2020 Archives - HearFeel

Andrew Lang – Momentary Senses (Rusted Tone, 2020)

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:56:00 +0000

I’ve started having strange and vivid dreams again after a reprieve over the Christmas period. The blame of course lies with work and lockdown restrictions, manifesting I assume through the anxieties of circumstance and creative drought of the home-prison. Whilst they’ve been quite potent, I forget almost all of them come the afternoon, but sometimes […]

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10 Albums From 2020

Chris — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:37:18 +0000

Well well well, here we are again. 2020 marks the ninth end of year list for HearFeel as we come to the end of its 8th year. And what a year it’s been. Every time I sit down to do these look backs, it always strikes me how much seems to unfold over the course […]

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Still Harbours – Armature (ROHS!, 2020)

Chris — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:26:04 +0000

Every time I take a pause from writing, reviewing, whatever this is, I find the difficulty factor in returning escalates with every day that passes. It’s probably just rust, the necessary gears between the expressive and, well, hearing and feeling parts of my brain seizing up in the interim. But, what if it wasn’t? There’s something about […]

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Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (Warp, 2020)

Chris — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 11:44:48 +0000

Something I’ve talked about at great length in the past is nostalgia, it’s such a powerful force and point of obsession running across and through music. Perhaps it’s a generational thing, perhaps it’s simply a rose-tinted goggles perspective that is a universal human constant; either way these retrospective views of the world have a frequently […]

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Autechre – SIGN (Warp, 2020)

Chris — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:06:56 +0000

People have always remarked on the fact that I’m “not very emotional” and some variation on the perception that I’m grumpy or irritable at something on a regular basis. It’s one of those incredibly annoying things to hear because I know myself that I’m very inwardly emotional but not always particularly expressive of it, and […]

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Anna Von Hausswolff – All Thoughts Fly (Southern Lord, 2020)

Chris — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:48:35 +0000

There’s a question I sometimes see being asked of artists which I find bothersome: “Where do you get your ideas from?” On the face of things it appears to be an innocent and straightforward query, a request for some insight into the creative process and the way in which the artist dreams up their material. […]

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Anthéne & Andrew Tasselmyer – Progressions (Constellation Tatsu, 2020)

Chris — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:50:48 +0000

Sometimes I feel that things aren’t really moving, haven’t really changed, that certain aspects of my life seem to have either folded into a loop or become static in some way. I was in bed recently, not alone, with a girl I had found myself in the same situation with almost exactly 3 years before. […]

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Joshua Van Tassel – Dance Music Volume II: More Songs For Slow Motion (2020)

Chris — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:34:27 +0000

I was in Scotland a few weeks ago, tucked away in some quiet corner of the Cairngorms, away from the world, away from the pandemic, away from everything. I needed it desperately, the opportunity to fuck off out of the house and put distance between me and work and people and the constant restlessness, to […]

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Lauren Bousfield – Palimpsest (Deathbomb Arc, 2020)

Chris — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:05:01 +0000

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot, more than ever, about my relationship with social media. Its greatest power, the ability to shine a light on subjects considered underrepresented, or perhaps even socially taboo, is matched only by its destructive potential and the force of anonymous pitchfork wielding legions. Echo chambers collaborate to make minority issues […]

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Roly Porter – Kistvaen (Subtext, 2020)

Chris — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:25:44 +0000

I’ve been thinking about death recently, following the passing of my housemate’s grandmother. To know of grief yourself and being in the proximity of those experiencing it is a strange feeling; it creates a degree of separation where you can approach it from a safe distance, cognisant of its impact, but not quite feel the […]

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