Sam Prekop & John McEntire, “Sons Of” (out July 2022)

It really is

Weird. Convinced myself that I pre-ordered The Sparrow but can't find any evidence of this, at all! This happens more than it should ...

Oh, I did. Boomkat has it in the UK.

I just ordered the CD from Amoeba, $19.99, free shipping

Sons Of would make for a neat little 10" imo

dunno if you could get a 23 minute track on a 10"

you could do a 10" + 12". wonder how many albums actually get released that way.

Oh right

Just realized that (unless something changes between now and year’s end) I’m gonna wind up with two albums featuring members of Tortoise in my top ten album’s list

This probably has happened before, but it’s been a while

Stumbled upon this

http://vishkhanna.com/2022/07/21/ep-704-sam-prekop-and-john-mcentire/

I was very surprised to see that this wasn't nominated for the EOY poll, thought people were really into this record

it was, i voted it

Oh cool

i figured other folks would rep for it. i liked it, but was just into other stuff in the second half of the year.

but ya: it's fun, good, and worthwhile.

I'll admit it's a while since I've listened to it, but my memory of a golden summer evening with it was enough to win my vote.

It's on my ballot

So ... what other artists / records sound like this one? Enlighten me, please.

This?

Loving this

https://samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/a-yellow-robe-remixes

Hey, everyone?

CDs are back in stock!!!

This album still rules.

I just stumbled upon this, from 2019

https://samprekopjohnmcentiremapstation.bandcamp.com/track/kreuzung

I didnt realize they made a vinyl pressing of this, might have to grab that

I must check this out. It totally passed me by at the time. I've been listening to Prekop's "Comma" album a lot lately again. That was a lockdown favourite.

This allbum is so so good

yeah, it's one of my all-time "not my normal zone but i love this so, so much" albums.

co-sign. I'd normally listen to something like this once or twice, but this one really withstands unlimited repeats.
(another album in this sweet spot for me is also a tortoise-adjacent project: Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy)

thread revive prompted a revisit: yep, still good as heck. so satisfying too ― even for these guys, it's a peak.

cover also has me thinking of a thread idea: album covers that perfectly represent the music.

(maybe it's already been done?)

(also i may be speaking from experience: mute the proper audio + play this album as the soundtrack for a "funny cats" compilation youtube video. it works.)