this preview track is a genuinely lovely vibe at least
― imago, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
I adore that track, but the whole album has a lot more range than that one might suggest
― rob, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nSVYP1a.jpg34. The Bug - Fire216 points / 7 votesSong from the album: “Demon”The Bug - Pressure
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 18:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HcEh9vW.jpg33. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki218 points / 9 votesVideo from the album: “Lily”Richard Dawson (raucous experimental UK folk racket w/ intense picaresque realness vox)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
loved henki, especially ivy
― nxd, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Low on my ballot but yes obv I voted for this, Dawson never misses. Circle was perhaps the junior partner in terms of the songwriting share, but the closing track Pitcher is where they shine brightest. Generally quite a backloaded album; Methusaleh and Lily are also standouts imo
― imago, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
Ah yes, this was one of the ones I *was* expecting to place. Was nervous about the project sounding great on paper but being disappointing, but I was not disappointed. Really fucking good stuff.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
I wasn't mad keen when Dawson started moving towards band projects in general, and there are some things he's done where I have felt like it adds nothing to his older & more raw solo work, but when he gets proggy and epic it's wonderful.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
Would have voted it higher but for the first track basically retreading the Civil Servant verse without the banger chorus; I'd probably recommend starting at Lily
― imago, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
No wait I mean Ivy lol
― imago, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
might be my fav rd record since nothing importantdo love the stuff in between too
― nxd, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:15 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ub2JhS7.jpg32. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power225 points / 8 votesVideo from the album: “Easier than Lying”Halsey
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
I like the idea of the Halsey record but don't actually like it, and yet I'm surprised it wasn't higher.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
Was getting worried that Wau Wau wasn't going to make it. I was the #1 voter on that.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
I tried with this one, but just couldn't connect with it
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
Surprised this is this high. Three or four bangers do not an album make
― imago, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
Yay, Henki! My #5. It is still growing on me with every listen - an album that unfolds. Silphium is a joy.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uro7OKy.jpg31. Snail Mail - Valentine235 points / 7 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “Ben Franklin”Snail Mail
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Here’s our results so far!
31. Snail Mail - Valentine32. Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power33. Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki34. The Bug - Fire35. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom36. The Weather Station - Ignorance37. Jane Weaver - Flock38. HTRK - Rhinestones39.(TIE) Lingua Ignota - SINNER GET READY39.(TIE) Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine41. Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes42. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST43. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite44. Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - Marfa Tapes45. Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế46. Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales47. aya - im hole48. Insides - Soft Bonds49. Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club50. Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses51. Nite Jewel - No Sun52. Bicep - Isles53. Yu Su - Yellow River Blue 55. Joy Orbison - still slipping, vol 155. Mogwai - As The Love Continues56. Loraine James - Reflection57. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark58. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker - descension (Out of Our Constrictions)59. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - NOW60. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You61. Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti62. Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals63. Howie Lee - Birdy Island64. Black Midi - Cavalcade65. Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy66. Altın Gün - Yol67. Kabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Rumble in the Jungle68. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!69. Can - Live in Stuttgart 197570. Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou71. Eris Drew - Quivering in Time72. Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze73. Spellling - The Turning Wheel74. Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases / Descansos75. Doja Cat - Planet Her76. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God77. Various Artists - Heisei No Oto- Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
interesting day full of stuff i haven't heard.
wau wau collectif was one of my favs of the pre-voting process
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
I didn't save my actual ballot but I'm pretty sure only three things I voted for have shown up so far. I'd be shocked if more than three others make it into the top 30. Is it hopeless to think that maybe Colleen's The Tunnel and the Clearing still has a chance??
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 19:46 (two years ago) link
Moka, was the image in that recap intentional or do you want me to take it out for you?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link
Also, yeah, I feel like today was interesting. More of a variety in styles and approaches. Good day.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:20 (two years ago) link
im wondering if Lingua Ignota, Deafheaven and Circle will be the closest we get to metal on here. still have hope for Rhododendron but also not really metal.
― gman59, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
New to Ran Cap - sounds great here now. Voted for Wau Wau and HTRK. This is a handsome list but so few voters are making stuff place. That's a little sad.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
there's a metal album that was my #1, but I have no idea if anyone else is voting for it
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:38 (two years ago) link
i'm excited that chvrches haven't placed yet :)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
This Deafheaven record is confusing. I think I like it a lot but by turn it reminds me of different bands. There's a big Morrissey / Marr sounds in some songs. Bits sound like Mogwai. There's also some twee sounds. Is it The Posies. Odd. I'll need to spend more time with this.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing that's top 10
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― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:48 (two years ago) link
― emil.y
An accident! Yes please remove em
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
Lol the way the Deafheaven album has been described so far is hyping me up.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:00 (two years ago) link
Deafheaven guy uses his indoor voice!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:05 (two years ago) link
Fixed for u, Moka
― emil.y, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
Ty
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:09 (two years ago) link
Yay Halsey placed this high. Also happy for Dawson, Circle & the Bug but they've all done better albums before.
― braised cod, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
Some things I voted for
45. Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective - Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
Discovered this on the nominations list, it's awesome but I still don't really know what it is tbh
39.(TIE) Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine
I mostly knew Julius Eastman as the guy who sings "LIGHT...IN THE LIGHT". Femenine is my first encounter with his music, this version is immediate and generous and it's deep and layered, I keep listening over and over.
35. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
I first heard the track "Salamaleikoum" in my Discover Weekly and I started levitating at my desk. Perfection.
