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This is really dang good. I saw this as part of Bobby Wratten’s top releases from 2024, so I was quite late to this. What a banger though.

My father passed in 2019. I was in deep grief and mourning when a friend shared this album as a way to console and comfort me. I consider that one of the most profound gestures of empathy. For months, this served as my crutch. Listening to Memory Sketches became a part of processing my anguish and regrets. Tim Linghaus’ music sat with me on the pavement as I went through the pain and melancholy. Every track conjured memories not just of my dad but my parents, our family when it was still ‘whole,’ …my life so far. Memories that oscillate between cherished ones to being quite painful and, honestly, traumatic. Looking for Dad in The Radio Noise and Drive Me… More

Cindy Lee was one of my pandemic companions. When I listen to this album, I am transported to the days of lockdown, the streets were quiet, and I can be alone with music and my thoughts throughout the day. It was grim for many, and I do not celebrate the virus and the victims, but I thrived as an introvert. I would put this music on at night with just a lamp lighting up my space. To me, the highlight is the last track. As Heavy Metal filters through the speakers, I picture a ballroom with a Lynchian atmosphere, two lovers in a round room dancing to this. It’s quite beautiful. The record ends, I get up, and listen… More

Haunting and moody.

I still remember how I found out about Broadcast. I was a Stereolab-obsessed girl and on an issue of Select magazine from the 90s, they were compared to Broadcast. This was my introduction to them, and immediately I was hooked. Found them moodier but no less exceptional.

Whenever I listen to this, it feels like I am drowning in a sea of intense emotions. Don’t ask me how many times I have listened to In Your Room.

It’s kind of a great big indie secret, isn’t it? Very little is known about the band, there are so many speculations as to who are ‘Alex Hopkirk’ and ‘Ronnie Lee.’ Probably just pseudonyms, are they possibly the Reid brothers? Michael Head? even Beulah has come up… there were also some news they worked at a Rough Trade store and later released as a band called Bitter Herb. Whenever their name comes up, people are surely talking about them, we have all been curious to find out. They are not on Spotify. They released just 4 songs, all good, and then gone. The track ¡Free Arthur Lee! is 2 minutes of perfect blissful pop song. This one was… More

An absolute banger along with Yearbook 2. Wish it can have a vinyl release, but Dan said it won’t be reissued. 🥲

Always loved this album. It deserves the re-issue. More people need to know about it.

It’s phenomenal. Waiting for the day this is reissued on that 10” or the 12” is fine too. Absolutely love this band.

I love this band so much. This was my introduction to them those early 2000s. It Never Entered My Mind never left my mind. I would put it on so many lists or mixes I made.