Electroclature Volume Twenty-Two: XXII

June 21, 2024

Part twenty-two of an array of CD mixes I made for my wife over a long number of years! Read more about it here!

This cover is …fine. Playing with negative space. Stuck with the same font as XX and XXI. Severe black and red and white all over.

Fun fact? That wasn’t quite my personal clothing/adornment color scheme back then, but it certainly is now, down to my bracelets and marbled nail polish.

Let’s move onto the musical highlights!

TITUS ANDRONICUS’ Arms Against Atrophy! I know both TITUS ANDRONICUS and LOS CAMPESINOS! have been featured in prior mixes. The primary reason for that? It was right around the time that they were at the height of their powers. Both bands first two albums are pure overwrought shrieking noisy perfection.

Luckily, they hit up Chicago’s Logan Square Auditorium at this time, and it blew the sold out crowd’s minds. LOS CAMPESINOS! was even more energetic and raw live than on album, and even shitfaced drunk, TITUS ANDRONICUS absolutely killed. Great fucking show.

HOLLY & THE ITALIANS! “Some people achieve greatness. Others have it thrust upon then. And then there are those who are born Italian.” Amazing pop punk that I can’t stop listening to, and even have designs on incorporating ‘I Wanna Go Home’ into one of my works.

PEGGY SUE! Peppy melancholy! As you can see by the video, they have a natural verve that resonates. Saw ’em at yet another Schubas outing and am glad I made it out.

…and with that? (Artist / Album / Song — links go to a video of the song, if available):