
You can put reissues on your year end list even if it’s for a record that’s two years old, right? Because we didn’t get the opportunity to review the regular edition of Blue Hour when it originally arrived in November of 2021 and kinda wanna make it known that it is undeniably tops. Also, we’re going to review the SHIT out of Blue Hour Deluxe from Rum Bar Records and A Diamond Heart Production to make up for our flub which means there’s a whole lotta Carissa Johnson music to talk about with this bigger, bolder edition featuring the album’s original 10 tracks plus 12 tracks collecting previously released The Good EP and the debut of the tunes that make up L’Heure Bleue, After Dark for a walloping 22 new to some, old but differently structured songs from the formerly Boston-based musician.
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