I think the raincoats' self-titled is one of the most important albums to me, though I don't usually think about albums much in those terms. I didn't listen to it early enough to have it be formative for young adult me, but it's been central to the rest. one of those albums I can revisit not just without cringing or justification, but with joy and new appreciation
I was introduced to 'lola' when I first visited the radio station where I'd spend all of my time in college, and where I would go on to form a lot of my central friendships, meet my now partner, and host a bunch of bands some of which would become friends or just… More