The idea was to get to
all 26 letters in the alphabet, when I initiated the "letter" series compilations way back in 2011. By 2016 I had only managed to cover nine rather random installments in a series that was supposed to have been completed looong before that year. And wouldn't you know I decided to take a ten-year long breather (of sorts), but since I didn't have much slated for this week I opted to arouse the dusty letter archives out of their decade-long slumber. You see, on my overloaded hard drive, for almost every complete album I have by an artist, I store just as many random one-off songs by artists I don't have a dedicated folder to. These random one-offs have been corralled into "letter folders" A through Z. I often forget these particular folders exist, that is unless I feel the urge to hear a specific track. Given the disparate genres that run into each under this alphabetic scheme, each folder unto itself reveals some intriguing bedfellows. Being that "S" is the most used letter in the English vernacular, I decided to go really big with this one, offering no less than forty artists, about half of which I've never given coverage to on Wilfully Obscure heretofore.
Since I'm not going to be revealing a full tracklist, I can at the very least provide you with a few spoilers. There's rarities from the likes of Slowdive, Schatzi, Swimming Pool Q's and Steve Malkmus & the Jicks, live action from the Scientists, and strangely enough field recordings of radio emissions from Saturn (yes, the planet). And if you want covers, we've got you covered - literally with about ten remakes total, including Silverstein, Screamfeeder, Scared of Chaka, and Seafood all getting in on the action. Naturally, I'm tossing in some huge under-the-radar personal favorites from Swollen Members, Sebadoh, The Secrets and Shrapnel among oodles of others. And if you're curiosity is piqued, please visit similar setups for already attended-to letters "E" "D" "H" "O" "P" "B" "T" "Z" and "G."
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