Chorus.fm Members EOTY Lists 2021 • Page 4

Clairo’s record is 1000% my biggest disappointment of the year

But also The Maine, Kacey Musgraves, Slow Crush, Lucy Dacus, Pink Siifu, and Hayley Williams all put out records that I liked considerably less than their previous ones, some of which I didn’t like at all

 

Oh yeah, especially after Immunity finally clicked for me this year, Sling didn't really do much for me. I also didn't like Foo Fighters' newest album. It's dad rock in all the wrong ways, while Van Weezer is dad rock in the right ways.

I really like Whokill and Nikki Nack by Tune-yards, but man their last two albums leave me cold, the most recent of which came out this year.

 

Favorites - No particular order:

Weezer - OK Human
Weezer - Van Weezer
Hot Mulligan - I Won't Reach Out To You
UserX - UserX
Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God
Trace Mountains - House of Confusion
Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket
Twenty One Pilots - Scaled & Icy
Polo G - Hall of Fame
J. Cole - The Off-Season
Rod Wave - SoulFly
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight
Straylight Run - Live at the Patchogue Theatre
Slaughter Beach, Dog - At the Moonbase (technically 2020, but I believe released the final week)

 

These were the ones I was most disappointed in due to these artists’ great past projects:

Thunder Gloss - True Crash
Burial Waves - Holy Ground
Lorde - Solar Power
Future of Forestry - Remember

I liked all these albums but they still didn’t meet my expectations due to the artists’ amazing previous work:

Lowland Hum - At Home
Trace Mountains - House of Confusion
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
Lucy Dacus - Home Video
Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More

Also, I got really excited for the Kississippi album from the singles but wasn’t too into the album when it came out

 

I hate saying this but Foxing is one of my favorite bands and unfortunately DDTM doesn't do much for me as a whole. Its a disappointing record relative to the rest of their catalogue, especially when up to this point I've loved each new foxing record more than the last. I've probably listened to the new one 3 times all the way through since release whereas I was playing NMG practically on loop for like 3 months in 2018. Some parts of this record really get on my nerves, especially songs like 'Lightning'. The extensive promo campaign they did didnt really help this time around either since it got me extremely hyped, therefore furthering my letdown.

Others I was really looking forward to but let me down in the end:

Teenage Wrist
Shame
Foo Fighters
Glitterer
Citizen
Slow Crush
Ruby Haunt
Blankenberge

 

Yeah the Teenage Wrist one is a great call out too. That record wound up actually kinda flopping for me. That’s even apart from later learning about of of their abusive members, which was definitely the nail in the coffin

 

my favourite tracks of the year with youtube links in the brackets so you can catch up on all the bangers you missed out on

1. Charli XCX - Good Ones (x)
2. Doss - Strawberry (x)
3. Charlie Martin - Madison (x)
4. slowthai - MAZZA (feat. A$AP Rocky) (x)
5. Snail Mail - Valentine (x)
6. MAN ON MAN - 1983 (x)
7. Overmono - So U Kno (x)
8. Little Simz - Introvert (x)
9. Baltra - I Want You (I Need You) (x)
10. MAXO KREAM - BIG PERSONA (feat. Tyler, The Creator) (x)

11. Hovvdy - True Love (x)
12. Tyler, The Creator - LUMBERJACK (x)
13. Yves Tumor - Crushed Velvet (x)
14. Turnstile - HOLIDAY (x)
15. The Weather Station - Parking Lot (x)
16. Low - Days Like These (x)
17. Princess Nokia - Boys Are From Mars (feat. Yung Baby Tate) (x)
18. Black Country, New Road - Track X (x)
19. Jazmine Sullivan - Put It Down (x)
20. Mach-Hommy - Folie Á Deux (feat. Westside Gunn, Keisha Plum) (x)

21. DJ Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Be (x)
22. Indigo De Souza - Kill Me (x)
23. Dave - Clash (feat. Stormzy) (x)
24. Isaiah Rashad - Headshots (4r Da Locals) (x)
25. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet (x)
26. Burial - Dark Gethsemane (x)
27. Norf Face - Baitest Sound (x)
28. PinkPantheress - Pain (x)
29. Skepta - Lit Like This (x)
30. Caroline Polachek - Bunny is a Rider (x)

31. Vince Staples - ARE YOU WITH THAT? (x)
32. Strange Ranger - Pass Me By (x)
33. illuminati hotties - MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA (x)
34. P Money x Whiney - Buss The Red (x)
35. 100 gecs - mememe (x)
36.Dry Cleaning - Scratchcard Lanyard (x)
37. Earl Sweatshirt - 2010 (x)
38. Angel Du$t - Never Ending Game (x)
39. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 6 (x)
40. Yaeji & OHHYUK - 29 (x)

41. Ross From Friends - The Daisy (x)
42. Squid - Paddling (x)
43. The Alchemist - Loose Change (feat. Earl Sweatshirt) (x)
44. Peggy Gou - I Go (x)
45. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - THE SERVER IS IMMERSED (x)
46. Denise Chaila - 061 (x)
47. Wiki - Roof (x)
48. laura les - Haunted (x)
49. Mall Grab - Love Reigns (x)
50. Meridian Dan - Teachers Pet's (feat. President T & JME) (x)

