The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit: I loved the first three songs, then it got a little less amazing, then good for a moment, then the rest of the album kinda dragged a little. The songs were interesting musically, but after that point it was all kinda generic stuff lyrically and not as sonically fascinating. The best one by far, for me, is “Push the Envelope”. I love its rhyme scheme and I adore the slow but heavy synth pulse in the background, and the song never slows down or loses its stride. The first two, “Lady Jesus” and “The Sun Ain't Shining No More” are my other two favourites, the first for how it sounds and the latter more for its lyrics. The rest (aside from “Crazy”, which is very good) are okay, and the final track “Bad Fever” is disappointing because the opening and closing of it show so much promise, with the weird screechiness of them that could've easily made for my favourite song on the album if it weren't just at those points. But ah well. I'm glad to have heard it for the songs I did love, at least. :]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞: This album is insanely wonderful. The first track, “The Dead Flag Blues” was really pretty and I figured that'd be about how the album was, but once “East Hastings” came around my mind was basically blown. Pretty opening, insane crescendo and gorgeous closing. It might be my favourite Godspeed You! track. That said, the final song, “Providence”, is absolutely magnificent as well and gives it a run for its money. The only downside is the several minutes of silence near the end (I don't really like when tracks do that), but the awesomeness after it possibly makes up for it. I think I like this album more than Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven.
Frank Zappa - Italian Debris: Put together by Parsifal, obviously. This was very good as a compilation, but I get the feeling more and more that I'm just not very big on Zappa. I think he's really talented and all, but I dunno, a lot of what he does doesn't inspire a lot in me and I don't really love it. For one thing, I don't like Frank's voice. But yeah, as a compilation this is really well-done but I suppose I'm not quite a Zappateer. “Sharleena” and “King Kong” were the only two I really liked a lot, and I'm sure the audio quality had a bit to do with it all.