Earlier this year I had commented on how the Recommended Albums of June 2024 was the latest post in Warm Visions history. I had to outdo myself in terms of lateness and get the August post out in deep October, when we’re all thinking about August. Looking back, August feels like a black hole in my memory. A void where activities assuredly took place, yet I have little to no memory. Concerts were at a minimum too, but did include highlights like Winged Wheel, Tirzah and Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul.

Getting into the music of August, there were some heavy hitters like the Fontaines D.C. + SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE records. The Belong album was also a nice return, among other quality records filling in the crowd below. I’ve had a description written for the Belong record for months now but the rest of them have been sitting empty. Might as well get this post out since it’s clear these other descriptions aren’t getting written. Alas. Enjoy this ancient music.

Belong – Realistic IX [kranky]
Being forced to rewatch key moments of your life on a crappy ATM screen to decipher clues of an impending doom.

Body Meat – Starchris [Partisan]

Fontaines D.C. – Romance [XL]

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland [Acony]

Lia Kohl – Normal Sounds [Moon Glyph]

Sofi Tukker – BREAD [Virgin]

The Softies – The Bed I Made [Father / Daughter]

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING [Saddle Creek]

Tinashe – Quantum Baby [Nice Life]

GR8 TRACKS OF AUGUST 2024::

• Belong – “AM / PM”
• Belong – “Realistic (I’m Still Waiting)”
• Belong – “Jealousy”
• Body Meat – “Crystallize”
• Body Meat – “Electrische”
• Body Meat – “High Beams”
• Fontaines D.C. – “Bug”
• Fontaines D.C. – “Desire”
• Fontaines D.C. – “Favourite”
• Fontaines D.C. – “Here’s The Thing”
• Fontaines D.C. – “In The Modern World”
• Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
• Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “Lawman”
• Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – “The Day Mississippi Died”
• Gilligan Moss – “Mystic Pebble”
• Gilligan Moss – “Turn Back Time”
• Nicole Miglis – “One And Only”
• Sofi Tukker – “Guardian Angel (Stand By You)”
• Sofi Tukker – “Woof (feat. Kah-Lo)”
• SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – “I’ve Been Evil”
• SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – “Stranger Alive”
• SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – “1/500”
• Tinashe – “Cross That Line”
• Tinashe – “Getting No Sleep”
• Tinashe – “Nasty”
• Tinashe – “Thirsty”