Listening Log Past - Volume 78

What's a Listening Log? Well, the idea is quite simple. It's a monthly segment that consolidates all the mini-reviews Dozens Of Donuts has given on RateYourMusic over the past month (excluding separate, full-length reviews), split between the Past and Present. A straightforward grading scale has been put in place, ranging from A+ to F-, with C acting as the baseline average. There is no set amount of reviews per month, just however many I get around to reviewing. Enjoy! 

February's Full-Length Reviews

Pom Poko - Birthday

Margo Guryan - Take A Picture

Jerkcurb - Air Con Eden

Haruka Nakamura - Grace

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Blur
Blur
1997 | Alternative Rock | Listen

| Damon Albarn Planting That Gorillaz Seed |

Choice Cut ... 'Movin' On'

For Fans Of ... crackpot Alternative Rock, chorus send-offs, 90's carelessness

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of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping
2008 | Psychedelic Pop | Listen

| Liberation Through Bisexual Exploration |

Choice Cut ... 'Wicked Wisdom'

For Fans Of ... incoherent enthusiasm, spoonfuls of sugar, explosive LGBT pride

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Pan-American
Quiet City
2004 | Ambient | Listen

| Dissolving Atop Slowly Melting Snow |

Choice Cut ... 'Lights Of Little Town'

For Fans Of ... Slowcore for sloths, retreat from the bustle, gentle relief

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Meitei
Kofū
2020 | Tape Music | Listen

| Caring For Wilting Flowers In A Zen Garden |

Choice Cut ... 'Shōnen'

For Fans Of ... sentimental distortions, customary eulogies, organic sampling

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Lloyd Cole
Easy Piece
1985 | Pop Rock | Listen

| Quarreling With A Disinterested Lover |

Choice Cut ... 'Rich'

For Fans Of ... sentimental romantics, easygoing 80's chivalry, tantalizing melodies

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bob hund
Omslag: Martin Kann
1996 | Indie Rock | Listen

| Extracting Pleasure From Rocky Outcrops |

Choice Cut ... 'Nånting Måste Göras'

For Fans Of ... bob hund, bob hund, bob hund

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Legendary Pink Dots
From Here You'll Watch...
1995 | Psychedelic Rock | Listen

| Fancying A Future From Medieval Austerity |

Choice Cut ... 'Citadel'

For Fans Of ... the unnatural world, self-contained experimentation, a peasant's strife

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Black Dresses
WASTEISOLATION
2018 | Electro-Industrial | Listen

| Screaming At Texts, The Shy Girls Burst |

Choice Cut ... 'THOUGHTS & PRAYERS'

For Fans Of ... traumatized e-girls, demonized bass, infinite replayability

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Bicep
Bicep
2017 | Deep House | Listen

| Last Stop Of The Night, Beatbox Booming |

Choice Cut ... 'Rain'

For Fans Of ... cold and calculated beats, nocturnal austerity, poor middling sections

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of Montreal
Icons, Abstract Thee
2007 | Psychedelic Pop | Listen

| Reanimating A Broken Heart |

Choice Cut ... 'Du Og Meg'

For Fans Of ... impassioned hysteria, heartbroken battle cries, Kevin Barnes' idiosyncrasies

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Ought
Room Inside The World
2018 | Post-Punk | Listen

| Inflating Purpose, Losing Substance |

Choice Cut ... 'Desire'

For Fans Of ... mellow Punk (?), exaggerated vocals, despondent Deerhunter

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Stina Nordenstam
Memories Of A Color
1991 | Singer/Songwriter | Listen

| Petite Footsteps On Melting Snow Patches |

Choice Cut ... 'I'll Be Cryin' For You'

For Fans Of ... treated adult contemporary, Swedish daintiness, heartfelt poetics

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