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Saint Asonia - Flawed Design (2019)

This album came out over 2 months ago, but the vinyl finally arrived! I haven't gotten to spend much time with this, so it didn't make my year end list. Pretty solid hard rock album, of course with the incredible Adam Gontier (ex-Three Days Grace) on vocals. Definitely more experimental than their debut (which needs a vinyl press!) Pretty happy with this, though the vinyl mastering could have been better. Glad they went crystal clear instead of that hideous milky clear!
 
Los Lobos - Llego Navidad

This is a great Christmas record, and love the liner notes and back cover notes. The liner notes give a backstory of each song and has a bunch of history on Los Lobos. I really wish every record had notes like this and jazz albums, I love reading this history and getting a better understanding of the time and process of making the records. Super cool!

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Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey - Don't Call Me Angel (2019)

This showed up today. Forgot I had ordered it months ago. Pretty cool picture disc single. Of course, it's in one of those shitty, flimsy PVC sleeves that has splits on all sides from shipping. Ah well. It bops
 
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Saint Etienne - ‘A Glimpse of Stocking’

Seeing as it’s Christmas Eve I’m having a listen to this compilation of various previous St Et Xmas tunes from fanclub singles and some new-at-the-time ones. Have also listened to their new ‘Christmas 2019’ CD single.

Inevitable Da’ joke: it’s the only glimpse of stocking I’m getting this Christmas.
 
Donald Byrd - Byrd in Flight

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In 1989, I was eight years old. On Christmas morning I woke up at about 5 o’clock and started to tiptoe on my way downstairs, but did not make it very far before my parents noticed and told me to go back to bed. That just did not happen, I was too excited… But it was very clear that the day was not beginning until my parents were up and ready.

I don’t know why I picked this album, but I’m very glad that I did. I threw it on a turntable that I had gotten from my grandparents, one of those 80s era Krosley type deals that was a turntable, radio, and cassette player. I plugged in my little headphones and listened to this album and it’s entirety. The sun was just starting to come up during the last song, as Mac and the choir were singing “I believe in music, I believe in love” over and over again.

A little over half an hour later, I was unwrapping my very first guitar.

It just doesn’t seem like Christmas anymore without this album.

Whoever you are and wherever you are, and whatever you are or are not celebrating, I hope this year is the best!

And I hope you believe in music.
I hope you believe in love.

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