Heavily Lined. It has a prequel from the previous album - Paradise Day - which is also incredible
And here's Luxury Themes, just in case you wanted to hear the best approximation of my ideal audio aesthetic there's been in a bit (it's the outro)
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
emil.y appeal = they're wild and punk as hell and extremely progressive and their shows are apparently a sort of carnival of decentralisation, and their tunes bang? Give them a go
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
This is the only Wye Oak album I care about and even then there's a big gap between how much I like the songs and how much I dislike the production - with a bit more space there it could have been my #1 pick.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
I broke my admittedly loose "no repeats btwn ballots" rule to throw "Luxury Themes" some points on my tracks ballot
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
botanist meets health
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
armed record impressive but hard to sustain excitement about for me
I feel about the same to be honest, I mean it's good and everything but
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1O8xN5s.jpg#54: Domenique Dumont - Miniatures De Auto Rhythm - 253 points – 10 votes
Andy Beta: "If you're a fan of classic Balearic, then you'll know Domenique Dumont aren't really reinventing the wheel. But they nail the smallest details and tease out new wrinkles for the album. "
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
hooray
looks like i voted for both, but 'Sans Cesse, Mon Cheri' just blows me away every time
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
I should give the Dumont another try. It didn't make much of an impression but I loved that EP from a couple years back
― rob, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
I spent a week with the Foxing album in the car and realized it wasn't my thing.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
Oooh I had no idea Wye Oak put out an album this year. Didn't catch that on other lists. Love that artwork.
Nearer My God title track is good. Reminds me a bit of early Band of Horses in its soaring vocals and anthemic drumming. Need to spend more time with that album.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
Huh, I didn't even know this existed (and I too loved the last EP).
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
The 'Heavily Lined' video is pretty great, though on first listen I can't hear what in particular raises these guys above similar noisy rock stuff - I definitely like it enough to sample more, though.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
Wye Oak my #2, I think. Looks like all 8 people who rated it on their thread voted for it.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
I can't hear what in particular raises these guys above similar noisy rock stuff
play my final card: they have a full-time analogue synth player in the band :D
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
Wow! Love this album so much. I think it's a step forward from the first one, which was pretty great itself. This has been in my heavy rotation since it came out.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
oh cool i had totally forgot about this dominique dumont album...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:27 (five years ago) link
like this one a lot esp 'sans cesse...'
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
that's 3 of my votes in this stretch after none yesterday maybe i haven't gotten as desynced from the board as i thought
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vthRgkK.jpg#53: Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love - 254 points – 7 votes
TJ Kliebhan: "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love has moving, emotional pieces and sharp performances bolstered by a band clearly stretching out of its comfort zone successfully. The album is a refreshing new shade of their sound without abandoning the band’s core mechanics."
Rob Hakimian: "They’ve experimented with vocals, concentrated their musical chemistry, further polished their production, and tweaked their songwriting so that the transitions between movements in their songs are less sheer cliff-faces of fury and more lithe passages. All this, combined with some of the best songs they’ve ever written, makes Ordinary Corrupt Human Love the band’s most irrefutable credential as a leader in modern Rock."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
xps I loved Comme Ca but totally missed that they had a new one. Will have a listen.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
deafheaven album ruined for me when i realized the drummer plays the same fill one thousand times in each song
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
this finishing above the armed has gotten y'all the imago frown
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
it's a good fill brad
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
it is still their most interesting record so far, maybe the next one will be great xp
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
liked this album a lot but didn't quite make my ballot
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:34 (five years ago) link
I agree that the fill is good
Decent album, predictably diminishing returns.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
can't get past the corny melodies but ach if it's a gateway drug i'll take it
― imago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
Was disappointed in the Deafheaven after their last album and single but perhaps didn't give it enough of a fair chance.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
the corny melodies are the reason i like it! i hope they get cornier!
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
I adored the Domenique Dumont first album. This one I haven't really given enough of a chance but on a surface skim sounds a little more grounded? Maybe a little less unique and more tying into other music that exists along side it?
Anyway, if anything it led to me making a mix and starting a night based on 16bit beachside vibes https://soundcloud.com/clubstoic/club-stoic
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
I think I’ve been mixing up Deafheaven and Wolves in the Throne Room this whole time and I only remember again when listening.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
lol
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
I couldn't even be bothered to hate-listen to this one
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
So happy The Armed got in - my number ten! Their music sounds like a DIY punk comic festival
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
Loving the Wye Oak! They always have such nice balance of textures, blending organic rock and electronic instruments more fluidly than most - piano and synth interplay on It Was Not Natural is a good example.
Feels like a band that's outlived its moment among critics. Looked again and only found it at the bottom of Mojo's list.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
wait, is Domenique Dumont a band then?
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
Deafheaven reached peak melodic corniness with that one (admittedly great) song with the chord progression that sounded like 'Lavender' by Marillion.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
the armed record is good but like... i sure do know why i didn't vote for it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zG8Rttz.jpg#52: Noname - Room 25 - 257 points – 11 votes
Briana Younger: "The Chicago rapper’s second album is a transcendent coming-of-age tale built around cosmic jazz and neo-soul, delivered by a woman deeply invested in her interiority and that of the world around her."
Ural Garrett: "Noname overwhelmingly succeeds in telling her coming-of-age story where she removes all emotional layers to explore everything from comical socio-political ideology to sexuality minus self-serving preachiness."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, February 5, 2019 9:41 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is indeed way better than the deafheaven though
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
― frame casual (dog latin)
Apparently they're a duo... with a third unnamed collaborator?
mysterious tropical chillwave group Domenique Dumont — now revealed to be Latvian duo Arturs Liepins + Anete Stuce, with the help of “an enigmatic French artist whose existence cannot be confirmed nor denied
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
I regretted not voting for this so I'm v glad it placed!
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
Perhaps it's deliberate on their part, but 'Domenique' is faux-French.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
Didn't have room for Noname but I think I can safely say it'll be the best 'name your price' album in the countdown.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
voted for Noname, but if i see another fucking review mention the "my pussy wrote a thesis on colonialism" line, im gonna flip the shit
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
Pretty OT, but I'm listening to the albums list and just realized Andrew W.K. is basically a 'roided out Neil Diamond.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
there are lots and lots of good lines on the album
xp to me
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
i didn't like this noname as much as the last one but it's good
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link