i listened to the first single and was like wtf is this ok maybe the rest of the album will make up for it but nope he just went completely off the rails with his campy cartoonish thing and i was not about it
Thought about doing a previous year revisit this year too. I don't think my opinion on 2015 would have changed much yet, but going back to like 2013 or something might be cool. That was the first year I cared to make a list longer than like 5 albums haha.
usually my previous year album of the year changes completely, like my 2014 album of the year at the time was fka twigs but by the end of 2015 it was easily pianos become the teeth. but my 2015 aoty is the same as it was, and my top 10 is all the same albums besides birds in row being bumped up. i just changed the order around a bit for 2-10.
My redone 2015 is also very similar to what it was 1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell 2. Foxing - Dealer 3. Deafheaven - New Bermuda 4. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle 5. Tame Impala - Currents 6. MewithoutYou - Pale Horses 7. The World Is... - Harmlessness 8. Vince Staples - Summertime '06 9. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion 10. Baroness - Purple
2015 redone: 1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell 2. Jeremih - Late Nights: The Album 3. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion 4. Vince Staples - Summertime 06 5. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle 6. Gabrielle Aplin - Light Up the Dark 7. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside 8. Milo - So the Flies Don't Come 9. Ryn Weaver - The Fool 10. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon Milo is the only new entry into my top 10.
My redone 2015 list: 1. All dogs - Kicking Every Day 2. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 3. Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin' Down 4. Vince Staples - Summertime '06 5. The Sidekicks - Runners in the Nerved World 6. Baroness - Purple 7. Caspian - Dusk & Disquiet 8. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 9. Desaparecidos - Payola 10. Deafheaven - New Bermuda should have this year's settled down soon
Top 25 for 2016: (I couldn't settle on a pure #1 so it ended in a tie) 1a. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 1b. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 3. Joseph - I'm Alone, No You're Not 4. The Hotelier - Goodness 5. Conor Oberst - Ruminations 6. Blink 182 - California 7. Pinegrove - Cardinal 8. Frightened Rabbit - Painting of a Panic Attack 9. Brian Fallon - Painkillers 10. The Head and the Heart - Signs of Light 11. The Racer - Giant 12. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep.... 13. Francis and the Lights - Farewell, Starlite! 14. Butch Walker - Stay Gold 15. Kevin Devine - Instigator 16. Shura - Nothing's Real 17. Dan Layus - Dangerous things 18. Fatherson - Open Book 19. Band of Horses - Why Are You OK? 20. Ingrid Michaelson - It Doesn't Have To Make Sense 21. Boxer Rebellion - Ocean by Ocean 22. American Football - Self-Titled (LP 2) 23. Tall Heights - Neptune 24. Yellowcard - Self-Titled 25. James Vincent McMorrow - We Move Runners Up (I leave EPs off my main list) Third Eye Blind - We Are Drugs Young in the City - II Sleeping At Last - Atlas, Year Two (to date)
Man, that record floored me. Best discovery of the year, that's for sure. Seeing them live next week and can't wait!
Nice, I bet they put on a great live show! I missed them both times they came through town in the past 6 months, but hopefully I'll catch them soon.
Top 10 of 2015 redone... 1. Deafheaven - New Bermuda 2. Caspian - Dust And Disquiet 3. Foxing - Dealer 4. Baroness - Purple 5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion 6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 7. Tame Impala - Currents 8. An Autumn For Crippled Children - The Long Goodbye 9. mewithoutYou - Pale Horses 10. The World Is A Beautiful Place... - Harmlessness I swear I am not the same person as @ImAMetaphor
Albums: 1. Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me 2. Dance Gavin Dance - Mothership 3. Renounced - Theories Of Despair 4. YG - Still Brazy 5. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face 6. Departures - Death Touches Us, From The Moment We Begin To Love 7. Expire - With Regret 8. Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate 9. Tiny Moving Parts - Celebrate 10. Boston Manor - Be Nothing. 11. Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto 12. Brian Fallon Painkillers 13. The Hotelier - Goodness 14. Mizery - Absolute Light 15. Apologies, I Have None - Pharmacie 16. Every Time I Die - Low Teens 17. God's Hate - Mass Murder 18. Fury - Paramount 19. Boogie - Thirst 48 Part II 20. Trophy Eyes - Chemical Miracle 21. Landscapes - Modern Earth 22. Oathbreaker - Rheisa 23. True Love - Heaven's Too Good For Us 24. Venom Prison - Animus 25. Petrol Girls - Talk Of Violence 26. The Fall Of Troy - OK 27. Butch Walker - Stay Gold 28. PUP - The Dream Is Over 29. Touché Amoré - Stage Four 30. Angel Du$t - Rock The Fuck On Forever EPs: 1. Creeper - The Stranger 2. Vince Staples - Prima Donna 3. G.L.O.S.S. - Trans Day Of Revenge 4. YG - Red Friday 5. Grader - Wholly 6. Grieving - Demonstrations 7. Terrible Love - Change Nothing 8. Cold Years - Death Chasers 9. Sibling - Miserable Love 10. Carly Rae Jepsen -EMOTION Side B I know I'll end up changing some of it but oh well...
My 2015 top 10 re-done: 1. Author - Of Brighter Days 2. Foxing - Dealer 3. Turnover - Peripheral Vision 4. Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder 5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion 6. The Internet - Ego Death 7. The Maine - American Candy 8. Valise - Young Bloomer 9. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit 10. Valley Maker - When I Was A Child (Originally it was 1 Author, 2 Foxing, 3 Turnover, 4 Valise, 5 Better Off, 6 The Internet, 7 Oh Wonder, 8 The Maine, 9 Earl, 10 Valley Maker)
Last year (just really quickly, not much thought into it) TWIABP - Harmlessness Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Eskimeaux - OK Mal Blum - You Look A Lot Like Me PWR BTTM - Ugly Cherries Hop Along - Painted Shut mewithoutYou - Pale Horses Foxing - Dealer