Album Overview Spring 2020: Quarantunes - The Sequel!

Brief impressions on the albums that have been in rotation recently, including:

The Merrymakers – Bubblegun (1998)

Seabuckthorn – Through a Vulnerable Occur (2020)

Flotation Toy Warning – Bluffer’s Guide to the Flight Deck (2003)

LAG I RUN – Vagrant Sleepers (2019)

Tears for Fears – The Seeds of Love (1989)

Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)

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The Jellyfish post dedicated to Andy Sturmer

Older text post on Seabuckthorn’s Turns

And last year’s post on Crossing

Swimming With The Fish Part 3: Misplaced Childhood

Review and discussion on Marillion’s landmark 1985 album Misplaced Childhood

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Part 1 of this series 

Part 2 of this series

Chomsky's "Selections:" Rebooting With Possibilities

Review and Discussion on Chomsky’s 1999 release A Few Possible Selections to the Soundtrack of Your Life.

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I consider this album to be my 2000 Album of the Year

Spring Album Roundup Part 2: The Fo' Realz Quarantine Collection

A new album overview for late Spring 2020, including

J. Balvin – Colores (2020)

Brutus – Nest (2019)

Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion (2020)

Mdou Moctar – Ilana, the Creator (2019)

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V: Together (2020)

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts (2020)

And the playlist grows!

Kate Davis' Trophy: Sticky Ideas and Classic Repertoire

Review and discussion on Kate Davis' background and debut album Trophy (2019).

Swimming With the Fish Part 2: Marillion's Fugazi

Review and discussion on Marillion’s Fugazi (1984).

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Part I of this series: Script for a Jester’s Tear

A text post on a more recent album: F.E.A.R.

Another text post addressing Anoraknophobia

Fountains of Wayne's Utopia Parkway: Ennui and Responsibility

Review and discussion on Fountains of Wayne's 1999 album Utopia Parkway, as well as an overview of Adam Schleisinger's career.