ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

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55: The Chats – “Smoko” – 186 points – 7 votes
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the who did the what now

:D

lobbying on the nomination thread... gone good!

it's amazing how little this is for me

this was my #23 so I'm glad others have pulled this out of the bag. tbf i was on smoko

hahaha yesss

choice incomprehensible aussie 77 singles

this is dumb as fuck but I am amused

should be only 90 secs though

yeah overall i can't knock it, it sure does what it does xp

The song itself is as straightforward as a large sausage roll. Over a simple bass riff and the whiny shout of “I’m on Smoko”, it calls some of the yob factor of the Cosmic Psychos, the larrikin spirit of Dune Rats and, if you squint hard enough, some Eddy Current Suppression Ring-inspired riffs. “All of us have always loved those bands, so obviously our music is influenced by theirs," says Sandwith. “We’re also super influenced by bands such as Drunk Mums, Jurassic Nark and Mini Skirt.”

one of the few I haven't heard – should I?

not the worst way to spend three minutes of your life

as an australian i can vaguely appreciate this but mostly hate it

ive experienced being "nambored" way too many times though so i could have gotten behind voting for that one

you'll get the idea pretty quick too

I don't think I need to hear that chorus again.

haha this is fun

Hm, enjoyed Soccer Mommy more than I expected to from the band name.

NB to UK/AU ILXors: i had never heard the term "Smoko" before this song

ogmor really summed it up in the voting thread:

so lowest common denominator it's a jam because of not in spite of its australiosity, blew up in 2018, v powerful hair and energy in the vid

reminds me of a bunch of local bands that'd have a song or two people could get behind, to the bewilderment of anyone who hadn't seen them before. maybe just slightly more cohesive, good enough to release

imo every 77 needs one hilarious "outsider art" placement and this is very far from the worst we've had

im on smoi koi

xxp I'd never heard the term "smoko" either, but it didn't exactly take me long to put together what's going on here

MES looking down from the firmament and coughing up a phlegm of approval

someone check on saer

"smoko" is better than anything by local bands i heard while growing up near where they're from but that's not saying much

i am hoping #54 may be the first saer-approved track

☑

a folk classic

Finally, we're getting somewhere.

'filmed and edited by Matisse Langbein'

should be only 90 secs though

Yeah, they should have gone for the Pink Flag effect and just stopped after the first chorus.

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54: Talaboman – “Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix)” - 187 points – 7 votes - 1 first place vote
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John Talabot

sick af

oh havent heard the remixes

loved the talaboman record a couple of years back

this one stood out on the noms thread, i love it

this is pretty amazing btw

Dude looks like a bit like Stockhausen on that pic.

Never heard of "Smoko" before, but it sounds like if someone had made an actual song based on what older people were who didn't like punk rock in the '70s imagined it sounds like. Well, at least it doesn't evoke indifference like most other rock songs on the list rather than revulsion.

*in

BUT WHAT DOES SAER THINK ABOUT A DINS EL LLIT

This is really good btw.

oh this is cool. not sure why i never spent more time with the talaboman album back when it came out

exactly what i expected when i saw the artists involved--tactile, never-ending awesomeness

Oh this is great, should've been on my ballot really.

i still jam The Night Land

ooooh this should be good, I always like Talabot-connected stuff

2018 was long enough for me that I puzzled about whether I had heard any songs by Soccer Mommy, when I had in fact seen them live back in July

yeeesh

Needs to start with the organ break and intensify from there. Good but calibrated slightly too chill for my tastes