Love Is All were huge. They got some blog hype. Then, well, they made a follow-up LP–the just released A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night. I loved the band’s debut. I have yet to bring myself to listen to the new one. It scored pretty well with critics.

Should we care? I’m not so sure I’m gonna care or need to care about this album. In trying to figure out my top ten for the year, I’m overwhelmed as it is–with African comps, handmade drone tapes, and, of course, proper indie releases. But anyway, can you all listen and decide whether this new Love Is All deserves a few spins?:

“New Beginnings”:

“Movie Romance”:

“Sea Sick”:

Here’s the big list:

SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: VERY BEST OF (MONO)
KRAFTWERK: AUTOBAHN (US VERTIGO PRESSING)
OMD: ARCHITECTURE & MORALITY
WINGS: WILD LIFE
BOB SEGER: SMOKIN’ O.P.’S
THE HOLLIES: GREATEST (MONO)
FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS: BEST OF

GRATEFUL DEAD: AMERICAN BEAUTY (RHINO RECORDS PRESSING)

DANIEL JOHNSTON: HI, HOW ARE YOU (ETERNAL YIP REISSUE)

REDD KROSS: BORN INNOCENT (PURPLE VINYL REISSUE)

THE FREE DESIGN: ONE BY ONE (LIGHT IN THE ATTIC REISSUE)

THE FREE DESIGN: SING FOR VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (LIGHT IN THE ATTIC REISSUE)

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: THIER SATANIC MAJESTIES SECOND REQUEST (WHITE VINYL)
SOFT MACHINE/MARK LEEMAN 5/DEEP FEELING/T-BONES: ROCK GENERATION VOL. 8
VARIOUS ARTISTS: HARD CELL (CELLULOID COMP. FEATURING MASSACRE, GOLDEN PALOMINOS, DEADLINE, JIMI HENDRIX…)
BEACH BOYS: PET SOUNDS (MONO, VG-)
MOTT THE HOOPLE: SELF-TITLED (1970)
THE FUGS: GOLDEN FILTH (LIVE @ THE FILLMORE EAST)
C,S,N,Y: SELF-TITLED
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: GOLDEN HITS
HARRY NILSSON: PUSSY CATS (PRODUCED BY JOHN LENNON, WITH RINGO STARR AND KEITH MOON)
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY…TODAY
NRBQ: SELF-TITLED (COLUMBIA 2 EYE 360 STEREO, SUN RA COVER)
NRBQ: SCRAPS (KAMA SUTRA RECORDS)
OSMONDS: CRAZY HORSES (HEAVY ROCK ALBUM FROM THE FAMOUS FAMILY, MUST HEAR!)
OSMONDS: THE PLAN (FOLLOW UP TO CRAZY HORSES, RELIGOUS PSYCH ALBUM!!)
JANIS JOPLIN: SOUNDTRACK FROM JANIS MOVIE (2LP COLLECTION WITH SONGS, LIVE TRACKS, INTERVIEWS)
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: LIFE ON THE LINE
THE EXPLOITED: DEATH BEFORE DISHONOUR (ROUGH JUSTICE/COMBAT RECORDS)
VELVET UNDERGROUND: VU (A COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS)
TOM WAITS: RAIN DOGS
TOM WAITS: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TOM WAITS: NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER
TOM WAITS: BLUE VALENTINE
LAST KISS: WEDNESDAY
GULLIVER: SELF-TITLED (FEATURES A PRE-OATES DARYL HALL)
THE GOOD EARTH: HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN

CLAIRE HAMILL: STAGE DOOR JOHNNIES

STRING DRIVEN THING: KEEP YER ‘AND…

MARMALADE: SELF-TITLED
PAUL HAIG: HEAVEN HELP YOU NOW (DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE)
GOOD NEWS: SELF-TITLED (RURAL COUNTRY ROCK, COLUMBIA 360)
ALLMAN BROTHERS: EAT A PEACH
THE BAND: THE LAST WALTZ
JAMES AND THE GOOD BROTHERS: SELF-TITLED (CANADIAN RURAL ROCK)
THE VENTURES: THEME FROM SHAFT (SEALED ORIGINAL)

THE BACHELORS: PRESENTING

RICHARD WRIGHT: WET DREAM (PINK FLOYD)

FUNK/SOUL/DISCO:
ISAAC HAYES: MOVEMENT
ISLEY BROTHERS: BROTHERS: ISLEY
THE ORIGINALS: DEF I NI TIONS
AL GREEN: IS LOVE
MICHAEL JACKSON: THRILLER
FREDA PAYNE: BAND OF GOLD (VG)
LABELLE: MOON SHADOW
JEAN KNIGHT: MR. BIG STUFF (VG)
JOE TEX: LIVE AND LIVELY
THE SHIRELLES: VERY BEST OF
AL GREEN: SELF-TITLED (BELL RECORDS)
JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH: MAXIMUM STIMULATION
BILL SUMMERS & SUMMER HEAT: STRAIGHT TO THE BANK 12″
SUPER DISCO BAND: SELF-TITLED
MAN PARRISH: SELF-TITLED LP (ELECTRO-RAP-DISCO, WITH KLAUS NOMI)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: SUPER HITS OF R&B (2 LP COMP ON COLUMBIA RECORDS, GREAT COLLECTION!)
WILLIE HUTCH: ODE TO MY LADY
JOHNNIE TAYLOR: TAYLORED IN SILK
JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY: PURE SOUND OF THE PURIFYS (BELL RECORDS, STEREO)
THE DELLS: SELF-TITLED (BUDDAH RECORDS)

