back when they used to just play music (actually i think they have started playing music again, gonna have to check it out…)). there are also some really cool Sigur Rós Ágætis Byrjun b-sides, among other neat things.
it was sort of a gamble really. you’d think my music taste would have progressed over the past 5 years. i don’t know if the fact that i enjoyed this album is a sign of me being a really forward-thinking 15 year old, or a lazy 20 year old. most of the artists on here trigger some sort of nostalgia. Sigur Rós is the most obvious, i listened to Ágætis Byrjun and () so much in those days that i pretty much got sick of them. the tracks that are on here, though (Bíum Bíum Bambaló and Dánarfregnir Og Jaroarfarir), i enjoyed. that is reassuring i guess.
the lead singer of Arab Strap collaborated with Mogwai on one of my favourite tracks from Young Team, and their tracks on this album are very postrocky. MOGWAIESQUE.
the black heart procession track is still my favourite, though. when i listened to exit out it reminded me a lot of The Album Leaf, and when i looked them up it said that the guy who does the album leaf is also in this band! so that’s a fun little connection. the album leaf was also very important to me during my 15yearoldhood.
anyway, it was a positive consumer experience overall. i’ve decided to go through that old list of albums on amazon.ca and see if there’s any other neat stuff i never got around to listening to…
The Black Heart Procession – Exit Out
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