the single best album of 2017 you feel is overlooked

It's a collaboration between Mark Barrott, Phillip Lauer and Gerd Janson

!!!!

i think i love every single song on the new emily haines record

(my contribution to this -- idk if it can really be called "overlooked" because I successfully pitched it, but it came out in January, so the Rose Elinor Dougall album was really great)

MOKOOMBA Luyando (OutHere) Young Zimbabwe afropop band

This is pretty easily The Stevens Good for me. It starts slow, but give it a chance, unless you're absolutely allergic to indie guitars, because there are some f***in tunes on here, a Kinks-ian plenty, in fact:

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/good

― o. nate, Tuesday, September 26, 2017 6:14 PM (yesterday)

loving this!

good thread

Hadn't heard (or heard of) Louise Burns until this thread, but really liking Young Mopes (and Midnight Mass too). Kinda reminds me of one of my favorite discoveries from last year that I don't think ever got a mention here, Haley Bonar's Impossible Dream.

I wish I liked the Drab Majesty album more -- I'm a big early Xymox fan (Medusa tour was the first show I went to that didn't require me being driven to by an adult) but this just doesn't do it for me for some reason.

If the first song is anything to go by I'm going to love the Popguns album.

Perhaps Nadine Shah’s Holiday Destination? Not totally overlooked, got good reviews, but somehow doesn’t seem to be talked about much.

I'm going to get a lot of use out of this thread. Way behind this year.

that Nadine Shah record is fucking dope thanks

Haley Bonar's Impossible Dream

Getting way off topic here, but you should definitely listen to 2014's Last War.

don't know if it's the best overlooked album but an overlooked debut is phoebe bridger's stranger in the alps

Dave Catching's solo album Shared Hallucinations didn't get nearly as much coverage as it deserved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwDiQMf6Br8

That's really good - gonna buy that one -had no idea about it.

katherine you may like this album soccer mommy - collection

old, but revelatory: what if PC Music were *good*

https://boyscoutaudio.bandcamp.com/track/personal-assistant

the talaboman album is underrated

i actually started liking pc music in 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If77CW_aZsY

It's cheeky as hell, but I adore Luke Vibert presents UK Garave Vol 1.

The new Hercules and Love Affair album is amazing imo. esp the first four songs

Not as obscure as much of what's been mentioned, but I would expect to see more enthusiasm for Dauwd's Theory of Colours.

^^^ love that record

An odd mix of echoes on that album. The speech parts of "Murmure" remind me of Robert Ashley's "Automatic Writing," and then there are melodic lines throughout that sound like they could come from Ash Ra Temple or Agitation Free.

In terms of being overlooked even within the niche electronic scenes they occupy, I think this year's Air Max '97 EP (Vessel) feels strangely underrated. Also the Liquid City Motors EP on Glacial Industries.

In terms of the larger landscape, maybe milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!

R Stevie Moore album with Jason Falkner, "Make It Be" is one of the best albums R Stevie has ever recorded

but I would expect to see more enthusiasm for Dauwd's Theory of Colours.

yeah, i really enjoy this album when i remember to put it on.
this and BICEP are two of my fave electronic albums this year.

it's not THAT overlooked maybe but

Kedr Livanskiy - Ariadna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM-NXin1Ec

gorgeous Russian techno

already made a pick upthread, but wanted to pop back in and quickly mention that Oxbow's Thin Black Duke is awesome

its a semi-hidden genial treat soon to retreat back into the ether

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jNyqIWm_Dg

I'd say the Hampshire & Foat album, Galaxies Like Grains of Sand. It's got him off the Bees on it, so I'm vaguely suspicious of motives, but it's full of open spaces and soothes the nighttime horrors.

Thanks for the Mdou Moctar recommendation. A gorgeous record.

I highly recommend "Tarantula Wallpaper, Dracula Screensaver" the debut album from Starcrash, a Danish indie pop/rock act featuring some veteran players.

It's slightly 90s throwback with elements of slack and my guess is it could appeal to fans of Teenage Fanclub, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, A. C. Newman.

Unfortunately the label has done no promo at all and I think it's only been reviewed in one online publication so it's bound for obscurity.

It's here if you want to listen:
https://rushrecords.bandcamp.com/releases

Gaby Hernandez - Spirit Reflection. It falls between the cracks of different genres so not easy to pigeonhole.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4I3rEGVK0pRqAzdkhzAi9h

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxgQXuMew8

re that Starcrash record it's also pretty lush and has strings and brass, has some 70s classic rock album vibe

can i nom saer's youtube channel 2017 in ilx eoy poll

the louise burns album ends with a BLUE NILE COVER

I haven't seen anybody mention Soft Sounds From Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast yet, so I'll add that. It's been a strong year for indie pop albums and this has been my most played of the bunch. Gorgeous melodies all the way through and her lyrics are so sharp. A huge step up from her last album, Psychopomp which was really solid.

new candidate: the Ex Eye album

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:20 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, that second track (opposition/perihelion: the coil) has to have one of the greatest post-rock builds in history

Two picks that feel overlooked from where I'm sitting (of course they may have become worldwide hits/karaoke standards for all I know):

Penelope Trappes - Penelope One: reminds me of Julia Holter in some places, Nite Jewel in others, just WAY MORE GOTH

Fabiano do Nascimento - Tempo Dos Mestres: Gilberto Gil Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday

thx for the fabiano, sean

Can I nom a 2nd release? This thread feels incomplete without the wonderful Pumarosa album. Such an energetic blast full of hypnotic tunes fusing indie rock with jazzy improvisation and opera elements.

I haven't seen anybody mention Soft Sounds From Another Planet by Japanese Breakfast yet, so I'll add that

I keep meaning to start a thread about that, wonderful album.

More generally, if these records are that good and that overlooked, why AREN'T you all starting threads about them?

We're all awaiting the disappointing sophomore album before we commit.

xxp - I was just listening to the Pumarosa album. 'Priestess' is such a great track.

I'd like to give a shout-out to Dälek (always overlooked it seems) and - more great indie pop - Hazel English.

My answer to Katherine's question is the Mura Masa s/t album. Producer hailing from Guernsey originally; makes exquisite beats with a bias towards tuned percussion sounds. Album has a star cast of guest vocalists but contrary to the way these things usually turn out, it all works. I don't know if he has traction with critics elsewhere, but he's barely had a mention on this board since the 2015 Firefly EP (save from me). There's nothing on the record that doesn't have something appealing (to me) about it - although I suppose it may be a bit beige for some here.

Cosign on the Nadine Shah, which is excellent.

I noted down 'japanese breakfats' on my phone after hearing something on the radio, but I recall nothing about why, so glad it's been mentioned here and I can investigate.

More generally, if these records are that good and that overlooked, why AREN'T you all starting threads about them?

Drab Majesty - _The Demonstration_

I guess I could bump it every week but that feels obnoxious

<i>More generally, if these records are that good and that overlooked, why AREN'T you all starting threads about them?</i>

I do, no one answers

don't worry, they will in time!

the louise burns album ends with a BLUE NILE COVER

a very convincing one, but probably too loyal for me to include it in my top 2017 tracks

Casey Dienel's IMITATION OF A WOMAN TO LOVE

https://caseydienel.bandcamp.com/album/imitation-of-a-woman-to-love