i was surprised to see wolf alice miss the top 50
― monotony, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
Lots of things listed today that fell off my ballot or felt very overrated and formulaic to me. I find the Colleen album boring and it sounds like so many other modular synth records of late. Laurel Halo always sounds good in theory to me, but never really scratches any itches when I put her on. Ryuichi Sakamoto's async was an agonizing decision to leave off, it's lovely.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 02:01 (six years ago) link
moodles - are you referring to brooklyn baby? that one's superb
― kolakube (Ross), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
Yes, and I disagree.
But she definitely has lots of songs like that. Some work, some don't.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 04:42 (six years ago) link
The world needs "I Still Haven't Found My Dick".
― Acanthonus armatus (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
49 JULIEN BAKER "Turn Out the Lights"this was ok but i still can't really get into her, the arrangements are a little too bare? i much preferred the Phoebe Bridgers album which is in a similar sort of vein but has more going on 43 JAPANESE BREAKFAST "Soft Sounds from Another Planet"incredibly disappointing album that abandoned everything i liked about Psychopomp. nothing on this comes close to the gorgeous dream pop of In Heaven
42 LANA DEL REY "Lust For Life"another really inconsistent album from her, Ultraviolence is still by far her best. Love is really good but Coachella - Woodstock On My Mind was so dire
41 ALGIERS "The Underside of Power"wow this is way too low, i thought this was a lock for top 20. probably my favourite post-punk album this decade?
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
incredibly disappointing album that abandoned everything i liked about Psychopomp. nothing on this comes close to the gorgeous dream pop of In Heaven
I'm surprised you see such a gulf really. I like Psychopomp a lot but I came to it through the new one, and I'm curious as to what that album has that Soft Sounds doesn't, other than a kind of lower-fidelity pallour.
If you told me at the start of the year that my #2 album would have been a US indie record setting itself up somewhere between shoegaze and Pacific NW I wouldn't have believed you. Usually stuff in that vein is characterised by a slavish, over-cautious recreation of a particular sound at the expense of songwriting, whereas this record takes that sound as a starting point and pulls it in multiple different directions. It's the ballads in the second half that really slay me, 'Boyish' especially.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:16 (six years ago) link
hmm, i didn't reach the second half in my listen yesterday, will try now
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:19 (six years ago) link
'be my baby' beat goes a long way huh
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:23 (six years ago) link
otoh i like a harpsichord
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:24 (six years ago) link
Listened to some more of the Colleen record and its quite a mixed bag. I only like.2 of the tracks on it, the rest wasn't very enjoyable. Having said that, 2 good tracks is still alright, but shows the problem with judging albums!
One of my favourite records I never got as far as the one good track because the rest of it is rubbish. Found out later one of the tracks I'd been wondering about for ages was on there. I don't care if the rest of it isn't any good!
― saer, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:26 (six years ago) link
Unfortunately I can never remember the name of the artist now and Ive no idea where I put the record, but trust me, its very good and I can imagine it a little bit in my head and thats the main thing
― saer, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:29 (six years ago) link
I think its from 2002 and has a grey and yellowish cover with a really forgettable name and a car on the front, looks like it might be used in a film about the rozzers
― saer, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:32 (six years ago) link
I love that album too.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:44 (six years ago) link
I'm also in the underwhelmed-by-the-new-Colleen gang. I discovered Captain Of None during the 2015 rollout, and it's been one of my most played records of the past couple of years. Alas, this one doesn't come close.
Tornado Wallace is a great find; it joins Visible Cloaks in the most-likely-to-buy pile.
Only two of my votes have placed thus far: Laurel Halo (although the vinyl pressing is a murky dud) and Wolf Alice (which I didn't see coming AT ALL, what a massive leap forwards).
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:53 (six years ago) link
I did have an initial wave of excitement about the new colleen record, just the sound of it, but it has grown on me over time. the highs of captain of none are something else but I keep being drawn to the more lonely, starkly poised mood of the new one
― ogmor, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:12 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LFEDnBo.jpg
40 BLANCK MASS "World Eater" (292 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:50 (six years ago) link
oh cool!
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link
lol. i like that today starts off with something that makes AG happy. will check out
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:58 (six years ago) link
That's one of two albums I'd been hoping placed purely because I forgot to put them on my ballot.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
Fuck yeah! My number 4.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
this has something about it, have enjoyed what i've heard, although i'm sure he has a greater work in him
probably much better than fuck buttons
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:24 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/I8cQIkJ.jpg
39 GAUSSIAN CURVE "The Distance" (294 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link
i listened to this one a lot this year
And there's my number 1
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:34 (six years ago) link
An album I was p much always in the mood for
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
Blanck Mass!this was my number 1. The combo of the opening track + Rhesus Negative has been by far my most often played thing this year. could generally fit this into the 10 minute walk between the metro station and my house.rest of the album doesn't quite live up to those two opening tracks but still incredible.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
Would have been my number 1 too but I didn't ever see the voting thread and I'm still having a massive pity party about not getting to vote this year. What was the thread called, anyway?
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
(Referring to Gaussian Curve)
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:44 (six years ago) link
gaussian curve was my number 2, beautiful record, thank you gigi
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:45 (six years ago) link
yeah just listened to the opening 2 tracks of World Eater having heard only the 3rd before - they were great
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
aw evan, wonder what another 50 points or whatever would have doen to the result?
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
Prob would have made it place higher.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
"ILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD":
ILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― toby, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, thanks Jeff! :) xp
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
Hahaha how did I miss the thread??? Oh well
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:51 (six years ago) link
I liked that Gaussian Curve record, gave it a few spins. Slept on the Blanck Mass record but was digging Rhesus Negative when it popped up in the noms playlist on Spotify. I'm still working my way through that playlist at the moment. It finally motivated me to sign up for Spotify, thank you ILX.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
I'm kicking myself for missing the voting deadline, too. Even made a couple noms. Next year I will pull my shit together and vote, promise.
https://i.imgur.com/bIJoWFL.jpg
38 FOUR TET "New Energy" (295 points, 10 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
That one didn't do anything for me.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
Not really a big Four Tet fan but I liked this one a lot - it was the last cut from my ballot but would definitely make it if I was voting today.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
here's the title track of the gaussian curve record: The Distance
very soft, languid music, it sounds like they're just gently caressing the air molecules in the room
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
sounds right up my street ;)
am listening anyway
four tet is unalloyed dullsville
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
Is the Four Tet a collab with Tove Lo?
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
iirc the last track on the four tet is great and the rest is....whatever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
Gaussian Curve’s debut from a few years back is even better
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/h3G4G7K.jpg
37 THE CLIENTELE "Music From The Age Of Miracles" (298 points, 11 votes)spotify
best band since the smiths
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
this might not be so bad in fact, am deciding
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
I'm not gonna listen to the Gaussian Curve record because in my head it is an ambient electronic 1-hr cover of that Cake song.
(Note that I like this idea that is in my head and fear the reality would only be a disappointment.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link