The John Bills 100 extravaganza. 100: Onelinedrawing - 'Visitor'.

So, beginning today, I am going to list my favourite 100 albums of all time in descending order, with a little write up and video for each. The plan is to do 7 a week, so ideally 1 a day, but that might not be possible sometimes. Rules are simple. Only one record per band, and nothing released in the last 12 months will be considered. Its too early for that stuff, it'll have to wait for the 2016 edition of this. I did a straight top 100 about 5 years ago, I might try and dig that out to see how much has changed. Anyway, off we go.

onelinedrawing/visitor

I was huge on Jonah Matranga back in the day. Whatever he did, I would be there telling people it was the best thing going. I remember going to see him support Funeral for a Friend in Wolverhampton, meeting the man and seeing him do an impromptu set in the bar area. It was great, he's a proper nice man. 'Visitor' was the first full album released under the onelinedrawing moniker, and for me its the best. Just acoustic guitar, a toy R2D2 and his voice, its as solid an acoustic album as you are going to find. 'Yr Letter' is one of the finest acoustic songs ever commited to tape, and there are plenty of other highlights within. 'Candle song' is all aching sadness, and you want it to go on further. Its impossible to listen to 'Smile' without well, smiling. 'Bitte Ein Kuss' has the same effect, and 'Softbelly' is a song I wish I'd written. If you are intrigued about Jonah matranga's acoustic output, start here.

Download: 'Yr Letter', 'Smile'.