I have not posted here in awhile, but I have picked up a few things in the last month.
First up, I had ordered and pre-ordered Black Belt Eagle Scout's first two albums ("Mother of my Children" followed by "At the Party with my Brown Friends"). She is a relatively local indigenous artist that a friend pointed me towards. I like her stuff. "Soft Stud" is a nice song.
Next up were some albums bought with birthday money/gift certificates. Part one: I have been getting into Ornette Coleman, so I bought a reissue. It sounds good, but as explained later, I will probably be looking for used copies from now on. I also wanted more Charlie Parker and I love Nina Simone.
Birthday money part two: Sam Amidon's Lily-O. I like some of his stuff a lot, so I figured I would get this. It was good and very much his style of progressive revivalist. And then I liked Mitski's "Be the Cowboy" and they had Puberty 2, so I figured I would get it. Lastly, not vinyl, but I picked up a PJ Harvey CD since most of her older albums either were not on vinyl or are ridiculously expensive used right now.
Decided to go back to the record store a couple weeks ago to pick up Brittany Howard's album "Jamie" on the day it released, as well as the Lumineer's album "III". Well, the store had not yet received "Jamie" so I bought another Ornette Coleman album. It plays ok and sounds good because I have heard no other version of it, but I have since learned that the label is kind of dubious with regards to quality. Hence why I might try to find these things used from now on. I do love the set up of his quartet though, and with stereo having Ornette's sax in the left, Don's trumpet in the left, and then Charlie's bass and Ed's drums kind of in the middle. (side note: apologies for the blurred edges of this picture, I had been mucking about with the settings on my phone's camera and it was locked to a specific aperture setting).
Last one to arrive, was something I stumbled upon on Twitter and should not have bought but did. I have been casually getting into the fighting game Guilty Gear (more specifically they most recent version, which has a silly long name). I like soundtracks, and I found that for Tokyo Games Show this year they were releasing a commemorative LP of Guilty Gear songs. I ordered it through a third party vendor which was kind of sketchy, but it arrived quickly and in good quality. I am happy with it.
