A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight MaraudersU. S. first pressing, 1993 VG VG (some light hairlines, and a little crackle, but no skips)

its skipping Insides-esque electronics and looping verses pulling the listener back to daylight and the disorienting “transparent spaces” of the city

a relentlessly catchy—and deceptively upbeat—ode to hangovers and missed connections

distribution and sales operation to pretty much every independent record label in New Orleans collapsed

a walk upon a shoreline that stretches in between our waking consciousness and the liminal space of dreams

serving the new songs and directions of ‰Û÷Weirdon‰۪ while still slamming down hard on your ears like they like to do

From Dead Kennedys to Lard to the now-classic albums with the Melvins

2LP and as deluxe 2LP bookback

“We all sat there open-mouthed

the most reliable aspect of Gordon’s music may be its resistance to formula

but Maria Untheim’s woozy synth squiggles that populate & punctuate the band’s songs keeps everything at arms-length

it continues with the early EPs Boodle Boodle Boodle and Great Sounds Great in their entirety

Their debut album Here Lies Man was very well reviewed and featured in loads of end of year polls