This album just reminds me of a pre-pandemic America now, as this was my most anticipated release right before everything went to hell. It was a fun listen in February, but once March came along, and then on top of that we've had an absurdly good music release year - this fell out of my top 10. I still like it. But its probably my least favorite Tame Impala.
No major release in 2020 will be more memory-holed than this one. Feels like it came out a decade ago.
Went back to this today; still love it and stand by my review from February but it's a weird feeling to know that even an album I was that on board with - it's my favourite Tame Impala album yet - doesn't even make my top 20 of the year. Just goes to show how fucking stacked this year was.
This is probably my least stacked year since like... the 90s haha. So many albums held back for pandemic reasons, not a ton that came out which I've had much connection to. Still some solid records, but compared to other years? Forget about it
I did, like, a draft (unranked bc fuck that) list of my favourite 2020 albums, you might find stuff here that you dig? Algiers - There is No Year Bartees Strange - Live Forever Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong Boniface - Boniface Carla J. Easton - WEIRDO Caspian - On Circles Deftones - Ohms Everything Everything - RE-ANIMATOR Glass Animals - Dreamland IDLES - Ultra Mono Oceanator - Things I Never Said of Montreal - UR FUN Orchards - Lovecore Owen Pallett - Island Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMA Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better? Touché Amoré - Lament
Every year is a good year imo but this year keeps on giving in terms of music. I like this record quite a bit and it wouldn’t even make my top 50 lol
Yeah there are at least 25 albums from this year that I love, then a whole bunch that I like. A very stacked year
Hum Phoebe Polo G Deftones Caspian Lil Uzi Vert Freddie G/Alchemist Bright Eyes Loathe The 1975 Boldy James Jeff Rosenstock CRJ Cloud Nothings Denzel Curry The Front Bottoms Grimes King Krule Have a Good Season Honeymoon I Love Your Lifestyle Kamaiyah Milo Touché Amoré etc