What are you listening to? (V)Music 

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Finally got around to 1982's Hex Enduction Hour (which is suitably just over sixty minutes in length) in my Fall listening marathon. The casual use of the n-word in the first track kind of blindsided me but the album is catchy enough and I can see why it tops most fans' best-of lists unlike I can with This Nation's Saving Grace (on which I only liked three tracks and the associated singles).

I would've preferred to have had some warning first though. Every music critic I read on the album except The Quietus's John Doran completely glossed over the issue as if it didn't exist. I'm more disappointed than offended though because it makes it hard to recommend this otherwise fairly solid long player to others.

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Nice, did you like it? And you‘re right, the band has that typical shoegaze/dream pop feel!
I sure did. It's great to hear modern bands making high quality music which captures the feel of the old albums so well right down to the unintelligible lyrics and ethereal soundscapes. It's equally gratifying to hear the shoegaze scene is alive and well and that youngsters like Byron and Zack are listening to and absorbing the classics in the twenty-first century. I'm guessing the recent shoegaze documentary has ignited interest amongst bands in NY and elsewhere. This gives me hope that pop hasn't quite completely eaten itself or at least digested some of the good bits instead.
 
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