2016 Mid-Year Album Lists Thread • Page 11

Both the St Lucia and Joy Formidable albums are great. You're in for a treat!

 

Late to the party

1. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
2. The Hotelier - Goodness
3. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
4. Obscura - Akróasis
5. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
6. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
7. Beyonce - Lemonade
8. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
9. Lost Salt Blood Purges - Only the Youngest Grave
10. Yndi Halda - Under Summer

HMs

Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
Swans - The Glowing Man
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
David Bowie - Blackstar
Young Thug - I'm Up
YG - Still Brazzy
Future - EVOL
Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
Kevin Gates - Islah
Steven Wilson - 4 1/2
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
Weezer - White album
Babymetal - Metal Resistance
Damien Jurado - Visions of Us on the Land
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
Oceans of Slumber - Winter
The Zenith Passage - Solipsist
Abbath - Abbath

 

1. Seiko Oomori - Tokyo Black Hole
2. Akai Ko-en - Jyunjo Randoseru
3. BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
4. Perfume - Cosmic Explorer
5. Galileo Galilei - Sea and the Darkness
6. Charan-Po-Rantan - Onna no 46 Pun
7. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
8. Gesu no Kiwami Otome. - Ryoseibai
9. amazarashi - sekai shusoku 2116
10. Cicada - Farewell
11. Hello Sleepwalkers - Planless Perfection
12. Kie Katagi - Serendipity
13. Momoiro Clover Z - Hakkin no Yoake & Amaranthus
14. The Oral Cigarettes - Fixion
15. Takahiro Kido - The New World
16. Sumire Uesaka - 20 Seiki no Gyakushu
17. Adam Green - Aladdin
18. fraqsea - Star Cocktail
19. Especia - CARTA
20. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
21. Oyasumi Hologram - 2
22. Majiko - Magic
23. Rie Fu - O
24. Daughter - Not to disappear
25. SCANDAL - Yellow

EP

Megumi Wata - Blindman
tricot - KABUKU EP
TK from Ling Tosite Sigure - Secret Sensation
Red Velvet - The Velvet

 

1. whitney light upon the lake
2. big thief masterpiece
3. pinegrove cardinal
4. band of horses why are you ok
5. brian fallon painkillers
6. david bazan blanco
7. deftones gore

 

I'm not very optimistic that happens soon if at all at this point. I know they're recording but...

 

I feel the same way as you are saying. Lists are great to see what your taste of music is now and it's a great tool to come back to at the end of the year, to see if your list hasn't changed. So far it has been a great year for music. If I have to put them in a list, I would give them following order.

1. Blink 182 - California
2. Hands Like Houses - Dissonants
3. Beartooth - Aggressive
4. Simple Plan - Taking One For The Team
5. Trash Boat - Nothing I Write You, Can Change What You've Been Trough
6. Saosin - Along The Shadow
7. Ignite - A War Against You
8. As It Is - Never Happy, Ever After deluxe edition
9. With Confidence - Better Weather
10. I See Stars - Treehouse

Haven't been able to check a few albums out like the new Thrice album and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

For the second half of 2016 I have some albums already, that I can't wait to hear.

1. Yellowcard - Self Titled ( I feel sad that this will be their last album)
2. A Day To Remember - Bad Vibrations
3. Sum 41 - 13 Voices
4. Good Charlotte - Youth Authority
5. Bad Omens - Self Titled
6. The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak
7. Greenday? *
8. Jimmy Eat World? *
9. Paramore? *

* Not sure if these bands will release a new album this year or next year?

 

Favorites so far, in no order,

Anderson .Paak, Rihanna, St. Lucia, Lissie, Kanye West, Weezer, Beyonce, Drake, Radiohead, Corinne Bailey Rae, Saosin, Ariana Grande, Flume, Sara Watkins

 

Here is my updated list as of June 30, 2016 - It has changed a lot after I gave some album's second chances:

Top 10:
1. The Hotelier - Goodness
2. O'Brother - Endless Light
3. Pinegrove - Cardinal
4. Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
5. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
6. Tiny Moving Parts - Celebrate
7. Weezer - The White Album
8. Deer Leap - Impermanence
9. Fatherson - Open Book
10. Anchor & Braille - Songs for the Late Night Drive Home

 

Updated list

1. hotelier- goodness
2. Thrice- tbeitbn
3. Radiohead-moon shaped pool
4. Pinegrove- Cardinal
5. Into it over it- standards
6. Saosin- along the shadow
7. Deer leap- impermanence
8. Arrows in her- it tired me all the same
9. Pup- the dream is over
10. Jank- awkward pop songs

 

If "moon shaped poop" isn't intentional, it's the fucking best typo I've ever seen.

 

Forgot about that anchor and Braille record need to relisten

 

A&B was this year?? That's crazy to consider

 

lol it wasn't haha

 

Cacie posted a snapchat a few days ago with the caption "trackin vox. We are so CLOSE". Hopefully within the next 12 months hah

 

That Hotelier album had to be the biggest disappointment of the year so far to me. It's just so slow and uninteresting, and their lyrics have never really been their strong suit. (Similar to Joyce Manor - the lyrics are "cryptic" only because of how badly written they are yet they seem to think they come off poetic). Combined with an abysmal cover, I feel as though they felt they think they are better than they actually are and can get away with ambitious attempts at something different. I've actually lost respect for them and listening to the new one makes me enjoy the last one less. What a steaming pile of pretentious garbage. In my opinion, of course.

I couldn't enjoy the new Weezer album, either.


Best of the year:
Mean Jeans
Audio Visceral
Future of the Left
Big Ups
Direct Hit! (Nothing they do will be as good as Brainless God)

 

lololol
You did put the big ups record so I can at least not think you're totally brainless

 

I couldn't agree more, such generic lyrics... I mean so many bands are writing Taoist records these days. Also hate how they are able to connect the struggle of being in your 20s and gaining and losing love works within their Taoist belief system. Just so unoriginal..

Also that last record didn't make a whole lot of sense either..why write songs about serious issues such as mental health that can really help people.

 

Sub

 

I've heard like 140 new releases this year and still feel hopelessly out of the loop looking at these lists. Sigh.

 

It's fine, lyrics have never been their strong suit, right?

 

Adding:

Forests - Sun Eat Moon Grave Party
TTNG - Disappointment Island
Dinosaur Jr - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not