Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2025 August 13 • Wednesday

Here's a compilation from Numero that I think came out last year but is just getting its moment on the Gutbrain turntable right now: Soft Summer Breezes.

I got the yellow vinyl version. Sun color, I guess.

Sixteen songs by sixteen bands and I hadn't heard of most of them. Maybe I've encountered Attila & The Huns before but I'm not sure. Margo Guryan is on here, though, and she's no stranger to the Gutbrain stereo.

The Giant Crab is my favorite band name here and "The Time of the Year Is Sunset" my favorite song title.

It's a pleasant enough record but nothing on here is really great. A lot of the vocals stray too far in the whiney direction and there isn' a lot of variety or intensity.

Of course in this way it's in sympathy with its title. Soft summer breezes aren't intense of varied either, but they do tend to be delightful while this record is just kind of calm and pleasant.