The Hall of Fantastically Fine Things

[If you want to skip the introductory stuff, then click  here  for links to all the album posts.] Introduction (the short version) I'm conscious that the original introduction to this blog that I wrote (below) is rather long. If you have the time and inclination to read it, then thank you - and you can scroll down just a little to find it. If you don't, then fair enough - here is a potted version: I've been aware of GBV's music for a long time. I've always meant to find the time to investigate it properly, but - and I'm sure this is a familiar story - was a little daunted by the sheer size of the back catalogue. I tried sticking everything that's on Spotify in a big playlist and hitting shuffle - my default method for getting a feel for an artist - but it never 'clicked' somehow. (See note re Spotify - also in red text - below) At the beginning of 2024, I was inspired by a podcast interview to give GBV another go - this time in a more focused and o...

  Introduction Devil Between My Toes Sandbox  Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia  Same Place The Fly Got Smashed  Propeller   Vampire On Titus  Bee Thousand  Alien Lanes   Under The Bushes Under The Stars   Tonics & Twisted Chasers Mag Earwhig!  Do The Collapse  Isolation Drills  Universal Truths And Cycles  Earthquake Glue   Half Smiles Of The Decomposed   Let’s Go Eat The Factory  Class Clown Spots A UFO  The Bears For Lunch   English Little League   Motivational Jumpsuit  Cool Planet  Please Be Honest  August By Cake  How Do You Spell Heaven  Space Gun  Zeppelin Over China  Warp And Woof  Sweating The Plague  Surrender Your Poppy Field  Mirrored Aztec  Styles We Paid For  Earth Man Blues  It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be Them. It Is Them!  Crystal Nuns Cathedral  Tremblers And Goggles By Rank  La La Land  Wel...