July record additions

Toward the end of every month, I have a little bit of money saved up to buy records. This month I collected 5 albums I absolutely adore.

• Tusk by Fleetwood Mac (1979)
• Ctrl by SZA (2017)
• Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd (1970)
• Urban Hymns by The Verve (1997)
• Lonerism (10 year edition) by Tame Impala (initial rel. 2012)

Look, normally I don’t buy this many in a month, but I did take June off from collecting, and eyeing up ones to buy for this month.

There were quite a few firsts in discography’s, where I did collect my first SZA, Pink Floyd and The Verve records. I did complete my first discography – Tame Impala! HOORAY!

Listening to them all on my days off from work is the perfect way to do a solo listening party, a cup of coffee, and a little yearning in between.

Ctrl by SZA has always been an album near and dear to my heart, being released when I was a teenager, I used to listen to songs like Prom and Broken Clocks a lot with some old friends. They always bring back nice memories, yet as I got older listening to songs like Supermodel, Drew Barrymore and Normal Girl made me really think about what it means to be a woman in this day and age.

They provoke a lot of emotion about the set of standards we have to uphold, in terms of beauty, our romantic endeavours, and behaviour. 20 something is the song I predominantly began listening to not long after I turned 20 actually. I didn’t understand the true meaning until I began to learn more lessons you tend to learn as your 20’s progress. So naturally, I did have to buy this one.

Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd was actually the first of their discography I listened to the whole way through, (yes the whole 23-minute title track) and fell in love. Funnily enough, at age 18 I hadn’t listened to the entirety of Dark Side of the Moon yet.

The pure artistry of this album for me remains unmatched, the title track Atom Heart Mother, a building orchestral & choir arrangement, unfortunately being their first and only time. Fat Old Sun, my personal favourite from the record reminds me of walking through Sydney CBD as the sun sets and the weather is getting colder, as the album ends we get Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast, the whimsical tape loop classic.

Urban Hymns by The Verve is an album I got started on young. My father predominately loved this album and (of course) spoon fed us this masterpiece of an album from an early age, obviously listening to Bittersweet Symphony as a child creates a hunger for more music alike.

The Drugs don’t Work is another one of those kinds of songs where you don’t understand until you get older. I used to sing all the words not knowing what they all really mean and understanding for the first time made me sob…. Listening to this album more as I got older and being able to understand the meaning of the music, like Sonnet, Catching the Butterfly & Velvet Morning.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac, arguably my favourite album by the messy chaotic band (love them to bits but the lore is CRAZY). I first listened to the title track Tusk as a teenager with my father, and immediately thought it was an AMAZING piece of music, the drum beat, the soft vocals that build, amazing, all of it.

When I first listened to this album the whole way through I was truly blown away, emotional tracks like Storms, and Beautiful Child truly brought me to tears. Sara also being one of my favourite songs by Fleetwood Mac, holds a near and dear place in my heart as one of my beautiful friends has the same name. Although the lyrics may be a little sad, the beat is happy and bright, which is what she is to me, love you Sara xx

Last but not least, Lonerism by Tame Impala, where do I begin? Most arguably my favourite Australian artist, our second Prime Minister, our Jesus. All jokes aside this album has some of Kevin’s most memorable tracks like Elephant and Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.

This album was a very big part of my teen years, as I have a friend who also shares my love for Tame Impala, and we still talk about his newer stuff even now. However, it is such a shame my favourite track on this album is actually a B-side, and costs upwards of $600 for the 7-inch of the song (Beverly Laurel you will be mine). Pretty much this whole album is a 10/10, and I’m very proud to own Tame Impalas full discography.

Until next month!!!!

Turrah Lads!

Xxx