FAZE-O: GOOD THANG

VARIOUS ARTISTS: SAVE THE CHILDREN

VARIOUS ARTISTS: ROSES & REVOLUTIONS

JAZZ:
MONK: BIG BAND AND QUARTET IN CONCERT (COLUMBIA 2-EYE G.H.F.)
BARNEY BIGARD/ART HODES: BUCKET’S GOT A HOLE (DELMARK RECORDS)
PERCY HUMPHREY: AT MANNY’S TAVERN (BIOGRAPH RECORDS)
JAZUM-5
DOC SEVERINSEN: NIGHT JOURNEY
SONNY STITT: DUMPY MAMA (FLYING DUTCHMAN RECORDS)
JAYSON LINDH: RAMADAN (FUNKY SWEDISH FLUTE RECORD, CTI)
BOB JUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA: JUNG! THE BIG BAND SYNDROME (COMMAND RECORDS, FUNKY MOMENTS)
JOHN KLEMMER: CONSTANT THROB (IMPULSE RECORDS)
RAMSEY LEWIS: UP POPS
MIKE GIBBS & GARY BURTON: IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT: PASSION (W. JACK DEJOHNETTE & JOHN SCOFIELD)
IDRIS MUHAMMAD: HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (KUDU RECORDS)
ELEVENTH HOUR: GREATEST HITS (SEALED)

STANLEY TURRENTINE: SOUL OF

GIANTS OF JAZZ: THE GUITARISTS (TIME LIFE BOX SET)

QUINCY JONES: BODY HEAT

QUINCY JONES: NDEDA

QUINCY JONES: MODE

FOLK/BLUES/GOSPEL:
ETTA JAMES: COME A LITTLE CLOSER
B.B. KING: INDIANOLA MISSISSIPPI SEEDS
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: EARTHSPAN
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND: LIQUID ACROBAT AS REGARDS THE AIR
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE GOSPEL SOUND (2LP COLUMBIA RECORDS COMP. FROM THE 1920s-1960s)

REV. CLAUDE JETER: GREATEST HITS

JULIE DRISCOLL: THIS IS… (GERMAN PRESSING)

DAVE VAN RONK: VAN RONK (1971)

RICHARD THOMPSON: DARING ADVENTURES

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE: THESE THINGS TOO

RAP:

EPMD: UNFINISHED BUSINESS (ORIGINAL)

DR. DRE: THE CRONIC (ORIGINAL)
METHOD MAN: TICAL (ORIGINAL)

MARLEY MARL: HOUSE OF HITS (RARE 2 LP ORIGINAL)

SOUNDTRACKS:

MUSIC FROM DR. WHO (SYNTH STUFF)
DEATH WISH II (MUSIC BY JIMMY PAGE)
DEATH WISH II (MUSIC BY JIMMY PAGE, SEALED COPY)
POLTERGEIST II (MUSIC BY JERRY GOLDSMITH, SEALED COPY)
OUR MAN FLINT (MUSIC BY JERRY GOLDSMITH, MONO PRESSING)
OUR MAN FLINT (MUSIC BY JERRY GOLDSMITH, STEREO PRESSING)
LIQUID SKY
THE WARRIORS
MARJOE (STRANGE FILM ABOUT A YOUNG PREACHER, MUSIC WITH SPOKEN WORD)
THE BLACK HOLE (MUSIC BY JOHN BARRY)
HARD JOB BEING GOD (RELIGOUS ROCK ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM)
MUSIC FROM THE GREAT MOVIE THRILLERS (BERNARD HERMANN/HITCHCOCK)
CIRCLE OF LOVE
LAST OF THE SKI BUMS
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (SEALED ORIGINAL, 80′S VERSION)
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (MUSIC BY DAVE GRUSIN)
SOUNDTRACK! (COLLECTION FEATURING MUSIC FROM CLEOPATRA JONES, BULLITT, CLOCKWORK ORANGE, KUNG FU…)
SUDDEN IMPACT AND OTHER THEMES (MUSIC BY LALO SCHIFRIN)
LA PELLE (ITALIAN ORIGINAL, MUSIC BY LALO SCHIFRIN)
OSTERMAN WEEKEND (MUSIC BY LALO SCHIFRIN)
ENTER THE DRAGON (MUSIC BY LALO SCHIFRIN)
BROTHERHOOD
THE FOURTH PROTOCOL
GHOST STORY
EMMANUELLE 2
EMMANUELLE 4
ICE STATION ZEBRA
MOTOWN PRESENTS PRIME TIME (TV THEME SONGS)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST

THE MOSQUITO COAST