New Release: Arne von Brill's Conundrum of Sheldon Whipstock's Back's Back

    Now available online for your listening pleasure: the new album by Arne von Brill, The Conundrum of Sheldon Whipstock's Back's Back. Also pimping the album with great enthusiasm is Korean Homesick Blues, a blog by Dave Candler dedicated to spreading independent music in Korea which bills itself as 'the best alternative music podcast in Korea and all Asia.' From what little else I've seen in the blogosphere, I could take that statement at face value without much difficulty. On top of that, Dave's been kind enough to say this about our album, having dedicated an entire uninterrupted podcast to it: "...stunning... It's killer, like nothing you've heard before."

    Listen for yourself, and give the man his due by finding out whether this sort of sentiment is common or unique, at Korean Homesick Blues. He did say wonderful things about some bands I don't have much regard for, so well chalk it up to differences and mind the fact that people are often unfairly biased towards their own work, whether over- or under-estimating its value.

    Cheers, Dave. Beer's on me at the time and place of your choosing. Just, please - not Walkerhill, ok?
    Photos by RL Baldwin, @ Hearts of Artichoke