SUCH BAD HANDLING.

Such Bad Handling is the photo and music blog of Sean Ball, a freelance art director/designer based in Oklahoma City, OK. All photography is original unless noted otherwise. Portfolio var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-24355355-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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Violens // Spectator and Pupil 

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Winter & Trip tides // Amiga 

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Sweeping Promises // Falling Forward

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GUM // Airwalkin’ (Official Video)

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Artist of the Year: Jorge Elbrecht

Obsessive Rant. If you know me very well, you know I go through musical obsessions. My music deep dive of 2020 has definitely been the work of artist/producer/mixer, Jorge Elbrecht. Over the last decade, Elbrect has likely been the man behind the console of many of your favorite albums. He was there mixing, producing, and often playing on albums by bands like Chairlift, Ice Choir, Au Revoir Simone, Haunted Hearts, No Joy, Tamaryn, Wild Nothing, and Japanese Breakfast to name a few. 

Somehow, besides being the "5th member" for many of these acts, Elbrecht has managed to flex his own unique pop stylings across several genres and several bands. From mysterious beginnings as the leader of art collective/rock band, Lansing-Dreiden, to the more traditional guitar pop gems of Violens, Elbrecht spent much of the 2010's in the NYC indie music scene. Since then, he has focused on his solo career through a few different projects; his dark 80s synth based work as Gloss Coma, his prog-metal work as Coral Cross, and his 60s tinged psych-pop works as Presentable Corpse. It's a lot, I know, but trust me, you will find something you like in this amazing body of work.

BEST OF JORGE ELBRECHT MIX

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Albums of the Year, 2020

Favorite Tracks of 2020 Mix

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Conspiracy of Owls // A Sliver Song

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POND with Sur Ellz by Sean Ball Via Flickr: Psychedelic rock band POND (from Perth, Australia) with opener Sur Ellz. Globe Hall, Denver, Colorado. 10.22.18

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Broncho // Keep It In Line

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Pip Blom // Come Home

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Rare Impala // The Deep Cuts of Kevin Parker // Volume 1

Rare Impala (The Deep Cuts of Kevin Parker) Volume 1. Since the follow up to Currents is still MIA, I have compiled a volume of some of my favorite KP tracks (no on-album Tame tracks) to hold us over until that blissful day when LP IV is announced. Enjoy!

Tracklist: Daffodils (Parker/Ronson) Back Together (Parker/Ronson/SZA) Waves (Tame Impala Remix) Sweep Me off My Feet (Pond) Tonight (Feat. Kevin Parker) Beverly Laurel Half Full Glass Of Wine (Canyons Drunken Rage) Sixteen Days (Pond) Confide In Me (Kylie Minogue cover) Mind Melt Lucidity (Pilooski Remix) Anesthetized Lesson (Kevin Parker Remix) Moth Wings (Pond) Vital Signs (Midnight Juggernauts Cover) You Won't Be Missing That Part Of Me (Melody's Echo Chamber) Zond (Pond) Sundown Syndrome Powerlines They Dated Steadily (Mink Mussel Creek)

DOWNLOAD // https://bit.ly/2F9iprS

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The Orielles // It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

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Beach House // Alien

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Yumi Zouma // Crush (It’s Late, Just Stay)

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Erika Spring // Scars // Scars EP

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Beach House // Black Car (Sonic Boom Remix)

Beach House // Drunk In LA (Official Video)

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Fleet Foxes // I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar