What I listened to today 16 July 2023

I had a really nice day listening to records from about 10am til about 9pm. I didn’t write about any of them but had such a nice day I want to record it somehow. This is what I can remember listening to, there may have been another one.

Started the day with FKA Twigs. I woke up with a Toro y Moi/Rome Fortune song (Benjiminz from Samantha) in my head. I was gonna put on my Toro y Moi record, but it doesn’t really sound anything like that song, then FKA Twigs stood out to me. I’m listening to Benjiminz as I write this and it really doesn’t sound like FKA Twigs at all, except maybe a bit of spacey wonky synths.

I abandoned listening to that Bowie record a song into side 2. I really loved listening to Dawn Richard, and when I put that record back David Bowie was right there so I grabbed it (I alphabetised my records the other week) but really really didn’t vibe with it today.

I picked out the Coup record because I’ve been watching Boots Riley’s new tv show. It’s very good, but the original soundtrack to Sorry to Bother You was one of the highlights of the film, and I’m a Virgo doesn’t have a soundtrack by the Coup. I also listened to a bit of the Coup this morning on Tidal, but am not that into their older records.

I hadn’t listened to Fuck Buttons in a long time, but god that is a good record. It was one of the first records I bought, on a crazy good sale from Penny Lane records. It sounds so good. It is huge and really catchy despite being noise. Listened to Blanck Mass afterwards, who is one half of fuck buttons and it sounded really weak in comparison. I think it isn’t as good a pressing and is a bit quieter and less dynamic, but also is missing that hugeness of fuck buttons.

At the end of the day the song stuck in my head is Level it Up by The Coup.

• FKA Twigs – LP1
• Dawn Richard – Second Line
• David Bowie – Hunky Dory
• Missy Elliot – Under Construction
• The Coup – Sorry to Bother You Soundtrack
• Tyler the Creator – Igor
• Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
• Blanck Mass – World Eater
• Julia Jacklin – Pure Pleasure
• Local Tourist – Other Ways of Living
• Maxine Funke – Silk
• Leonard Cohen – Best of