Grimes - Shadout Mapes

from her first LP, Geidi Primes released in 2010

A little ol skool Grimes for all you lovers and haters out there alike.  It’s been interesting to see what a devout following of both fans and haters that little Claire has grown over the past 3 years.  Friends of mine that I normally share similar musical interests, recoil at the name drop of Grimes, but when I play Geidi Primes for those same people, they dig it.  Somehow, despite her blowing up, everyone seems to ignore her 1st two albums, Geidi Primes & Halfaxa respectfully.  I’ve said it before, and I’ll harp on it some more, Geidi Primes is a masterpiece, and Visions is great but its got nothing on it.

Fundamentally I understand the relative success of Visions and obscurity of Geidi Primes, being that Visions is much more upbeat & accessible, while the later is a far more experimental & downbeat piece.  I say ‘piece’ to further highlight that Geidi Primes shines best when listening through to it as a whole, with not likely a radio hit here, though Rosa & Avi come close.  If you want to be fair about it, the two are almost in completely different categories, and so I’ll urge haters to give Geidi Primes a fair shot before completely writing off the latest big hipster thing.

Geidi Primes was originally a super Ltd released cassette, later pressed to vinyl, with both OOP.  Unless you wanna drop 50 quid on discogs.    

Anyways all that being said, I’m seeing her play Basilica Hudson tomorrow night, and I can’t wait. Cause I’ve only been waiting 3 years to see her live.  I hope she’ll grace us with at least one or two off Geidi Primes. 

Fingers Crossed.

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