The tale of my fucked up earphones that I still use

So last Wednesday I must have done something to my earphones. Pulled a wire our of place or trampled it's innards in some other fashion. The result of this was having earphones that do not work properly any more. Normally you would put up with it for a bit until you buy some new ones. But I kind of like them as they are.

You see, what happens when you play a track through them is that certain channels (or whatever the correct term is) don't seem to be playing at all. This leaves you listening to various parts of the track in all sorts of different ways. Some songs have no vocals, lead guitar and synth. Others may have backing vocals, acoustic guitar and some reverb. Others seems to be an instrumental containing most of the drum and guitar parts. It goes on really.

I find this quite fascinating. It is a completely new way for me to enjoy many of my favourite songs. For example - I just listened to a few Auteurs tracks, and the way in which that album was mixed leaves my earphones only playing acoustic/not lead guitar, piano and a feint sound of drums and vocals.

I have listened to many of these songs 50+ times and they can become slightly boring, but this has breathed new life into my listening experience whilst travelling to and from work.

I don't know how long I will keep them as my only headphones, and it probably won't be very long, but I will definitely be keeping them around.

G-Man signing out.

I won't be using images in this post because there's more than 10 albums. Takes long enough finding a good picture as it is, but the site limits more than that amount being used.

Eyehategod - Eyehategod (2014)

Now this is a fucking album. Really good shit.

4/5

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Indian - From All Purity (2014)

Fantastically sludgy album.

4/5

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Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Give the People What They Want (2014)

Pretty boring.

2.5/5

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Idiot Flesh - Fancy (1997)

This is fantastic. Highly recommend.

4/5

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Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (2014)

Really liking this guy at the moment. A few filler tracks but I like most of it.

3.5/5

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Clipping - CLPPNG (2014)

Definitely better than 'Midcity' but I still wish the rapper was less immature/completely average.

3.5/5

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C L E A N E R S - Real Raga Shit Vol. 1 (2014)

This is quite interesting and I do like it, but not enough happens for me to give it a higher rating.

3/5


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Girl Talk & Freeway - Broken Ankles (2014) [EP]

This is the good stuff.

3.5/5

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Death - III (2014)

The singer kind of reminds me of Hendrix... regardless, this is really nice. Truly overlooked album from this year. (though I am aware it wasn't recorded in 2014)

3.5/5

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Decibelle - Tribute (2014)

Nothing of interest here, but not offensively bad.

2/5

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Dutch - The Wind Remixes (2013) [EP]

I really like these remixes, but there's not enough material for me to get all that excited for.

3.5/5

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Now Is Fish - Legendofcockcolabottleinrussia Mixtape (2014) [DJ Mix]

This is pretty nuts and I like it a lot, but there's not interesting things happening for me to give it a higher score.

3/5

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Tord Gustavsen Quartet - Extended Circle (2014)

Just kind of "there". It may be a grower, but I can't see myself giving it that chance.

2.5/5

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Ought - More Than Any Other Day (2014)

I fucking love this album. Great Fall/Talking Heads/TVU/Math Rock hybrid. Album of the year so far.

4.5/5

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Planning for Burial - Desideratum (2014)

Pretty good but I am almost sure I will never listen to it again.

3/5

How the hell you manage to consume such tremendous lots of music beats me.

Glad you liked that new Eyehategod. I personally thought it was pretty damn good too. Seen some people that weren't crazy about it. I wouldn't put it on the level of Dopesick or Take as Needed for Pain but still another very solid EHG album.

Very nice journal. And as Briks said you really take in a lot of new music!!

Funny you guys say that because I used to listen to a LOT more before I got my job. When it's finished and I find something with fewer hours, this journal is going to explode.

I'll also have more time to write better reviews/entries.

Thanks for the comments :)!

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