Albums of the Decade - 78. Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool

78. WOLF ALICE - MY LOVE IS COOL

Sometimes there's a time and place for an LP. This was the summer of 2015. I had a trip to a surfers beach in Taiwan and drank a lot, a lot of whiskey and played this in the boiling, boiling heat, before trying to fight my friend in the station on the way back.

Oh
Jump that 43
Are you wild like me
Raised by wolves and other beasts
I tell you all the time
I'm not mad
You tell me all the time
I got plans

Upon first listen, I felt like this was a precocious debut, but it's like a well sugared meal; a pinch of castor brings out all the other ingredients a treat. It's like twelve different bands have been put on a mixtape - much messier, but more fun than their refined follow-up, which actually took more plaudits.

The crowning moment has to be on "Silk" which provided the apex to Trainspotting 2, the excellent follow-up to the first Glaswegian saga. The track suits Mark Renton more than anything else in musical history, as he battles to protect himself constantly.

Just looking for a protector
God never reached out in time
There's love, there is a savior
But that ain't no love of mine

My Love it kills me slowly
Slowly I could die
And when she sleeps she hears the blues
Sees shades of black and white

Albums Of The Decade - 91. John Talabot - fIN

91. JOHN TALABOT - FIN

This played recently on my balcony with a bottle of pilsner in my hand and I finally realized that I was in the hub of summertime. Just back from my annual holiday and realising there was no need to be blue, a simple spin of this 2012 modern classic by Barcelona's Talabot confirmed to me that all you really gotta do is let the good times roll.

Taken from his Last FM page "His influences range from flamenco to northern soul, from African music to traditional Asian songs - well to add to that it's house and disco and electricity. An absolute smorgasbord of styles, yet consistent tempos here offer up a range of emotions, whether it's the old school nostalgia of "When The Past Was Present," the sinister howls supplicated in "Oro Y Sangre" or the puckering-up heard in "Destiny" - there might not be a bigger diversity on any album on this list.

Talbot wil hopefully release some other mierda in the near-future, other than his excellent DJ Kicks mixtape and that was 2013. Here's hoping. Track below. :)