matt johnson’s lyrics are some of my favorite and on random mode, i stumbled upon one of his older songs that seem to hit the core of my being.     Move away from the window and into the lightThere are some things in this life that you just cant fightIts as if the spirits above have cast a little spell upon usIts as if heaven above is beckoning usSo let us take off our crosses and lay them in a tinAnd let our weakness become virtue instead of sinOur bodies stand naked as the day they […]

it’s very difficult pick one album as a seminal favorite but i think after 10 years of appreaciation i have finally decided that that album is the moon and the melodies. every track on it just simply oozes with sublime and peaceful bliss. undoubtedly mr budd’s contribuation to this release is what takes this into the realm of godlike. i remember the first time i discovered at amoeba records in berekeley as a vinyl release. my roommate and i at that time would listen to it endlessly, even enjoying the very crackle of the medium. i think […]