2017 Albums • Page 8

I think the only two albums I´ve listened all the way through in 2017 is Teddy and The Love Gang and the latest from Sonny Alven.

 

77. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes (2017)

 

February:

10. Syd - Fin +
11. arrange - The Body EP ++
12. The Menzingers - After the Party +
13. Minus the Bear - Voids *
14. Eisley - I'm Only Dreaming +
15. Future - Future *
16. King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering +
17. Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes ++
18. Future - HNDRXX ++
19. Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors +
20. Ostraca / Flesh Born - Faces of the Moving Year ++
21. Shizune - Cheat Death, Live Dead! +
22. Porcelain Raft - Microclimate +

 

78. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer (2017)
79. Acceptance - Colliding By Design (2017)

 

Acceptance - Colliding By Design ++
Culprit - Sonder ++
Hearts Like Lions - If I Never Speak Again ++
Ryan Adams - Prisoner ++
Minus The Bear - Voids +++

All of them really really good, and some of them filling some satisfaction aspects in genres that have grown a bit stagnant lately.

 

Have Mercy has a new single titled Coexist, so I'm assuming an album will follow this year. It's good, too.

 

@RonandTammy where can I find it?! ;D got excited from the teaser alone.

 

kingdom-leaks.com

 

@RonandTammy hell yeah, thanks, I'll check it out when I'm back home ;D would be great to have a new album from them this year.

 

Completely unexpected. Then again I don't go back to their sophomore album hardly ever.

 

I actually like it, not as much as TEPB, but still, and I love the guest appearance by Ace Enders which is so fitting. But okk, I'll get back to it when there's a news thread for the single ;D

 

I had no clue that was Ace when I first heard the album. I was like damn, he sounds familiar. But yes, that is the best track on the album.

 

Here is my February. I didn't get through as much as January, but this month gave me my two favorite releases of the year so far, Menzingers and Sampha. Actually, the only thing on this list that didn't make an impression on me was Ryan Adams, but I may go back and see if that changes. This year is shaping up to be another powerful year for music.

EDIT: Somehow I forgot to add Jens Lekman, Vagabon, and MUNA to this list. All of those were cool as well. I've listened to Vagabon once a day since I first heard it.

 

80. Thundercat - Apocalypse (2013)

 

February:
The Menzingers - After the Party +++
Andrew McMahon - Zombies on Broadway #
Code Orange - Forever +
Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound ++
Foxygen - Hang +
Minus the Bear - Voids +
Why? - Moh Llhean ++
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes +
Cherry Glazerr - Apocalipstick ++


Thanks for everyone who had Cherry Glazerr on their list and got me interested in checking them out. Anything else I've missed from Jan or Feb I should look into?

 

Feb

 

Rundown of my last two weeks...

Highlights from February for me were: So This Is Suffering (Deathcore), Darko (Raucous Punk Rock a la A Wilhelm Scream), WATERMEDOWN (Emo), Horisont (Throwback Rock), Carousel Kings (Pop-Punk / Easycore), Lorna Shore (Deathcore), John Mayer (John Fucking Mayer), Los Campesinos! (Indie Rock/Alternative), Strawberry Girls (Progressive Rock)

 

81. Conor Oberst - Salutations (2017)
82. Matt Pryor - Memento Mori (2017)
83. HONNE - Coastal Love (2015)
84. HONNE - Over Lover (2015)
85. Ed Sheeran - ÷ (2017)
86. Dia Frampton - Bruises (2017)
87. Tennis - Yours Conditionally (2017)
88. Temples - Volcano (2017)

 

February had a bunch of big albums that could all end up in my EOTY list: Syn's Fin, Future's HNDRXX, Jidenna's The Chief... but holy cow is that Jens Lekman album an immediate AOTY contender for me. So many great melodies and diaristic specificity in his lyrics. I love how well he enunciates! I was very let down by Father John Misty, which fell off a cliff after about five songs... too much for me. Maybe I'll come around to it. The new Vince Staples and Katy Perry songs have me extremely excited for their next projects, as they're both moving in directions that feel new for them.

Top 2017 albums of the month:
Jens Lekman!!!, Syd, Jidenna

Recommended Songs I discovered this month:
Jens Lekman - "Wedding in Finistère"
Future - "Incredible"
Syd - "Nothin to Somethin"
John Mayer - "Still Feel Like Your Man"
Thundercat - "Tokyo"

 

slow febs

 

February
Foxygen - Hang 2017 +++
Banks - The Altar 2016 *
The Betters - You From Before 2017 +
Prince - Purple Rain 1984 ++
Vulfpeck - The Beautiful Game 2016 +
Børns - Dopamine 2015 +
Time King - Suprœ 2015 ++
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway 2017 +
John Legend - DARKNESS AND LIGHT 2016 ++
Prince - Batman 1989 *
Prince - Dirty Mind 1980 +
Prince - Prince 1970 ++

March
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 2015 ++

 

29. insignificant other - alphabet soup / Lo fi acousticy woosticy / ++
30. Matthew Lee Cothran - judas hung himself in america / Bedroom pop / +++
31. half waif - form/a / ++ / Bedroom pop (i guess idk) / ++ (needs more listens)
32. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me / Indie folk / +++
33. Jay Som - Everybody Works / Dream Pop / +++
34. Ed Sheeran - Divide / Folk pop / +

 

February

Porcelain Raft - Microclimate +

The Mezingers - After the Party +

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway ++

Amber Run - For a Moment, I Was Lost

Strand of Oaks - Hard Love +

Eisley - I’m Only Dreaming ++

Acceptance - Colliding by Design *

March

Ed Sheehan - Divide #

Senses Fail - In Your Absence EP +

Dia Frampton - Bruises *