We all have that one album, the one we think of as our own personal musical gem, to be shared with the world in general (i.e. anyone we can get to listen to it) and today’s sequential stroll through my CD collection brings us to mine.
I bought this about twelve years ago and as yet I haven’t found anybody who doesn’t like it, it’s just one of those albums. No matter what genre of music somebody is into, it manages to worm its way into the ears like the biggest pop hits do, yet it seems as if hardly anyone has ever heard of them.
Releasing a CD called “Skyjacked” in 2001 may not have been the most brilliant marketing strategy, but I’ll give Koot the benefit of the doubt and assume it came out before September.
Why Some Bizarre records didn’t reissue it under a different name is beyond me, because it is a genuinely fantastic album.
There don’t seem to be many tracks available by them on YouTube either, but Mississippi Soul, Backbone Gently and Sunshine At Last are, and they’re all worth your time.
The next band to get the Randomiser treatment have plenty of internet coverage however, so I can present to you “This Modern Glitch” by The Wombats in its entirety…
…followed by my favourite track from the next disc in line, “Performance And Cocktails” by Welsh indie rock stalwarts Stereophonics.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Bartender And The Thief.
As a special bonus, (because I’m about to put it on next and otherwise you’d miss it) I leave you with the frenzied Japanese cartoon tech-punk of The Mad Capsule Markets with Midi Surf.
Brace yourselves.
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