record store day treasures

Here's my admittedly small (I'm on a tight budget) record store day haul:

Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa. I found this new Honest Jon's release which was really exciting! It's the West African version of the "London Is The Place For Me" series they brought out last year. I loved, loved, loved, those. My coworkers still sing Lord Kitchener songs, and the awesome "Chicken And Rice" by Young Tiger. Calypso (or highlife) is seriously the best work music. You can't be sluggish when you listen to it. This one's sounding just as good so far...and there's someone called Roy Chicago on it!




The Horrors: Primary Colours. I got a hard copy of this album because I'm definitely becoming addicted to it. It's such a leap from their first album, which was good, but Primary Colours is really more listenable, not so harsh. There's such a mish-mash of influences on this. It's as if everything good that came out of Britain in the 80's and 90's had a presence. At times the music sounds a bit like the Stone Roses, at others more like Echo and the Bunnymen or Bauhaus. Faris Badwan sounds like Ian Curtis, but seems to have progressed a bit since the first album on a few of the tracks...into actual singing!
I love this so much! I'm going to see them open for The Kills in May.

I went to Laurie's Planet of Sound here in Chicago. It was absolutely packed. Hopefully you got some great music today too at your local record shop.