One quibble with forks' otherwise excellent intro, tho: we had 77 tracks voters, but wasn't it more like 85 albums voters?
And more importantly, playlist is now updating.
That Left-Field Pop comp is amazing btw; loads of great finds in there!
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
that comp is prob most only vote to place, fittingly just barely
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
planet her is solid, doesn't quite compare to hot pink. some serious highlights, many of which were massive hits: "woman," "kiss me more," "ain't shit," "get into it"
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
actually i think i'll have one more
Some of the missing songs from the leftfield pop compilation can be found on streaming if you want to hear the rest.
I know because I was obsessed with Yosue Inoue’s “pi po pa” last summer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:37 (two years ago) link
excited to find out whether Low released 4 albums last year
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/whWjmBm.jpg74. Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases / Descansos132 points / 5 votes / 1 #1 voteSong from the album: “First Thing to Go”Petals for Armor/Last of Paramore?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
Interesting that all the milquetoast stuff is coming in at the very lower reaches. Maybe the stretch in the middle will actually be surprising this year instead of the inverse!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
hmmm this album
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
As I said in the tracks thread, much stronger album than her debut solo, imo. That one was easy to admire but hard to love, in all its tricks and cleverness, but here she just locked herself up in her house and recorded some great quiet songs.
― abcfsk, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
Judging on point totals I think you might be right JF. I think I'm looking at six placing, including all my top 3! But a few of those could def land tomorrow instead of today
― signe anderson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever)
Or maybe it'll be milquetoast all the way through!
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
Shh you'll jinx it
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
ooh voted for heisei no otoabsolute joy of a comp
― nxd, Monday, 7 February 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
I like that the poll's open to all sorts of releases fwiw. Found another great archival comp in "Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie And House (1982-1992)" when randomly playing nominations
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
Love Hayley Williams, but didn't love this album. It's not bad or anything, just didn't make much of an impression on me enough to go back to it after the first few listens. Her debut grew on me a lot.
― kitchen person, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/H28sJQH.jpg73. Spellling - The Turning Wheel135 points / 5 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “Turning Wheel”
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
wow, very low! didn't vote this but it's decent. fantano giving it a 10 gave it a LOT of exposure tho
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:04 (two years ago) link
ok first track on Heisei (the streaming version) is amazing, I have to check out the Music from Memory thread
― rob, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
I have mixed feelings about comps but am generally for their inclusion. I try not to vote for them myself unless it's something absolutely amazing and completely new to me, and even then only if I'm running short on proper new releases. A couple of comps appearing in the rundown is fine, they can be great introductions to stuff, but I would be worried if we started placing more than one or two.
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
lol @ the picture misspelling Spellling
Wonder if it got spelllchecked.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
I think I was conflating Spelling with Shopping... was not expecting the heavy Kate Bush vibes from this.
― enochroot, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
For the moment I am just looking at the images
― Nabozo, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:10 (two years ago) link
Got to say I adore the albums image style even more than I did the one for the tracks. Adding a little class to the proceedings, thank you Moka.
― emil.y, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
For anyone who is using Tidal I am keeping a playlist synced with the Spotify one here: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/262ed964-3b7d-4c6a-9d7f-2dde00ea6a85
― silverfish, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
Oooh it’s SPELLLING no wonder I couldn’t find any thread discussing her.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
Here’s the thread:
Spellling - haunted art pop soul
I vaguely remember giving the Spellling album a once-over a few months ago, but there were too many Sgt. Peppers-ish moments that rubbed me the wrong way, even if the rest of what she's doing is pretty great/original. I feel like this lives in the same universe all the waxed mustache stuff from the early part of the last decade, except it doesn't talk to the neighbors.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Thanks emily!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/98w7fbw.jpg72. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze136 points / 4 votesSong from the album: “Everydaywehustllin”Emeka Ogboh
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
quite enjoying the Manchester Orchestra opening track, way more than Bed Head, lol
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
No clue about this, but "Everydaywehustlin" is a vibe.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link
okay what's all this then?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
I really liked Mazy Fly but didn't feel the new album at all re: Spellling
― signe anderson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
nice dubby ambient field recording soup, i liked it but it never sank in enough for me
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 7 February 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
(linked to the tidal playlist in first post)
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
first 3 tracks of the MO album are really strong lmao, what is wrong with me
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
I liked the Emeka Ogboh album - very mellow atmospheric stuff
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
spellling album is my first vote. brillliant colllection of witchy pop songs
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
― imago, Monday, February 7, 2022 9:35 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
finally
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
Bed Head makes way more sense in context too
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
fantano giving it a 10 gave it a LOT of exposure tho
― imago, Monday, February 7, 2022 11:04 AM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol, didn't realize this happened. makes me question my own taste, life, and reality itself
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
haha
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link
even a needle drop tells the right time etc
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link
JF and DAM otm re: Spellling. Loved Mazy Fly, but aside a couple of highlights (Revolution, The Future), I found the overall sheen and theatricality of this album a little distracting.
This comp looks exciting!
― tangenttangent, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
manchester orchestra are something that i feel like i could like
ftr this has not been your opinion ever.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
it is now!
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
this album is significantly better than anything else i've heard from them, you should try it lol
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
Fine
― tangenttangent, Monday, 7 February 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link