BURNING HELL, THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY (LTD. MARBLED RED VINYL) (BB*ISLAND)
coloured repress 2023 / limited 500 copies Public Libary, the 2016 album by Canadian indie rock/folk rock band The Burning Hell, was sold out on vinyl for a long time and is now back in a limited edition.
It comes on colored "Transparent Red/Black Marbled" vinyl with lyric insert. Public Library was another high point in surreal humor, virtuosic wordplay and smart indie rock songs.
Along the way, here's their underground hit "Fuck The Government, I Love You." The Musikexpress wrote at the time: "This was the most beautiful, strangest romantic folk pop song of 2015, Kom and Ariel Sharratt had already recorded it in a heartrending version for their duet album DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPERREAL.
Here, it blends in with nothing but a collection of whistle-worthy songs that make you forget everything else for a few minutes.
The moment we enter this library, clarinets, trombones and loud good suggestions for reading whiz around our ears.
And a phrase that should be a contender for the 2016 Critics' Choice Award: "There's nothing more post-apocalyptic than a landscape of truck stops and rock critics."