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pretty bruises received scores of cds between this issue and the last. As writing negative reviews seems increasingly pointless and destructive, what follows is a list of my personal favorites only - the ones still often played at Casa de Bruises. Insert whatever hack journalistic adjectives you'd like here - stunning, brilliant, landmark... they apply. I love them, they move me, they are highly recommended.

the Angels of Light - How I Loved You (Young God)
Dead Leaves Rising - Waking Up on the Wrong Side of No One (Plow City)
In Gowan Ring - the Glinting Spade (Bluesanct)
Even Johansen - Quiet & Still (Five One)
Labradford - fixed::content (Kranky)
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky)
Origami Arktika - Fantomlust (Ignis)
Remora - Some Past's Future (Silber)
Robert Rich - Somnium (Hypnos)
Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic (Secretly Canadian)
Soul Whirling Somewhere - Please Sennd Help (Projekt)
Frankie Sparo - My Red Scare (constellation)
Stars of the Lid - the Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (Kranky)
work of saws - motivation and watertower grammar (Thick Furniture)

 

 

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