One of those records where I didn’t listen to it very much since I wasn’t often in the mood for it — but when I did it absolutely blew my mind
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
Faceshopping/Immaterial/Whole New World were three of the best tracks of the year.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
also the best music to make milkshakes to
― ogmor, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
voted 'immaterial'
― nxd, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
Yeah Immaterial is amazing too
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
particularly if you have an old rackety milkshake maker so you can perform accompaniment
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
When I finally got round to listening to this it was a lot less annoying than I'd expected but also sort of harrowing? Like pop songs trapped in big metal cages.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Daytona my #1, cool sounding fun album, what more could I want
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
being 20 minutes long is a big part of its appeal i think, not even a backhanded compliment
― ciderpress, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 10:51 AM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
totally
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
pusha record being this high sucks ass
what fucking horrible cover art btw can't be said enough
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cZraaFp.jpg#23: Kali Uchis - Isolation - 430 points – 13 votes
Kali Uchis
Madison Desler: "For an album that’s 15 tracks to be this consistently good is a rarity, an anomaly, and an artistic triumph that should place it on every Best Of list at the end of the year. For Uchis to accomplish this while still holding on to seemingly all the cards, is even more rare, perhaps signaling a legend in the making."
Felipe Q. Noguiera: "Like Beck or Outkast, she's a pop weirdo who works grooves that seem vintage and futuristic at the same moment. She grabs splashes of funk, bossa, reggaeton and soul and blankets them with a sunbaked, psychedelic wooziness"
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
Pusha T makes albums so he can stop at #25 in ILM polls
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
oh hell yeah re Kali Uchis. The dullest track is the Damon Albarn collab, naturally.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
the big shrieking noises on the noisy trax kind of sound like processed versions of the sort of noises you hear on new songs of the humpback whale, they are so intense
― ogmor, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
oh damn i was wrong about the aal record. it's pretty ok
sweetener so dramatically worse than dangerous woman i still can't believe ppl rate it so high
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link
mostly i just want a whole album of "is it cold in the water?" and "infatuation" from sophie, or maybe a few more "nothing left to say"/"ehhh"s? "bipp" was fantastic but i don't need any more of that kali uchis album was solid but i never managed to get too into it, my favourite track is still the intro
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Definitely too deep into the rollout now, but was there some reason this Emma Ruth Rundle album didn't get the same traction the last one did? I actually liked it more, I think.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
it's better than the last one and honestly a wonderful record, i couldn't fit it in my ballot
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Great to see McCraven place. Blistering and spacious and all that. I liked Tropical Fuck Storm well enough but don't think it sustained itself across a full album. This might be my attention span.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
the attention span for mccraven but not tfs? ;)
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
i the attention span for mccraven but not tfs? ;)
Heh. Fair point. Jazz though, innit - the spaces of jazz admit the listener. Gnarled rock music (however much it veers towards the spacious) is more demanding, more wearing.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
fair! will give the mccraven a listen on my imminent commute
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
isolation is so good, she can do so many things so well
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bROQ5lY.jpg#22: Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears - 431 points – 14 votes - 1 first place vote
Let's Eat Grandma
Stephen Butchard "Through all the eccentricities and quirks, it should be said that ‘I’m All Ears’ manages to be a gloriously readable pop album on first listen. For a band hailed as cult heroes one album in, this is the boldest statement they’ve made so far."
Matthew Neale: "Like a magic eye puzzle falling into place, ‘I’m All Ears’ has only slightly shifted the band’s focus, but suddenly it all makes sense."
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
This is a good run. I voted for Hop Along, SOPHIE and Kali Uchis. Really happy to see Kali this high. I'd started to think she might miss out as there wasn't a whole lot of action on her thread. She was comfortably in my top five all year and sounded especially great over the summer. I like the way she pulled off so many different genres so convincingly. Excited to hear what she does next.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
can we not
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
that name is such a dealbreaker that I don't care what it sounds like
promising thread titles that turn out to be on ILM
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
Don't knock it till you try it.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
oh I can and I will
(knock it, that is)
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
Good. Because grandma tastes delicious.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
my #1, this album had everything
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
My "I'd like this to place but surely too few slots left now" that has not been mentioned yet in thread is serpentwithfeet -- so I'll guess that one for 78.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 8:30 AM
Definitely how I'm feeling about that record too. Voted for it and was hoping to see it place high, but I'm not so confident now
― octobeard, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Wow I thought Let’s Eat Grandma would be top 10!
terrible band name notwithstanding, it’s a downright incredible record
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Very happy to Kali Uchis this high, though!
another album where i liked some and was indifferent to some
weirdly, the melding of forces between LEG and SOPHIE wasn't so much for me, but the two epics at the end were
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
I saw the band name "Let's Eat Grandma" and thought to myself "I must play this immediately because I need to know what a band that chooses this name sounds like"
Turns out, they sound great
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
also Snakes & Ladders is a great deep cut
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
lots of ppl avoiding great acts because of dumb names itt
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's totally worth getting past their name. Brilliant album that was a huge shock after how little I cared for their debut.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
completely loved both the slightly askew attempts at pop songs and the epics, highlight of the album was "falling into me" which was the halfway point of the two approaches
― ufo, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
life is too short for bands with stupid names, I'll be over here listening to the Träden album which I came to late but is actually the best record of 2018
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (fifty-four seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this can't be said enough
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
reminder that they were like 13 when they came up with the name
― imago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
you're allowed to change your name though
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
^^^
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
i'm not still posting as dragonking77 or whatever else i used when i was 13
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
what's the highest placing non blockbuster album that isn't on Spotify to get in the 77?
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
― imago, Wednesday, February 6, 2019
hence my avoiding the Beatles for years
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
It’s a much better name than Soccer Mommy
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link