February is Music Writer Exercise Month #MWE • Page 41

Working on mine. Happy to entertain ideas from the peanut gallery.

 

Yeah I'm gonna do a mix of Years in Music and whatever categories come out for this

 

silver jews - american water

pink floyd - animals

 

I listened to Animals on your rec last MWE. Haha

That's how you know your tastes are consistent.

 

I might go all in on one particular year.

 

Now to remember what I did last year to compile my list…

 

haha okay good.

the grays - ro sham bo, then

 

I’d like to throw out there for all to listen to the debut album from Australian punk band The Living End released in 1998

 

my recommendation for everyone who hasn’t heard it is ben howard’s i forgot where we were

 

The title track to that is some kind of perfect. Nice rec

 

I’ll forever rep:

Averi - Drawn to Revolving Doors

One of my top 5 of all time

 

i need to start my list. added.

 

I’ve got like 16 on my list. I need to find some random stuff

 

Want some recs?

 

Absolutely. Hit me.

 

Random rec that I know @cshadows2887 tossed on his list, Winterhawk - Electric Warriors. Hard rock from the late 70s and the band is/was comprised of Indigenous men from the San Diego area. I have a few spots open on my list that I'll definitely be adding any recommendations from the thread that I haven't heard yet to.

 

Cool, I’ll send a few your way tomorrow.

 

matthew sweet - 100% fun
archers of loaf - all the nations airports
divine fits - a thing called divine

 

Some of my favorite discoveries from MWE of years past… all four of these records create worlds of their own and deserve to be heard.

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Impeccable and ambitious pop music that glides between smart club anthems and windswept symphonic ballads. Underneath the sheen is a lyrical tempest of what it’s like to live through the party scene and AIDS crisis of the 80s and see your friends fall away from you. Likely inspired a lot of the 1975’s more polished music.

Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Literally the sound of winter. Brilliant metaphor-laden stories filtered through a first person perspective tumble out at their own cadence. They’re aided by a singer who always seems to know exactly what unexpected thing the universe wants her to do with her chiming bell of a voice. If you have never listened to Joni Mitchell but are a fan of singer songwriters, I highly recommend you dip into this lonely room aside a cold lakeside shore.

The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
Massive, anthemic, soulful rock songs, often covered in horns, from a British folk rock band that sound like they’re trying to break through a wall to communicate to you. Probably could’ve been as big as U2 if they didn’t feel so raw and mercurial, like an exposed nerve or a sudden burst of cold air into your chest. Put this on, learn the lyrics enough to shout along, and uplift yourself.

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Perfectly titled, this mix of rock and folk songwriting comes alive with Williams’ truly singular, dusty voice. Evocative lyrics about lost barfly musicians, prison yards, and high school sweethearts that feel like they’re coming from a woman channeling the world’s hope and heartbreak into a book of memories. Especially worth checking out if you were a fan of Waxahatchee’s last record.

 

I should find room for that Waterboys record. Planning on finalizing my list today!

 

Added that Waterboys record to my list as well.

 

These were the albums you hadn't heard from my all time list, so any of them if you didn't get to them yet:
German Error Message - After the Warmth
Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands...
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Violent Femmes - S/T
Arthur Russell - World of Echo
Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across Rooftops
The Blue Nile - Hats
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

 

I’ll throw at least two of these on

 

It will be very much your speed

 

If anyone likes post-rock and wants a deep cut, Natural Process by New Century Classics is gorgeous. Been my grading music today so I though of it.