The Triffids' The Black Swan album, from 1989. I’ve not heard a single track from it previously. But I became pretty obsessed with the 1987 release Calenture, towards the end of last year. I thought I would give The Black Swan a punt.
I knew noting of the Aussie band, until the 1,001 Albums list served up Calenture one morning. Ah, I remember that song, Bury Me Deep, with endless radio play back in ‘87. The rest of the album totally immersed me. In the end I had to force myself from listening to it each day.
Maybe the same fate will await with the Black Swan; I might possibly play it, and then realise that Calenture was an outstanding one off. But I do like the intrigue of hearing an album for the first time.
This was the way I use to listen to music, pre-digital days. I’d often buy albums, and then allow them to grow with me. Streaming has made it all so disposable and instant.
I admit that my pile of To Play CD’s now takes up the best part of eight shelves, and is stretching to almost 800 new albums for me to experience.
OUCH.
