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Top 5 Albums of 2017

Harkinianover 8 years ago

here's my favs

1/ Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar

Catchy yet moody synthpop in the style of Tears for Fears or Depeche Mode from the one time black metal gods. Lyrics are occasionally a bit awkward but the arrangements are just so good that I don't think it's that much of a negative.

2/ Idles - Brutalism

Hardcore punk rage that not only is well targeted but actually comes in the form of well written songs for once.

3/ Laibach - Also Sprach Zarathustra

Laibach return to peak Wagnerian form with a fine set of sinister soundscapes.

4/ King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana

Easily their strongest of their four albums this year, for sure their least gimmicky theme and one that they manage to incorporate best into their sound.

5/ Brockhampton - Saturation II

Finally, some good fuсking hip hop for this year. Both projects are pretty good but I'm giving this one the nod by a hair.

So ye, post your top 5s, critcise my tastes or do both, whatever makes you happy!

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debaserover 8 years agoedited
Greninja
can someone make a solid and persuasive argument for me to listen to the national because i've listened to like 3 albums by them and they were all bad
i’ll give it a shot. if ya don’t like it then that’s fine you shouldn’t feel like you have to

Sonically, they’ve had a decent evolution from bland to dark to actually really pretty. With High Violet, what I used to consider their best album, they incorporated a massive set of instrumentation that fleshed our their songwriting skills and forced them to write their most ambitious (and strongest) songs to date while still remaining within the poppy “the national”isms. the punchy mechanical drumming is very impressive, and the way the other instruments layer around a clear-cut post-punk song is very admirable. also the production is arguably some of the best in indie rock today with aaron dessner. vocally, Matt is one of my favorites in indie rock and that’s just because I’m a sucker for deep voices

this new album changed a lot of things though. it feels like a huge landscape, the National is more experimental than they’ve ever been. they’ve got a guitar solo in there somewhere, lots of long synth-heavy songs that go way beyond typical national boundaries, and just an overall atmosphere that I found so much stronger than usual national albums. it’s like they’re ready to explode at any point, and when they actually do so it’s so rewarding. idk, no other album I heard this year felt like each song had a lot of hidden production and instrumental gems that revealed themselves with every listen, and for that reason I listened to it more than any other album in 2017
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sadgirlover 8 years ago
Greninja
can someone make a solid and persuasive argument for me to listen to the national because i've listened to like 3 albums by them and they were all bad
You didn't even like Boxer or trouble will find me wtf? None of it?
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
dark matter by randy Newman is the number four album of 2017
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
Greninja
can someone make a solid and persuasive argument for me to listen to the national because i've listened to like 3 albums by them and they were all bad
listen to randy newmans new album instead
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
Greninja
yeasayer
Greninja
it's probably bad that i think "new york i love you but you're bringing me down" is one of his best songs since it has virtually none of what makes lcd soundsystem enjoyable
this song is perfect and one thing i really have to always give them credit for is how impeccable their album closers are.
james murphy truly knows how to capture a bittersweet mood
james mcmurtry
deleteddeletedover 8 years ago
can someone make a solid and persuasive argument for me to listen to the national because i've listened to like 3 albums by them and they were all bad
projectmattover 8 years ago
turn out the lights by julien baker is probably in my top 3 for this year but i havent heard people talk about her all that much

science fiction/sleep well beast/flowerboy/american dream were all fantastic

also a crow looked at me is fantastic too but i have no idea how to grade it/rank it
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deleteddeletedover 8 years ago
that's how i felt when i first heard home, which i always thought was due to the fact that it was The End Of LCD Soundsystem but, as it turns out, james murphy is a liar (who cucked me into buying tickets for the this is happening tour under the pretense of never having another chance to see them) and it wasn't the end yet it's STILL a really beautiful song that hits me every time i hear it.
deleteddeletedover 8 years ago
yeasayer
Greninja
it's probably bad that i think "new york i love you but you're bringing me down" is one of his best songs since it has virtually none of what makes lcd soundsystem enjoyable
this song is perfect and one thing i really have to always give them credit for is how impeccable their album closers are.
james murphy truly knows how to capture a bittersweet mood
deleteddeletedover 8 years ago
Greninja
it's probably bad that i think "new york i love you but you're bringing me down" is one of his best songs since it has virtually none of what makes lcd soundsystem enjoyable
this song is perfect and one thing i really have to always give them credit for is how impeccable their album closers are.
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groundhogdayover 8 years ago
notes of blue is the number three album of 2017
Alexover 8 years ago
Greninja
it's probably bad that i think "new york i love you but you're bringing me down" is one of his best songs since it has virtually none of what makes lcd soundsystem enjoyable
why would this be a bad thing, it's a beautiful song

that's like saying i'm not a real radiohead fan because i think their best song is life in a glasshouse
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deleteddeletedover 8 years agoedited
it's probably bad that i think "new york i love you but you're bringing me down" is one of his best songs since it has virtually none of what makes lcd soundsystem enjoyable
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groundhogdayover 8 years ago
dog by charlie parr is the number two album of 2017
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
nobody wants to be you by Dan reeder is my number one album of 2017
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
i guess I listened to the dan reeder thing
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
spotify said i listened to 140000 minutes of music or something like that but i don't think i listened to a full new album
Alexover 8 years ago
debaser
Alex
john goodbar, my dude, what is up
sorry to disappoint but this isn’t goodbar :/ i’ll pass a hello to john though, alex
this is like when i found out santa wasn't real
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Alexover 8 years ago
i am abiding by my lifetime policy on LCD Soundsystem music and waiting 6 months to judge american dream because without fail there will be a song on that album that speaks to me and makes me weepy at some point in that timeframe and i haven't figured out which one it will be yet
groundhogdayover 8 years ago
you may be better off listening to american idiot
debaserover 8 years ago
Alex
john goodbar, my dude, what is up
sorry to disappoint but this isn’t goodbar :/ i’ll pass a hello to john though, alex
deleteddeletedover 8 years ago
so i was gonna listen to american dream but yall really are giving me some sky high expectations here
Alexover 8 years ago
john goodbar, my dude, what is up
debaserover 8 years ago
I think my list didn’t hit on hip-hop that much this was a great year for underground hip-hop. Uncommon NASA, Quelle Chris, Billy Woods, Milo and ESPECIALLY Open Mike Eagle all had some amazing albums
debaserover 8 years ago
also fmb was definitely best king gizz album of the year, open water is the best thing they’ve written that i’ve heard