Cindy Lee - Cat O' Nine Tails 12"Originally released as an edition of 50 lathe cut LPs housed in silk screened jackets in 2020 (fast on the heels of What's Tonight To Eternity), Cat O' Nine Tails has long intrigued die hard Cindy Lee fans with its combination of the classic songwriting that would dominate Diamond Jubilee a few years later and an actual suite of classical songs under the title itself. Opening with the gothic soap opera theme of "Our Lady Of Sorrows" into the manic

weightless and comforting

the duo taking things a notch further with more elaborate songwriting and a whole slew of wonderful A-sides along the often damaged ride

DIY take on kosmische atmospheres

"Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt's first solo electric guitar record since 2017’s eponymous Bill Orcutt

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Le Musichien follows on from the group of varying musicians that Tusques had conceived as a "people's jazz workshop

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a tiny unexplored corner with paper-thin walls or a very delicate bubble that is about to burst any moment

while album centerpiece “See It Too” shifts from stabbing guitar riffs into a mesmerizingly hooky chorus

percussion and spiraling guitar that fuels the second half of the song

Vicario and his revolving cast of Smirk players have really done it this time

Adding another inspiring document to the world of open-minded music