Modest Mouse, "Fire It Up"
I really need to go back and re-evaluate this record. Given how much I like the previous three albums from them (and the various EPs), it wasn't really fair to kind of dismiss the record after only a couple listens....
All over the map today.
Common Market, "Slow Cure"
It's been a while since we've had Common Market, so a little re-introduction: this is a Seattle duo, featuring Sabzi (more famously known as half of the Blue Scholars) and RA Scion. Given that it's Sabzi...
New arrival at Five Songs Manor is Engravings by Forest Swords, a record I found by reading the upcoming releases for May and wondering about the new record coming. So far, it's really interesting, although I have to pause it for now to write about...