ALBUM OF THE YEAR - SHORT-LIST .... ALBUM #10 - October 2020




This one took me totally by surprise. Early December, and I thought I know the winner : it would be Slow Readers Club, who released two albums in 2020. The first and superior ('The Joy Of The Return') was in the packed month of March and got a bit overlooked as a monthly winner (although I did buy it, as they are planning to play Milan in April, fingers crossed), but they also had a October 'lockdown/isolation' album - and that was going to be my winner. Even if, I didn't like it as much as their March album, and at 8 tracks, 28 mins, it was a little in the middle ground between EP and LP... Still, the post was half-written in my head ...

But a nice surprise package in the post from the man behind Vinyl Reveals  turned my plans upside down and now mean I have to try to write a blog post about a band I know absolutely nothing about, and have never seen live. Worth a glance at this episode to gain more insight than I can offer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Je4VqVK80   

One thing that I can't stress enough is : this is 'Emperor Of Ice Cream', from Ireland. It seems there is also an 'Emperor's Of Ice Cream' from Brighton. Frankly, its not an acceptable situation to me, but as the album is so good, I will let it go this time ... actually whether its 'Ice Cream' or 'Icecream' I don't know, I'm not going there ...

what else ?  I really REALLY like this (their debut album, and I understand some years in the making) , in fact its pretty much all I have listened to last couple of weeks. Which is a problem since I need to decide a December album of the month, so THANKS for that too ...! 


Couple of songs :







I have nothing else to add - but even if not according to plan, this is one that is really challenging to be the overall album of the year ...

Comments

  1. Unknown5 January 2021 at 16:19

    Cheers for the shoutouts Lee. I really wasn't totally convinced you'd like it, so really happy to see it's won a monthly award and maybe more. It's just what this year needed, a bit of nostalgia, but with a whiff of freshness to it too - great stuff!

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