Spill The Beans

'Spill The Beans,' a compact disc-EP, from 1994 and The Bats. Indie-Rock from New Zealand on the Mammoth / Flying Nun record labels.  

Jangly guitars and catchy tunes. 

I discovered The Bats just a few years ago, a little late in life, but at least I eventually discovered them. None of this waiting anxiously for a new release. They already had a sizeable catalogue of sounds.

Hey! that should be a title for a song .... "Waiting Anxiously."

I love some of the names of the smaller record labels: Yep Roc, Lost Highway, Flying Fish, Secretly Canadian, Flying Nun, et. all.

The Danger of Alina Simone

Alina Simone - 'Make Your Own Danger'

Found a new method to discover new music!! .... The need for an updated prescription of one's vision. I saw an album cover that looked interesting. I thought it said Alina Simone, which I entered in a online search.. I listened to a few short samples and ordered two albums. The first to arrive at my front door was the record that I originally spotted ..... It was Nina Simone!! I've heard of Nina Simone but don't know her music. It was followed two or three days later by the Alina Simone record. 

Never mind that the two album covers appeared to be from greatly different time periods, 1959 and 2011, and are of vastly different styles. I was under the impression that I was acquiring two Alina Simones and instead received Nina and Alina!! Glad it all worked out!! Sometimes there's benefits and rewards in poor vision.

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