Expelled from the entire public school system

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sheffers asked for five songs. I'm going to ignore “at the moment” as I've not been hugely concentrating on music lately (one might deduce this from the currently rather slow pace of DisOrder development).

Frontier Psychiatrist (Avalanches) is kind of silly, but seems to have been consistently on the edge of my mind for a while now. It got me buying the album after hearing at work, at any rate.

I've always been a fan of the Pet Shop Boys, and pushing my rebellion against the original specification to the limits I'll pick Domino Dancing, one of the first tracks of theirs that I clearly remember, as my second. (West End Girls I was already familiar with by that point but it was DD that got me really paying attention.)

My most recent purchase is Apply Some Pressure (Maximo Park). I can't remember exactly where I originally heard this, though it was almost certainly on the Random Walk, which I've found an excellent source for interesting new stuff.

Blue Movie (Sneaker Pimps) stands out for me from hard competition from its siblings on Bloodsport. Doubtless my weakness for punning is part of this, but the sound of it is captivating too.

Finally You Are Here (Banco de Gaia) proved a more interesting listen than the earlier Last Train to Lhasa (which nonetheless finds its way into my ears from time to time). I'll just say the whole album, being as it is rather quite closely integrated.

Of course having written all that I've put them on, bringing truth back to “at the moment”.

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[kaet.livejournal.com]

I did exactly the same thing with Avalanches, and I'm not overly impressed with the rest of the album, to be honest. Though it's not bad.

My current listens are "Butterfly on a Wheel" Mission, "Never be mine" Kate Bush, "Cobalt Blue" Dream Disciples, "And There Shall Your Heart Be Also" Fields of the Nephilim and "IO" Project Pitchfork.

Which is kind of depressing as it kind of shows how little my taste has moved on in the last ten years.