Slipstream was a complete unknown for me when I found it in the bin. It looked interesting and the back cover was one of those weirdly ubiquitous band shots with floating bust shots of the band looking off into space were supposed to give a sense of mystery - or something. How would I know? I was 13 when this came out. The album cleaned up amazingly well. I didn't initially recognize any of the names on the back cover. I had assumed based on the names that The Sutherland Brothers were Iain and Gavin, two Scottish lads (yeah, I went back a rewrote some of my initial meanderings after I looked the band up), and Quiver were drummer Willie Wilson, and guitarist Tim Renwick. This is really tight soft rock and feels like a lot of other stuff from 1976 and was pretty enjoyable. As good as any of their contemporaries in my opinion. First time through nothing really rose above the rest in terms of standout tracks - that isn't meant to be a shot. The whole album is full of good songs. I...
A place where I just blather on about shit that I either miss, or am excited about. Or I could just be deliberately trying to waste your time. I generally really don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I do. Sometimes this is like a stream of consciousness brain dump. I like to think of it as a reaction video, without the video ... mostly though it's just me rambling ... it's meanderambling. #oldenoughtoforget