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
Allow me to share their spotify description:
Rắn Cạp Đuôi - một tập thể những cá nhân không bó hẹp hay lệ thuộc trường lớp âm nhạc nào, với họ, sự khiếm khuyết kỹ năng có thể bù đắp bởi sự cởi mở phóng khoáng. Cởi mở tứ phía và chẳng bao giờ ngừng nghỉ ở một trường âm thanh nào.Rắn Cạp Đuôi-vẫy-vùng trong những trường âm thanh vô luật dữ dội và chìm đắm kì khôi.
Hope it helps
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
Lol the translation doesn’t really clear things up:
Rắn Cạp Đuôi is a Saigon-based collective of autodidacts for whom the relative absence of virtuosity might or might not have been made up for with an abundance of goforit open-mindedness. Schizophrenically hopscotching between but never comfortably resting.The group channels the un-neat ruleless strangely ferocious world of quantum mechanics.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 22:51 (two years ago) link
a lot of good stuff today, voted for rochelle jordan, tyler, & deafheaven and there's a lot of other stuff i like here. think i heard everything that placed
deafheaven turned out to be much better as a regular shoegaze band than a metal band. it's funny though because existing deafheaven fans seemed to largely not like it but it's an absolutely excellent shoegaze album. great dynamics, huge soaring guitars, incredible drumming.
snail mail album was a nice surprise after not really being into her debut or the single from this one, going full sophisti-pop on "forever (sailing)" was so good.
i had high hopes for the weather station album because the singles were excellent but it didn't really live up to those, it was just fine overall
a bit surprised jazmine sullivan placed so low considering all the hype around her this year + her being an existing favourite here but it was indeed a pretty slight release, nowhere near reality show
― ufo, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 23:41 (two years ago) link
Have never heard of Rắn Cạp Đuôi, even though we're in the same city. But from the sound of it, probably not the type of group to be touring locally
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 23:58 (two years ago) link
I am having a reaction of both "I love or at least really like this album but it didn't make my top 25" (Deafheaven, Richard Dawson & Circle, Jazmine, Weather Station, Insides, Flock of Dimes, Jane Weaver, Spellling, the Kabza de Small / DJ Maphirosa / TRESOR album, Saint Etienne, Yu Su, Bicep, Howie Lee, Doja Cat, Eris Drew) and "I was not aware that this existed" more frequently than usual - not sure what this means in terms of fragmentation tbh. It's like the more frantically I try to stay across things the more unrealistic that aspiration becomes.
I voted for Manchester Orchestra, Rochelle Jordan, Emeka Ogboh, Halsey and Snail Mail. Really pleased to see Emeka make it in particular - a lovely album that could easily have flown under the radar.
Bicep was an interesting one for me. I think it's probably the equal of the debut and certainly is not a case of them simply repeating past glories - it's more syncopated than the debut, or at least more consistently focused on exploring ideas of syncopation - but their arrangements sound so certain of themselves, so clear on the targets they want to hit and then so effective in hitting them, that I found myself not returning to the album very much, as if there was nothing much that I could conclude about how the music operated that the artists don't already know full well themselves. Which is perhaps a bit revealing to me about some of the things I get out of listening to music in the first place.
Emily's line about the music evoking a sense of nostalgia for something you never actually experienced is spot on though.
― Tim F, Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:36 (two years ago) link
Really like that way of thinking about the Bicep album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:44 (two years ago) link
I like how you think and write about music, shame there was no 2021 thread of your favorite songs. Always lifted a couple of votes for songs that you hyped me to vote for.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:45 (two years ago) link
Doja Cat is adequate at best and her pickme routine for racist edgelords is fully disqualifying for me
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:46 (two years ago) link
the halsey album was decent and had some pretty cool moments in places but really just made me want a new nin album
― ufo, Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:56 (two years ago) link
Another day of interesting results that make me realise I didn't do as well at keeping up with new music last year as I originally thought.
Jane Weaver was my only vote to place. Nice to see her make her first appearance on any of our lists. Probably her best album yet and Solarised is a career highlight.
I need to go back to the Snail Mail album. I ended up loving the title track. Her first album didn't do a lot for me. Halsey is another one I need to revisit.
I tried so hard with The Weather Station album. I heard a couple of songs and bought it immediately (Robber in particular stood out). I found myself getting kinda bored with it as the songs went by. It starts so strong. The exact same thing happened with the Dry Cleaning album. Neither live up to their opening songs and wore off very quickly.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 10 February 2022 02:43 (two years ago) link
Yay! for Deafheaven and Lingua Ignota, two albums I voted for. Since it doesn't seem like there's going to be a metal poll this year, these 2 placements may have to do. The Deafheaven in particular was one of my most-played albums from the year.
― o. nate, Thursday, 10 February 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
For those interested in Ran Cap, there is a very thorough explanation of who they are and their constellations on their Resident Advisor page.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 10 February 2022 03:33 (two years ago) link
It's like the more frantically I try to stay across things the more unrealistic that aspiration becomes.― Tim F, Thursday, February 10, 2022 1:36 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Really sharing this sentiment. The Top 77 had a very different year than mine, not in terms of appreciation, just in terms of exposure. But that's the true original definition of hivemind - little bees completely unaware of what they are building.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 10 February 2022 07:02 (two years ago) link
The Deafheaven is indeed their best by miles. Really enjoyed that, and I wouldn't have imagined saying that before.
Plenty to check out from yesterday. Let's start by resuming a very promising first contact with Wau Wau Collectif...
― imago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 09:05 (two years ago) link