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By Scott Reid | 30 May 2014
Art: John Knuth, Faded Siren
CMGcast 143, an ode to early summer that I promise gets significantly less confrontational after the first song, is dedicated to this lovely bit of news: Frog Eyes’ Carey’s Cold Spring, our staff’s pick for Best Album of 2013, is getting a physical release on CD and limited-edition purple vinyl this June via Paper Bag. They’ll also be releasing a book of essays, Clouds of Evil, that Mercer compiled for his son (sample title: “A Story About the Time I Broke Up Wolf Parade, a Popular Independent Rock Band, by Starring in Their Music Video and Accepting One Thousand of Their Dollars”).
If you’re on the fence, please, revisit Conrad’s review of the album, as well as Brent’s excellent year-end piece, and know that bands rarely ever clench our AOTY spot so dominantly. Well—actually, one other band comes to mind, and the first eight minutes of this podcast are a pretty brutal reminder of why:
[49:17]
1. Swans: “Oxygen”
- (0:01 – 7:54)
- from To Be Kind (Mute/Young God; 2014)
- younggodrecords.com
2. Carla Bozulich: “Drowned to the Light”
- (7:55 – 11:56)
- from Boy (Constellation; 2014)
- carlabozulich.com
3. Chad VanGaalen: “Cosmic Destroyer”
- (11:48 – 15:02)
- from Shrink Dust (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop; 2014)
- flemisheye.com/chad-vangaalen
4. EMA: “Satellites”
- (14:58 – 19:14)
- from The Future’s Void (Matador/City Slang; 2014)
- thefuturesvoid.net
5. múm: “Candlestick”
- (19:15 – 22:43)
- from Smilewound (Morr Music; 2013)
- mum.is
6. Hundred Waters: “Cavity”
- (22:44 – 25:58)
- from The Moon Rang Like a Bell (OWSLA; 2014)
- hundred-waters.com
7. Klara Lewis: “Aver”
- (25:59 – 27:14)
- from Ett (Editions Mego; 2014)
- editionsmego.com/artist/klara-lewis
8. Glasser: “Shape (Hyetal remix)”
- (26:59 – 30:57)
- from Shape Remixes EP (True Panther; 2014)
- glassermusic.com
- soundcloud.com/hyetal
9. Wye Oak: “Shriek”
- (30:58 – 34:30)
- from Shriek (Merge; 2014)
- wyeoakmusic.com
10. Baths: “Ocean Death”
- (34:31 – 39:58)
- from Ocean Death EP (Anticon; 2014)
- anticon.com/artist/baths
11. Owen Pallett: “The Riverbed”
- (39:59 – 43:38)
- from In Conflict (Domino; 2014)
- owenpalletteternal.com
12. Weaves: “Do You See Past”
- (43:39 – 46:55)
- from Weaves EP (Buzz Records; 2014)
- weaves.bandcamp.com
13. Dilly Dally: “Next Gold”
- (46:52 – 49:17)
- single (Self-released; 2014)
- dillydally.bandcamp.com