Overlooked Albums of 2016 • Page 2

Me too. I legit had to look at a list. I feel like there was a bit of a fallow stretch for releases this spring, makes it almost feel like a new year now that the deluge has started.

 

Forgot about one that I'm really trying to get people to listen to!!! It's 2015 but I think NA release was this year.

Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (this translate to The Woman at the End of the World if that title grabs anyone's attention).

 

Bear Hands

Night Lovell

Cub Sport

Amarionette

Beaty Heart

Rome Hero Foxes
Rome Hero Foxes - The Great Hall (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

 

Show Me The Body

 

I was really excited for that Bear Hands record and it just did not sit that well with me at all haha. I really tried too.

 

Album - JMSN - It Is (May 6, 2016)

 

angus stone's new project didn't get any attention even though it is dope

 

andy stott - too many voices
aphex twin - cheetah
ash koosha - i aka i
an autumn for crippled children - eternal
the body - no one deserves happiness
the body and full of hell - one day you will ache like i ache
bossk - audio noir
djds - stand up and speak
dvsn - sept 5
father - im a piece of shit
the field - the follower
frameworks - smother
kowton - utility
leon vynehall - rojus
lone - levitate
night lovell - red teenage melody
obrother - endless light
polyenso - pure in the plastic
the range - potential
rival consoles - night melody
sbtrkt - save yourself
show me a dinosaur - show me a dinosaur
slug christ - sometimes even the moonlight hurts my eyes
sumac - what one becomes
young dolph - king of memphis



favs are bolded

 

crazy to think about but the bowie record feels largely ignored in most circles, especially here

chris staples - golden age
iggy pop - post pop depression
autolux - pussy's dead
the dirty nil - higher power
culture abuse - peach
greys - outer heaven
diiv - is the is are
bob mould - patch the sky
parquet courts - human performance
creative adult - fear of life

 

i dont consider is the is are overlooked just because its my number 2 of the year but yeah it probably is overlooked around here

 

i think the bowie record might be like, too inextricably tied to his death for some people in addition to the swarm of releases that came early in the year and may have overshadowed it.

 

Idk I bet it'll be in top 10 of most publication EOY lists so I have trouble calling it overlooked

 

WAY overlooked. I haven't read a peep about this album on the web. No one cares because dude played in a way obscure emo band 15 years ago and looks like Eric Wareheim but they should because it's very, very good. Quietly heartbreaking and just well-done stuff that grows on you after a few listens.

This record got some decent buzz, but arguably overlooked. Super fun.

Man, I saw Greys on the White Lung tour and I don't think anyone had a clue who they were. This album is really solid, I liked it.

The Creative Adult record is wonderful. Top 5 of the year for me right now. It's a little absurd I haven't seen it get more love. People need gimmicks, I guess.

 

Yeah I think I'd consider the DIIV record to be pretty overlooked around these parts. I myself even listened to it almost exclusively for a little while but then didn't go back for months. Caught a show a week or two ago though and they were awesome, and now I'm totally back on the DIIV train haha

 

i saw them back in may and met and spoke extensively with cole before and after the show, such an incredible dude one of the nicest band guys ive ever met in my life. the album really hit me a couple months back with everything i went through being directly reflected in the music and lyrics, hence why its so high up on my list.

 

I really don't get it. Everyone who loves KDev around here should go crazy for him. Loved 238 and Discover America but his solo stuff is the best he's put out.

That's good. I haven't seen much chatter about it outside of a few sources, so I'm glad to hear that. Definitely in my top 5.

Loved the first Greys record and I was pleasantly surprised by their growth. Turned into such an interesting band. And yeah, the Creative Adult one really should latch on more. Definitely feels more like a fall record though with the vocals/guitar tone

 

Someone pls listen to that Elza Soares record

 

It's on my list. Give me a week til I'm back at school and sitting at a desk a lot

 

Of everyone whose taste I have a general idea about, I think you would appreciate it the most.

 

Wintersleep - The Great Detatchment
Kyle Craft - Dolls of Highland

 

It definitely sounds appealing to me

 

It somehow completely flew under my radar until this week that Tweet released an album this year, still haven't gotten a chance to check it out yet

 

Oops.

 

I was hoping an 8.0 from Pitchfork might get more people talking, but Fury - Paramount is a really solid youth crew type hardcore record.

 

the new La Femme album comes out tomorrow, that's probably the only time they'll be mentioned on this site.