album listens #68 - crush - floating points

 

awesome.

FAVOURITE SONG: Falaise

RATING: 8/10

album listens #67 - kick out the jams (live) - mc5

 

pretty standard late 60s hard rock. have a bit of a soft spot for this kind of rock but this is just kinda inoffensive.

FAVOURITE SONG: Motor City Is Burning, I Want You Right Now, Kick Out The Jams, Rocket Reducer No.62 - Talk

RATING: 4 or 5/10

album listens #66 - celebrate - halo maud

 

pretty decent psych-pop. saw them live last night and they sounded really great but the album doesn't quite live up to it. lots of nice moments but as a whole doesn't do a lot for me D: . melody's echo chamber, stereolab and pom poko does this style so much better. still probably worth a listen though 

FAVOURITE SONG: Terres Infinies 

RATING: 4/10

album listens #65 - takanaka - masayoshi takanaka

 

amazing, perfect, incredible, unreal. maybe the best jazz fusion album i've ever heard. why didn't i know about this sooner. wow wow wow wow wow i love it so much.

FAVOURITE SONG: READY TO FLY, MAMBO NO.5 (DISCO DANGO), SWEET AGNES, SUMMER BREEZE.

RATING: 10/10

album listens #64 - altar sunn O))) + boris

 

big ol' wall of noise. felt nice in my ears sometimes, sometimes it didn't idk. hard to appreciate all the textures sometimes but i did try, and did enjoy at points, but a little too repetitive for my taste PERSONALLY. I would really like to get into more drone-y stuff like this but i fear it is too much for my small brain to comprehend

FAVOURITE SONG: Fried Eagle Mind, The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)

RATING: 4 or 5/10

album listens #63 - gongjoong doduk - mid-air thief

 

doesn't quite live up to crumbling but this album is still incredible. same level of production but slightly more fun than crumbling. songwriting still incredible the whole soundscape is still beautiful but just slightly lacking the beauty and scope that crumbling has. still 100% worth a listen though i loved it.

FAVOURITE SONG: Seismic

RATING: 8/10

album (RE)listens #62 - crumbling - mid-air thief

 

maybe the best production i've ever heard on any piece of music. this album is incredible, perfect, amazing all the way through. the instrumentation is lush and beautiful and swells perfectly and everything cuts through the mix perfectly, you can really hear it all at once. beautifully creative. the kind of album that reminds you how amazing music can be. so much love for this album. the vocals are soothing and i love all of the attention to detail with the synth sounds and also the plucks and bells in the background. it sounds almost lofi at points but still so crisp and satisfying. how did a human make this ?!?! everything works in perfect harmony with each other to create an experience of an album.

FAVOURITE SONG: Gameun Deut, Crumbling Together, Protector, No Answer, These Chains

RATING: 10/10

album listens #61 - embrace - embrace

 

cool ass 80s left wing angry punk.

FAVOURITE SONG: No More Pain

RATING: 6 or 7/10

album listens #60 - melting moment - poison girl friend

 

i feel like this has found me at the right time. just what i want to listen to right now. beautiful electronic music; the production really carries the whole thing. so pretty so nice i love.

FAVOURITE SONG: HARDLY EVER SMILE(without you)

RATING: 8 or 9/10

album listens #59 - strangers form the universe - thinking fellers union local 282

 

this album is so awesome. it's got this lofi, diy indie feel to the production and a real punk-y feel to some of the songs. the vocals are understated but in a cool way. the songs are cleverly written and stay interesting and mix the punkier aspects with some longer jam elements (never too long though, the longest songs are 6 mins, it keeps it compact) and even hints of psychedelia in there. incredibly creative and innovative how are these guys not bigger ?! one of the few albums, for me, where its understated nature really works well. feels like an experimentation where everything miraculously goes perfectly. ends with a really nice ballad, reminiscent of the velvet underground (in a good way, lots of boring bands have a similar sound to this and claim it's "like the velvet underground mannnnnn"). incredbile album i would highly recommend!!!

FAVOURITE SONG: Cup of Dreams, The Piston and the Shaft, Noble Experiment, Hundreds of Years, The Operation

RATING: 9 or 10/10

album listens #58 - know by heart - the american analog set

 

a very pleasant little indie album. a little slow in places but i like a lot of the ideas and the synth sounds are nice too.

FAVOURITE SONG: Gone to Earth

RATING: 5/10

album listens #57 - soup - bola

 

this shit makes me feel like i'm defusing a bomb in a 90s thriller movie

FAVOURITE SONG: Versivo

RATING: 5/10

album listens #56 - untitled unmastered. - kendrick lamar

 

he don't miss. feels super free form and loose so can definitely see why it never made it as a proper album but wow. the beats are sooo cool and obviously his lyrics are still perfect. i love the part where he's just jamming with his band and says "imagine my backing singers singing this part" and just writes a whole hook on the spot while laughing to himself. i wish he did jazzier beats like this. love.

FAVOURITE SONG: untitled 05 | 09.21.2014, untitled 03 | 05.28.2013, untitled 08 | 09.06.2014

RATING: 8/10

album listens #55 - this could be texas - english teacher

 

this album sounds so nice to my ears. i think english teacher have really grown into their own on this album and have found a sound that is amazing and suits them very well. i think the production is beautiful, the songwriting is interesting and somewhat weird and wonderful at times. an incredible debut album from an incredible band that, in my opinion, have a lot of promise. i love this album.

FAVOURITE SONG: This Could Be Texas, The Best Tears of Your Life, Mastermind Specialism, I'm Not Crying You're Crying, Nearly Daffodils, The World's Biggest Paving Slab

RATING: 9/10

album listens #54 - mad, bad and dangerous to know - dead or alive

 

criminally underrated 80s disco. has one of my favourite songs of all time on there. super corny but awesome. only not rating higher because i'll save you all my kisses is pretty dreadful.

FAVOURITE SONG: Something In My House

RATING: 7 or 8/10

album listens #53 - only god was above us - vampire weekend

 

vampire weekend always makes me feel nostalgic. similar to their last album, this album is very cute. i love the production it feels very power-pop-y at times. there's lots of moments on here that make me feel very nice and warm but i was slightly bored at other points on my first listen. i decided to give it another go and i definitely liked it more the second time, i think maybe it will grow more on me, but i still did really enjoy it. i like the mix of the singles, sounding more like the classic and catchy vampire weekend riffs and the more swinging songs and i think it works great when they come together. it's just very quaint and sincere and sweet and i like it the more i listen. 

FAVOURITE SONG: Prep-school Gangsters, Connect, The Surfer, Classical, Gen-X Cops.

RATING: 7/10

album listens #52 - men's needs, women's needs, whatever - the cribs

 

the better side of 2000s indie rock. 

FAVOURITE SONG: Be Safe, Ancient History, Our Bovine Public, Girls Like Mystery, I've Tried Everything

RATING: 7/10