It has been
a long time since I have written anything. I am starting to get passionate
about music again. Not that I ever lost my passion but for a short while it did
become background to the rest of my
life. I would spend time listening to music while driving or doing other
things. It was not really listened to but more an undercurrent to something
else I was busy with – whether it be driving or talking or reading.
Since I
have brought the turntable out again – and the corresponding methodology that
goes with it, I have started listening to music again. In the light of this – I
am going to start putting down some musings on what I think of the music I am
listening to. Some of it might be music I am hearing for the first time, some
might be music I am rediscovering and some of it might be music that I know and
love – and a dissection of why it means so much to me. Some of it might just be
ramblings with music as the general topic.
That being
said, let me start here. Tame Impala. I first found out about
this band through UNCUT magazine (which informs much of my new music
explorations.) It seems it is an
Australian outfit, primarily consisting of one person in the studio, and a full
band when taking these songs live.
I am
currently listening to their (his) 2010 album Innerspeaker. It has an
Indie sound to it. I am still trying to think what it reminds me of but there
are definite overtones of some of the shoegazer vocals of the early 90s. Things like Slowdive, Ride and Chapterhouse come to mind, but only
vocally. Musically it is reminding me of
Dinosaur Jnr – Bug era. There is also quite a strong dance sensibility to the
entire album.
