BILL DIREEN - "A Memory of Others" 2xLPBill Direen A Memory of Others 2xLP (Sophomore Lounge, 2019) "The superb 2LP set in your hands serves both as an overview of Bill Direen's musical arc, and as a companion to Simon Ogston's fascinating documentary film, Bill Direen: A Memory of Others. It is not a soundtrack per se, since the versions of the songs here are not always the same ones as in the film, but any quibbling about this is surely jackanapery and should be ignored forthwith. The

fuck you too

but they’re united by charmed melodies

Don't Start Me To Talkin'

Buckler split with math-rock progenitors Slint to search for a simpler groove

including from the label itself

2019 via the SOPHOMORE LOUNGE label

Playful and charmingly crafted Americana/psych(ish) acoustic "pop tunes" [in Paul McCartney voice] from long-running Amsterdam singer/songwriter unit as well as Simon Joyner cohorts the Bingo Trappers

In addition to his Phantom Family efforts

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And after a year or so of various snags

Williams's guitar is heard

six brilliant essays that mastered the D