I know it’s a fairly obvious thing to do but taking stock of what has just been when it comes to music is often a great deal of fun. And anyway given that Threadwork isn’t a new music arms race, having an excuse to pull together a load of exquisite pieces of music from the year that is rapidly coming to an end (2018) is, I think, a perfectly legit thing to do. These are, after all, incredible pieces of music in their own right and would definitely have made it into episodes at one point - so why not now without the tyranny of a theme to fit into? Nobody loses here!

When I look back at what made it into the shortlist and the actual episode and start to think about what this might mean from a thread perspective, the results are a little interesting (to me). I go into this in the spoken intro of the podcast and given that you’re unlikely to be just reading this instead of actually listening then I won’t repeat myself here. Suffice to say that there are large swathes of this episode that would benefit from you having time to sit and relax whilst listening. The use of a good pair of headphones would assist greatly too because some of the music is wonderfully nuanced and a different experience is available to you in that context. It doesn’t really matter if you can’t do that though - listening at all is simply fine and very much appreciated.

All that’s really left to say is that I hope you enjoy this, the 19th instalment of Threadwork, the first of two episodes looking back at 2018. It’s the penultimate episode of the year so I’ll see you in a fortnight for the second part and the final Threadwork of 2018. Hasn’t time flown?

Cheers,

R

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Tracklisting w/ links to purchase, if I can find them (these are directly related to the artists where possible but not always). Also, I take no responsibility for the links. Just trying to help… 

Lucinda Chua - Somebody Who [Self Released] (2018) https://lucindachua.lnk.to/somebodywho

Seahawks - Rest In Peace (Yamaneko's Momento Mori Version) [Ocean Moon] (2018) https://www.junodownload.com/products/seahawks-rest-in-peace/3782284-02/

Erland Cooper- Simmer Dim [Phases] (2018) https://www.junodownload.com/products/erland-cooper-nightflight/3916799-02/

Linkwood - Solar Panel [Firecracker Recordings] (2018) https://firecrackerrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/firec026-fresh-gildans-2

Moses Boyd - The Balance [Brownswood Recordings] (2018) https://weouthere.bandcamp.com/track/the-balance

Paul McCartney - Opening Station taken from Egypt Station [Capitol] (2018) https://www.7digital.com/artist/paul-mccartney/release/egypt-station-8343691

Father John Misty - Mr. Tillman taken from God’s Favorite Customer [Sub Pop] (2018) https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/father_john_misty/mr_tillman

BC Camplight – Deportation Blues taken from Deportation Blues [Bella Union] (2018) https://www.7digital.com/artist/bc-camplight/release/deportation-blues-explicit-8309064?f=20%2C19%2C12%2C16%2C17%2C9%2C2

Haley Heynderickxs - Oom Sha La La taken from I Need To Start A Garden [Mama Bird Recording Co.] (2018) https://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/album/i-need-to-start-a-garden

Soccer Mommy - Cool taken from Clean [Fat Possum] (2018) https://sopharela.bandcamp.com/track/cool

Daedelus - Stretched Taut taken from Taut [Astrollage] (2018) https://magicalproperties.bandcamp.com/track/stretched-taut

Lucrecia Dalt - Atmospheres Touch taken from Anticlines [Rvng Intl.] (2018) https://lucreciadalt.bandcamp.com/track/atmospheres-touch

Bruce – Aeon taken from Sonder Somatic [Hessle Audio] (2018) https://wordsofbruce.bandcamp.com/album/sonder-somatic

Matty – Déjà vu taken from Déjà vu [AWAL] (2018)  https://www.junodownload.com/products/matty-deja-vu/3785916-02/

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