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Amon Düül II - Wolf City

Amazing album. Inspired me to go on a Krautrock binge.

Tanz der Lemminge, Yeti and Phallus Dei are damn good too.

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Beach House - Teen Dream
I'm thrall to this album at the moment. The haunting reverb-heavy vocals, gorgeous guitar lines, piano and touches of organ create a feeling of timelessness and melancholy reminiscent of My Morning Jacket's 'It Still Moves' album. It feels like a long lost classic rather than a new release in a new decade. There may be another 11 months left in this year but i can surely bet that this album will be high on people's best album lists. An incredibly heart-warming album

You said it!

^ i have been listening to that a bunch also. good stuff.

Never really got off on this album. It has it's moments but I find it's more of a souped up Heavy Metal album than Thrash.

I've only listened to it once but first impressions were really good. I've been downloading a load of thrash albums and that one definitely stood out from alot of the others i have listened to over the last few days.

I love me some Thrash but there was a lot of copycat crap around too and it takes quite a bit of sifting to find the real gems. If you are concentrating on the Bay area scene then Blind Illusion's The Sane Asylum is a must. A whole lot different to other bands around at the same time.

Yeah theres alot of thrash i dont like. Ive heard bits and pieces of Blind Illusion but never actually checked out an album. I'll get on that.

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^ While I wouldn't call the rest of it that bad, this album would easily be a favourite of mine if it only consisted of the last 6 songs on it. It's the first music I've listened in about 24 hours (a new record for me perhaps), and the first Manics album I've given in a spin in a very long time.


^ Probably my favourite song off of it.

The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow

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Just a lovely ambient techno/IDM album.