As you may have noticed, I've switched the posts from individual albums to band pages. I'll be doing this real time, so it will be years before all the posts get converted. I'm in no hurry. This format allows me to continue to add reviews and move everything forward. It keeps the older reviews fresh and also presents a perspective as a timeline of thoughts and opinions. As such, the reviews will be presented from newest to oldest in terms of the review, not the album release date. Since some bands only have one album, UMR will essentially function as before in those cases. This is the same format I use for Under the Radar and the CDRWL. Both will now link back to UMR for reviews. I'm going be to removing the year tag as I wasn't getting anything out of that. And consolidating some of my music genres / styles.
Albums I own on a physical media format will show the album cover, while the others only contain narrative (and I'll identify the source).
Journals will continue, mostly for bands outside of my primary interest area. They're being released 10 reviews at a time per genre. Same with revisits of older posts. I'll just call them out on a list (10 at a time) rather than move forward if I have nothing new to add.
Because of this new format, all obscurities will be included here rather than the old CDRWL. I've decided not to reimagine that blog. It will maintain its original function as a tracking device for new reissues and create awareness around obscurities that few know. The reviews will be here though, and I'll be sure to move older blog posts forward for a fresh perspective. Those without a CD reissue will earn the CDRWL label / tag, which exists here already.
With the above comment I have a backlog for dozens of new entries I'd been holding back. So you can expect a lot more activity on the blog.
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