Well, that's good to hear. Haven't listened to a record from either of them since the first (painfully underrated) High Flying Birds record, but "Wall of Glass" is my favorite song either of them have done in more than a decade haha. Long live the Gallaghers
I've discovered a ton of new bands through these end of year lists so I'm sure my list will change within the next month (1-6 is solid though). But this is where I am pre-EOTY lists. 1. Brand New - Science Fiction 2. Sorority Noise - You're Not As____As You Think 3. The Menzingers - After The Party 4. Hippo Campus - Landmark 5. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 6. Angus and Julia Stone - Snow 7. Souvenirs - Posture of Apology 8. Can't Swim - Fail You Again 9. Matt Pond PA - Still Summer 10. Alvvays - Antisocialites Surprised I haven't seen anyone include Hippo Campus, I feel like most of you would eat them up. Same with Sorority Noise, such a great album.
1. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 2. Head North - The Last Living Man Alive Ever In The History Of The World 3. Julien Baker - Turn The Lights Out 4. David Ramirez - We’re Not Going Anywhere 5. Turnover - Good Nature 6. The War on Drugs - Deeper Understanding 7. Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 8. Spencer Burton - Songs Of 9. Half Waif - form/a 10. Noah Gundersen - White Noise 11. The Weather Station - The Weather Station I never listen to much but always spend a lot of time with 20 of so albums.
1. The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely 2. Deaf Havana - All These Countless Nights 3. All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 4. Story Of The Year - Wolves 5. Grayscale - Adornment
Tah dah 1. Lorde - Melodrama 2. Bleachers - Gone Now 3. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 4. Taylor Swift - reputation 5. Kesha - Rainbow 6. Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 7. Lights - Skin&Earth 8. Sampha - Process 9. Gorillaz - Humanz 10. Haim - Something To Tell You 11. Amber Coffman - City of No Reply 12. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors 13. Mutemath - Play Dead 14. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 15. Kehlani - SweetSexySavage 16. Clean Cut Kid - Felt 17. SZA - CTRL 18. The xx - I See You 19. Miguel - War & Leisure 20. Stars - There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light
Here we go: 1. The National - Sleep Well Beast 2. Tyler The Creator - Flower Boy 3. Kendrick Lamar - Damn 4. Kyle Dixon & Mike - Stranger Things Season 2 Soundtrack 5. Jaden Smith - Syre 6. Glassjaw - Material Control 7. Movements- Feel Something 8. Kyle Dixon - Stranger Things Season 2 Soundtrack 9. Brockhampton - Sat III 10. Brockhampton - Sat II 11. Asking Alexandria - Asking Alexandria 12. Drake - More Life 13. Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile to the Surface 14. Lorde - Melodrama 15. Travis Scott & Quavo - Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho
A good representation of what I liked in 2017. 1. Sorority Noise - You’re Not As _____ As You Think 2. TWIAPB - Always Foreign 3. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 4. Lorde - Melodrama 5. Slowdrive – Slowdrive 6. Lil Uzi Vert- Luv Is Rage 2 7. The National - Sleep Well Beast 8. Phoebe Bridgers – Strangers in the Alps 9. Florist – If Blue Could Be Happiness 10. King Woman – Created in the Image of Suffering 11. Brockhampton – Saturation Trilogy 12. Vagabon - Infinite Worlds 13. Real Life Buildings – Significant Weather 14. Caracara - Summer Megalith 15. Nana Grizol – Ursa Minor 16. Waxahatchee – Out of the Storm 17. Dryjacket – For Posterity 18. Kelela – Take Me Apart 19. Perfume Genius – No Shape 20. Friendship – Shock out of Season 21. Paramore – After Laugher 22. Alex Lahey – I Love You Like A Brother 23. Julien Baker – Turn Out the Lights 24. Lil Peep – Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 1 25. Kesha – Rainbow 26. Coma Cinema – Loss Memory 27. Future – Future 28. Harry Styles – Harry Styles 29. Emperor X – Oversleepers International 30. Sampha – Process 31. Special Explosion – To Infinity 32. Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound 33. Katie Ellen – Cowgirl Blues 34. Rina Sawayama – Rina 35. MIKE – May God Bless Your Hustle 36. Jay Som – Everybody Works 37. Converge – The Dust In Us 38. 2 Chainz - Pretty Girls Like Trap Music 39. Young Jesus – S/T 40. The Front Bottoms – Going Grey 41. AFI – AFI (Blood Album) 42. Big Thief – Capacity 43. Fever Ray – Plunge 44. Tiny Blue Ghost – Growing Pains 45. Heaven in Her Arms – White Halo 46. No Thank You – Jump Ship 47. Majid Jordan – The Space Between 48. Gingerlys – Gingerlys 49. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – Zombies on Broadway 50. Cayetana – New Kind of Normal
1. Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness 2. Paramore - After Laughter 3. The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You Are of Me 4. Enter Shikari - The Spark 5. Lorde - Melodrama 6. Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 7. Bleachers - Gone Now 8. Neck Deep - The Peace and the Panic 9. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 10. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies in Brooklyn Honourable Mentions Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights The Menzingers - After the Party Mallory Knox - Wired St. Vincent - Masseduction All Time Low - Last Young Renegades Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter Haim - Something to Tell You British India - Forgetting the Future
1. Gang of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness 2. Paramore - After Laughter 3. Silverstein - Dead Reflection 4. Turnover - Good Nature 5. Thousand Below - The Love You Let Too Close 6. The Menzingers - After The Party 7. Icarus The Owl - Rearm Circuits 8. Circa Survive - The Amulet 9. Iron & Wine - Beast Epic 10. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps Honorable Mentions: Minus The Bear - Voids Speak The Truth... - Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface AFI - The Blood Album Hundred Suns - The Prestaliis Tidelines - Tidelines @BenSmith94 we have the same top 2!
paramore - after laughter foxygen - hang poppy - poppy.computer st. vincent - masseduction mutemath - play dead manchester orchestra - a black mile to the surface lorde - melodrama harry styles - harry styles zuli - on human freakout mountain no real order here, though after laughter and hang are definitely my top 2 of the year
1. Los Campesinos! /// Sick Scenes 2. Terror Pigeon /// We Will Never Run Out of Love! 3. Nier Automata OST 4. G Perico /// All Blue 5. Paramore /// After Laughter 6. Alex Lahey /// I Love You Like a Brother 7. Brockhampton /// Sat Trilogy 8. Jay Som /// Everybody Works 9. Oliver Houston /// Whatever Works 10. TWIABP /// Always Foreign lock it in
This was a very good year. I'd be happy with any of my top 4 as AOTY. 1) Hundred Waters - Communicating 2) Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile To The Surface 3) MisterWives - Connect The Dots 4) Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now 5) Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory 6) San Fermin - Belong 7) Mutemath - Play Dead 8) The xx - I See You 9) Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life 10) Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 11) Sampha - Process 12) SOHN - Rennen 13) Lorde - Melodrama 14) Portugal. The Man - Woodstock 15) Joywave - Content 16) St Vincent - MASSEDUCTION 17) MUNA - About U 18) Everything Everything - A Fever Dream 19) Brockhampton - Saturation II 20) London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing 21) Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer 22) PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell 23) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound 24) Hippo Campus - landmark 25) Spoon - Hot Thoughts 26) Beach Fossils - Somersault 27) The Staves & yMusic - The Way is Read 28) Overcoats - Young 29) Haim - Something To Tell You 30) Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me 31) Sylvan Esso - What Now 32) TORRES - Three Futures 33) Gordi - Reservoir 34) Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 35) Mr Jukes - God First 36) Algiers - The Underside of Power 37) Bleachers - Gone Now 38) Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 39) Lydia Ainsworth - Darling of the Afterglow 40) Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder 41) Slotface - Try Not To Freak Out 42) Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now 43) Violents & Monica Martin - Awake And Pretty Much Sober 44) Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors 45) Ibeyi - Ash 46) Alex Lahey - I Love You Like a Brother 47) Charly Bliss - Guppy 48) John Lucas - A Thousand Cathedrals 49) Jaws of Love - Tasha Sits Close to the Piano 50) Meadowlark - Postcards 50 favorite songs: