It's the new year and public domain is finally advancing again in the US. 1923 works are now public domain and I want to celebrate. I'd like to listen to music from that year and I'm looking for good sources. If anyone is sitting on 1923 music collections or can point me at them, it's legal now, so lets start sharing.
"Emasculine" starts out reminding me of an early Tears For Fears, then grows more lush and modern without losing any of the original appeal. This track is total Gen X bait.
"Genie Mac" I actually listened to twice consecutively. It's catchy af, a little bit funky, and solid songwriting. I'll listen to this one a few more times today.
"Natalie" is another piece of fantastic songwriting. Vocal harmony interplay is top notch. Graham Nash and Stephen Stills front Justice.
"Too Good To Be True" starts as a track that could be the basis of a solid comeback film for a few members of the Breakfast Club. The last two minutes turn it into so much more. Prince would give this a smile and a nod.
"Hypocrisy" leads with a strong instrumental theme. I could see working this into a club set, if I still did things like go to clubs or put together club sets. This is definitely a jam, and a heavyweight at almost ten minutes.
Together, this EP makes this reviewer wonder what Envelope Generator could do with a two-disc concept album format. The skill is very clearly there.
Overall, if you aren't paying attention to the amazing things @envgen has been putting out, you're missing out on hearing some of the best third millennium new wave around, in the opinion of this dog on the internet. Well worth your listening time.
Rated 5 out of 5 blobpats and a Donald Fagen for extra credit.
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I bet that, within a century, the End-Of-Year Government Shutdown will get codified as a folk holiday, probably taking on some of the anti-establishment debauchery that Christmas used to represent
2018 was the year I concluded that any system whose purpose is to measure, capture, and monetize human attention is immoral and inevitably leads to the erosion of the commons and society itself. In 2019 I'm committed to helping dismantle these systems by all possible means. Concretely this means supporting nonprofit alternatives like mastodon, blocking all ad tracking (sorry, people whose livelihoods have been captured by that industry), and doing whatever most damages the attention industry.