ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

i really dig that!

bachman and now elkington getting prominently reviewed in pitchfork

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/james-elkington-me-neither/

excited to hear what jim elkington is up to!

(severely overlooked figure imo — right on that pfork is giving him good marks. they were complete dicks to him in the zincs era)

the daniel bachman record is good

it really is, I need to buy/DL it so I can listen without microgaps between the tracks, it's basically all one flowing thing

cannot believe it's been over 10 years since I saw him do an instore show for Seven Pines, fuck I'm old/how time flies/etc

is it more of the unpleasant noise thing he’s been doing? that last record was just not good listening

Well, I liked that last record so maybe I am not the best person to ask, but in my mind the new Bachman is quite a bit more traditionally "listenable" than the last one. It uses similar methods regarding how the tracks are compiled/arranged but with I think a softer edge to the sound overall. I would give it a try if you care about his playing overall but it is certainly not a return to his straightforward guitar stuff. There are melodic passages though, and layers of him "playing" on it.

I enjoy his newer stuff but I guess I do have some mixed feelings because I felt like he was uniquely talented at fingerstyle stuff and while I think he is doing some creative stuff I don't know if he's as exceptional at that as he was as a player

but he's gotta do what he wants to do and I can understand how maybe am priv starts to feel repetitive after awhile (I myself am not really playing anymore for similar reasons)

I mean he certainly could return to it at any point, he put this out early last year:

https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/lonesome-weary-blues

In my opinion his latest record succeeds at what it is doing very well, but I mean it is all relative. I just admire his ability to tie "place" and history and topical ideas into instrumental music in deeply personal ways. Maybe some people do one particular side of it better or are more accomplished at the technical aspects, but I find it really impressive how much he puts into this current one.

I took a little skip through the new one, it seems more my cup of tea— when last year's record came out and I read a description, i was hoping it would feel like the Sacred Harp stuff, but unlike the latter, I couldn't just have it come on in the car and want to enter into it...new one seems more promising.

this seems relevant;
https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/european-primitive-guitar-1974-1987

oh wow that looks interesting

crossposting from the ambient thread, this is a 90-minute (!) tape of Arvo Part pieces transcribed for solo guitar, I find it bewitching

https://cosimapitz.bandcamp.com/album/wherever-i-go

Latest Lake Mary is flat-out gorgeous: https://lakemary.bandcamp.com/album/its-okay-you-can-open-your-eyes-now

ohhhhh yeah. chaz is always pretty great — might be a little underrated.

wow that's great, healing

Seems to be the only thread in which Kayla Cohen has been mentioned before, so I'll throw it here - the new Itasca album is absolutely gorgeous, I love it.

yes! one of the best of the year

this Itasca record is beautiful, thanks for the recommendation