persistence must prevail.

It is truly difficult to record, sometimes.
I abandoned another song today, as it just wasn't quite in time. Ye gods.

It's ok though. A week of recording next week, then I have nothing to do until the end of the year to finish everything.

listening:

high places - high places
deerhunter - microcastle

recording with fires.

OK.

I'm over "sex on fire". I think I had a nervous breakdown last week, with that song at the centre of things. I think I embraced the horrific meaninglessness of that song, and enjoyed it. A little too much.

This week I am afresh from breakdown, and listening to Windy and Carl. Deerhunter's new album finally got a release this week. I'm meant to be reviewing it for No Ripcord, but I genuinely find the album impenetrable in many respects. I didn't realize until today that certain songs were not sung by Bradford Cox. I thought that he had just honed down his singing voice. I'll give the review a blast anyhow. I've said since June that the album and show I saw in Glasgow confirm my opinion that Deerhunter are perhaps one of the best bands in the world right now. 

This week will be productive. This week will be productive. This week will be productive. 

sex on fire

that's three listens in 9 minutes.

oh yeah

i left out "sex on fire".

literally the soundtrack to the past week.

drummer - best part of the video.

i'm yet to eat fried chicken whilst listening to it, but will.

album

Tracks:

1. i will kill again

2. a military farewell (soldier's leap)

3. sepulture

4. future state

5. the quickening

6. nature and nurture

7. the shadow line

8. balance of halves

9. grow old and go home (acceptance)

10. soporific

tracks 3, 4, 5, 6 : complete

tracks 2, 8, 10 : nearing completion

tracks 1, 7 : need work

track 9 : to be rerecorded

going well with the bleak, uplifting edinburgh autumn of howling winds and harvest moons: high places, johann johannsson, keith fullerton whitman, oren ambarchi, stars of the lid.

reading - the magic mountain.

watching - times and winds, import export.

today - sax recording.

next week - vocals, drums, organ, electric piano, standard piano.