The Books – The Lemon of Pink

Explosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Released in 2011 on Temporary Residence Format: LPx2, etching on D-side

Explosions in the Sky – Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever

Released in 2001 on Temporary Residence Recorded in 2000 Format: LP

The Books – The Way Out

The Books’ music is simultaneously funny, innovative, catchy and enlightening. They use found sound and spoken word mixed with innovative recording techniques and acoustic instruments to create beautiful sound-collages that somehow create unity between all these disparate sources, as if they were all meant to be together. Everything these guys do, solo or together, is absolute genius.

Grails – Burning Off Impurities

Released in 2007 on Temporary Residence Format: LPx2, etching on D-side

Tarentel – From Bone to Satellite

Originally released in 1999 on Temporary Residence 2016 expanded edition

Grails – Deep Politics

Darkly cinematic rock instrumentals with some creeping, Dostoevskian vibes. This is probably the most meticulous and progressive album I’ve heard from these guys, who are always finding new ways of funneling their omnivorous library of influences into their dramatic and atmospheric psych rock stylings.