you may have noticed that the stream of reviews for album in the last few months has totally dried up on ireallylovemusic, <\/u>for which i can only apologise.<\/p>\n
however, there’s a simple reason you are not getting my thoughts and opinions on the latest and greatest.<\/p>\n
bar a couple of crackers i’m holding back on (the black dog<\/strong>, yppah<\/strong>, and, when in the mood, the new album by majiker<\/strong> on gaymonkey records<\/u>), there are no new albums that are currently hitting the spot, and nor is the blogs postal department being inundated with stereo system pleasing parcels.<\/p>\n you see, there was a time when the letterbox rattled every day bringing pleasure and pain in equal measures, but, such times are clearly over.<\/p>\n firstly, i suspect that quite rightly, labels are now being a lot tighter in these cash starved times and realising that sending out hundreds of copies of the latest and greatest is no longer a fruitful exercise, and, secondly, the blog has i suspect fallen off every promo list out there (bar a handful).<\/p>\n while this may sound to be a negative posting, nothing could be further from the truth. <\/p>\n this newfound freedom has given me the time and space to reconnect with music i love, as opposed to following the inbox, real and virtual, in the vain hope that this would lead to a reduction in blog-stress once the album had been "processed".<\/p>\n so, while the blog-n-pop world is buzzing with critically loved new releases by the horrors<\/strong>, little boots<\/strong>, la roux<\/strong> etc, albums that would probably do me good things, i am not in a position to spread the love.<\/p>\n this may be due to the fact that there seems to have been a drive to review albums via mp3 distribution. <\/p>\n from time to time, i do indeed succumb to such whizzy bang modern methods of distribution, but, truth be told, i am still not a big fan, underlined by a recent situation i found myself in.<\/p>\n a few months ago, one kind pr agent who was looking for some blog love from ireallylovemusic<\/u> provided me access to the whole world of new techno releases that are discussed and reviewed over on resident advisor.<\/u> <\/p>\n i thought i had found the end of the rainbow and grabbed the pot of gold with a passion. <\/p>\n the music available was often great (ben klock’<\/strong>s album being of particular excellence), but something didn’t feel right.<\/p>\n very quickly i came to realise the process was indeed like eating sweets : "hmm yum that’s nice, now for the next one".<\/p>\n in other words, i would listen to an album once (if that) and then move onto the next one. <\/p>\n there was no emotional involvement from my side, meaning i felt no need to review and tell all about the album.<\/p>\n where’s the fun and pleasure in that ?<\/p>\n whereas with a cd, there is a relationship formed via the artwork, the packaging, the associated emails etc.<\/p>\n old school values this may be, but i am finding such feelings are hard to shake.<\/p>\n perversely though, for singles\/remixes etc, the mp3 promo is a perfect quick taster, and has become an excellent teaser, but i’m still out for the count when it comes to the full length album format.<\/p>\n sorry, but i thought i should just throw a little light onto the reasons why this dusty corner isn’t following the same path as so many others in 2009.<\/p>\n mark e<\/p>\n ireallylovemusic<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" you may have noticed that the stream of reviews for album in the last few months has totally dried up on ireallylovemusic, for which i can only apologise. however, there’s a simple reason you are not getting my thoughts and opinions on the latest and greatest. bar a couple of crackers i’m holding back on 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