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Still tired. Work still sucks. So there's really nothing new to tell. Enjoying some old favorites from previous years, while trying to get myself going and get some work done. Not easy. One of the tracks included in today's playlist is Beatrice in the other World by Crushed Stars from the wonderful album Convalescing In Braille. Not sure if I'm allowed to post it for streaming, but since it's one of the most beautiful tracks I know and an absolutely perfect fit for today's mood, I've decided that I'm going to post it anyway. So please don't shoot me; just tell me to remove it...OK?

Crushed Stars - Beatrice in the Other World

Bonus info: New album will be out on March 6 and this new track has been made available for streaming.

Brighter Now by Crushed Stars

Music and life...

Not sure for how long those Roskilde “excursions” will continue. Yesterday was my fourth and last one of the year, but probably will have to go there once a week in January as well as in February (at least). What I’m doing there you ask? As written before it (unfortunately) has nothing to do with a well-known festival. Instead it's a tad more serious, as I’m the "stand-in" for a colleague, who underwent a rather complicated operation earlier this month. He’s doing fine now, but his recovery is going to take a while or longer (whatever that means exactly).

Enough about the challenges of real life and let’s shift our focus back to some music...

Two tracks by Crushed Stars are currently listed among my current favorite tracks (check the right column, if you don’t know what I’m talking about) and if I could I would add the entire Convalescing In Braille album to the list. But a) I’m not allowed to share more tracks than the two already shared and b) it would look pretty stupid; wouldn’t it? The album is dark, moody, melancholic and stunningly beautiful!
+ Eyeliner
+ Crushed Stars
+ 99 Red Ballons (Nena cover) (non-album track)

It’s been a long time coming (release party was held more than a year ago), but the debut album Australia by Tellus about the Moon is finally available for purchasing. Released by new indie label Dalahäst (Dalecarlian horse) Records, which I assume (but obviously don’t know) is the band’s own?
+ Golden Rule

Sunday sixpack...

A rather mixed bag of songs but these are among the best I've recently found in the mailbox...

+ Crushed Stars – Eyeliner
+ Shake The Baron – Zodiak
+ The Dark Clan & Null Device – Fading Belief
+ Matt Longo – The High Life
+ Loch Lomond – Elephants & Little Girls
+ Surf City – Crazy Rulers Of The World

From the mailbox...

Spent a couple of hours last night reducing the size of the mailbox from 3,922 to 3,697 mails. Summed up you can say I spent the time on reading, deleting, downloading, listening, deleting again (most of the time) and cheering (not that often). Here's what I have to show for my efforts:

+ Baby Scream – Nicole
+ The Grand Opening - Be Steady
+ Drew Seeley - Into The Fire
+ Milks & Rectangles - Auction Block
+ Violens - Violent Sensation Descends
+ Englishman - Angels and Earthworms
+ Crushed Stars - Black Umbrellas
+ Silver Swans - Anyone's Ghost (The National Cover)

and this video for Nothing But Clues by The Migrant.