In the past 15 years, who has released a better pair of consecutive, full-length studio albums than Modest Mouse's The Lonesome Crowded West -> The Moon & Antarctica?

discouraged ones might actually be my favorite album of the last 15 years.

kate bush - aerial --> 50 words for snow

good one!

t.i.: trap muzik --> urban legend

Catacombs > Wit's End

Cinemascope > Momentum

my real answer:

in an expression of the inexpressible --> melody of certain damaged lemons --> melody citronique EP --> misery is a butterfly --> the secret society of butterflies EP --> 23

Michael Hurley: Bellemeade Sessions -> Weatherhole

Electric six - fire & señor smoke

Eagles of death metal - peace love death metal & death by sexy

Tizzy, Scary In Adulthood -> Down With The Furies

Mountain goats - we shall all be healed & the sunset tree

Rocket from the crypt - group sounds & live from camp x-ray

i was gonna put in flagranti in here and realized they have two albums i haven't heard yet. but i bet they give isaac brock a good run for his money so fuck it!

wronger than anyone else --> sounds superb --> brash & vulgar --> worse for wear

Devin the dude - just tryin ta live & to tha extreme

brash & vulgar is seriously a great album and i don't think i've seen anyone on ilm talk about it.

xp

Les savy fav - go forth & let's stay friends

warning - strength to dream & watching from a distance

Straight Outta Lynwood - Alpocalypse

wait people like the moon and antartica

what a country

i liked it when i heard it. kinda like indie prog. though i preferred that one sunny day real estate album as far as indie art rock goes. it doesn't usually go very far.

that's kinda why i liked blueberry boat too. i mean at least they gave it a go. that's all i ask. give it a go.

well give it a go but don't sound like the eels or flaming lips and throw away all your beach boys albums. THEN give it a go.

why not...

Opeth - Ghost Reveries -> Watershed
Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers -> Normal as Blueberry Pie
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft -> Modern Times
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun -> Wars of the Roses
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend -> Contra

weird choice of consecutive ulver records but they work for me too bc of blood inside -> shadows of the sun

Stankonia -> Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

lol

Bennett's 'Street Vs. Science' and the one they did before that

Electric Version -> Twin Cinema

Aquemini -> Stankonia does count though.

Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Revolution.

Perfect From Now On -> Keep It Like a Secret

What Burns Never Returns -> American Don

Talker -> Acre Thrills

Reveille -> Apple O'

Journey to the End of the Night -> OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle -> Apocalypse
Things We Lost in the Fire -> Trust
My Father Will Guide Me Up The Rope To The Sky -> The Seer
The Coroner's Gambit -> All Hail West Texas

("A" for "The" in the Swans title)

Super æ -> Vision Creation Newsun

Mclusky

Mclusky do Dallas -> the difference between you and me is that I'm not on fire

This is not an arguable point fyi

i actually really like The Moon & Antarctica, but I'm not that into The Lonesome Crowded West. Granted, I didn't hear the latter until years later.

For me:

Dots & Loops -> Cobra & Phases Group
Sonic Nurse -> Rather Ripped
Last Exit -> So This Is Goodbye
He Poos Clouds -> Heartland
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives -> One-Word Extinguisher

Kim Zolciak's "Don't Be Tardy For The Party" -> "Google Me" is a worthy contender for the OP.

In my case

Bjork: Vespertine ==> Medulla
Joe Henry: Tiny Voices ==> Civillians
Deerhoof: Deerhoof Vs Evil ==> Breakup Song
Ben Allison: Riding the Nuclear Tiger ==> Peace Pipe
Amir ElSaffar: Two Rivers ==> Inana
Cunninlynguists: A Piece of Strange ==> Dirty Acres
UA: Golden Green ==> ATTA

Also this:

Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives -> One-Word Extinguisher

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - A Ghost Is Born

Brad Nelson otm

My unpopular opinion would be Is This It -> Room On Fire

jjj otm

Each One Teach One > Secret Wars

The Art of Self Defense > Surrounded by Thieves

Polar Bear
Held On The Tips Of Fingers - Polar Bear

Any two in a row of LCD Soundsystem's albums

Caribou
Andorra - Swim

Electrelane
The Power Out - Axes

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest - Shields

Lamchop
Nixon - Is A Woman

Wild Beasts
Two Dancers - Smother

Four Tet
Ringer - There Is Love In You
Pause - Rounds

The Beta Band
Hot Shots II - Heroes to Zeroes

Plus cosign on many of the other pairs suggested.

The Necks
Drive By - Chemist

Cotton Jones
Paranoid Cocoon - Tall Hours in the Glowstream

Beach House
Teen Dream - Bloom

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
Like Love Lust and the Open Halls of the Soul - Marble Son

Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Middle Cyclone

oh hah i already posted that last one back in the day

Every Broadcast long-player was released in the 15 years up to Feb '13. So, yes, several times times IMHO. #PVMIC