51. Poppy - EAT (x)
52. Fiddlehead - Million Times (x)
53. 박혜진 Park Hye Jin - Let’s Sing Let’s Dance (x)
54. A. G. Cook - 2021 (x)
55. Lucy Dacus - Hot & Heavy (x)
56. CARIBOU - You Can Do It (x)
57. JPEGMAFIA - TRUST! (x)
58. Soccer Mommy - rom com 2004 (x)
59. Logic1000 – What You Like (feat. Yunè Pinku) (x)
60. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - White Elephant (x)

61. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Try Not To Be Afraid (with Delilah Brao, Luke Markinson & ‎Anyela Gómez) (x)
62. Baby Keem - range brothers (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (x)
63. Namasenda - Demonic (feat. La Zowi) (x)
64. The Armed - ALL FUTURES (x)
65. Mykki Blanco - It's Not My Choice (feat. Blood Orange) (x)
66. Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker (x)
67. Big Zuu - Offline (feat. JME, Novelist) (x)
68. Camp Cope - Blue (x)
69. The Antlers - Solstice (x)
70. John Glacier - If Anything (x)

71. St. Vincent - The Melting Of The Sun (x)
72. Gucci Mane - Posse On Bouldercrest (x)
73. Bonobo - Rosewood (x)
74. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (x)
75. Bellows - McNally Jackson (x)
76. Loraine James - Simple Stuff (x)
77. Vegyn - I See You Sometimes (feat. Jeshi) (x)
78. Jenny Hval - Jupiter (x)
79. Lil Ugly Mane - porcelain slightly (x)
80. DARKSIDE - The Limit (x)

81. Rhiannon Giddens - Calling Me Home (with Francesco Turrisi) (x)
82. Ghetts - Crud (feat. Giggs) (x)
83. Lorde - Solar Power (x)
84. Sons Of Kemet - To Never Forget The Source (x)
85. Kojaque - Town's Dead (x)
86. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Job's Lament (x)
87. Big Thief - Little Things (x)
88. Key Glock - Ambition For Cash (x)
89. Home Is Where - Long Distance Conjoined Twins (x)
90. Deafheaven - Great Mass of Color (x)

91. LUMP - Animal (x)
92. Westside Gunn - Hell On Earth Pt. 2 (feat. Benny The Butcher x Conway The Machine) (x)
93. Holy Other - Lieve (feat. Daniel Thorne) (x)
94. CHVRCHES - How Not To Drown (feat. Robert Smith) (x)
95. Playboi Carti - Sky (x)
96. Every Time I Die - Planet Shit (x)
97. KNEECAP - Guilty Conscience (x)
98. Summer Walker - No Love (feat. SZA) (x)
99. Xiu Xiu - A Bottle of Rum (x)
100. Jon Hopkins - Sit Around The Fire (feat. Ram Dass & East Forest) (x)

 

I was really rooting for them but its hard going from a record like Chrome Neon Jesus which immediately blew me a way to the new one. The abuse allegations definitely added to the bad taste in my mouth with this one too. Also the only songs I've ever come back to from it are the ones Kamtin was involved in before he left to focus on his own stuff. Th rest feels like Jimmy Eat World worship imo. Just too big of a a change in sound/genre for me.

 

Excellent work. I'll try and check out the songs I haven't heard in the next few days.

 

Wet was like top 10 on the GVB list and I was shocked because I have only seen/heard of people being let down by it (myself included)

 

I really tried, but it's so dull and lifeless, there's like one or two memorable moments on the entire thing. I'm all for downtempo, but it has to still be interesting and this one just... isn't

 

1. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
2. Biffy Clyro - The Myth of The Happily Ever After
3. Turnstile - Glow On
4. Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God
5. Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
6. Press To MECO - Transmute
7. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
8. Trophy Scars - Astral Pariah
9. The Killers - Pressure Machine
10. Trivium - In The Court of The Dragon

 

Slurpy slurpy sleep sleep

 

x 113

 

Cool to see Trophy Scars on a list. I love almost all of their previous material, but I can’t get into this one. It frustrates me.

 

replying because it’s rare to find someone to talk Future of Forestry with

I enjoyed the newest FOF album and I have it right on the cusp of my album list that I’m working through — I can see disappointment with it because it was pretty one note for most of it, but there were a few highs like “Free” and “Turn Your Heart” that I really enjoyed

 

Probably just doing a top 10 this year. Biggest disappointment is definitely the Lorde album, although I don’t think it’s outright bad.

 

I think Horizons / East was the biggest disappointment for me. Some solid tracks and not a bad album by any means, but it just didn’t have an impact on me the way their releases normally do.

 

great album

 

Ok at best

 

Upper tier of their catalog at best, tbh.

 

Their best in over a decade.

 

Glad you all enjoy it

 

Their best since Beggars for sure but also not really the kind of thing I reach for these days. Didn’t go back to it much

 

I loved Palms and maybe was expecting something different from the album. I may have to give it some more listens. Scavengers is a really great song.