the single best album of 2017 you feel is overlooked

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

I haven't seen From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art by Shinichi Atobe mentioned on ilx. granted, I haven't been spending much time in threads where minimal house or whatever it is might get mentioned.

xp: I think I might have liked an instrumental version of the Mura Masa album.

xp I wanted to listen to that Shinichi Atobe record but I couldn't get past the title

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

― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:07 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If someone keeps track of the confirmations. A heads up for "The Silver Veil" by Raoul Vignal which was proposed by Dinsdale. Another proof that less is more.

the shinichi atobe record is excellent imo, bad title but good cover

I have one more to mention - the Noga Erez album is good as hell, Israeli art-pop with a political bent

i've only been successful at getting people to talk about the partner record in the emo thread, but it's really wonderful power-pop, pairs well with the charly bliss record from this year

I'm still digging this one. The final three songs have risen to being my favourite part of the album, especially "Woman of Dreams".

The best album I've heard is Ex Eye.

new album threads sink like stones ime

There's a thread for the Sacred Paws album (mentioned in this thread) that got a respectable number of posts

xp but maybe those threads will be around for ages and if the album is canonized or rediscovered or the artist blows up or the song is featured on an episode of future Sopranos it'll be cool to have the thread

not sure what people expect from album threads

Album threads usually turn into band threads. They should just be band threads. Bookmarked ILX band threads are my favorite method of tracking new releases by a band (and side-projects).

yes!

the problem with band threads is that there's often a ton of them, you don't know which one to bump

there's like 40 threads on the Pet Shop Boys alone

That's not generally the case for bands with new overlooked albums though.

this thread's ex eye fans need to push their product more directly into the path of potential listeners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGebX6Iwtc

Chuck Johnson - Balsams

This is my favorite record of the year so far

but maybe those threads will be around for ages and if the album is canonized or rediscovered or the artist blows up or the song is featured on an episode of future Sopranos it'll be cool to have the thread

not sure what people expect from album threads

― niels, Tuesday, October 3, 2017 1:20 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, what do people expect from... a music message board?

haha

I think it's okay that sometimes there's not that much to say abt a new album besides "this rules check it out"

Chuck Johnson - Balsams

this is a beaut, thanks

Oh I know what's passed under the radar round here...

Gaussian Curve - The Distance: think of the Blue Nile doing ambient instrumentals crossed with late 70s in his more blissed out balearic moments

should be "late 70s John Martyn"

Oh man I'm loving that album. Just picked it up finally a few weeks ago. Had meant to buy it as soon as it came out. So good.

It's a real grower too, the more you go back to it the deeper you get

Agreed.

It's such still perfect music, it's like they're so into the moment that they're trying to play without disturbing any of the air molecules in the room

yeah that Gaussian Curve album is brilliant, in fact all the projects Jonny Nash has been involved in this year have been massively overlooked

Yeah I need to go back to the Suzanne Kraft one

Think I will ultimately plump for this utterly lovely little record by Cheer Accident which nobody's heard (listen if you like: gorgeous, knotty prog-pop - this album comes off as an older, wilder American cousin of Field Music maybe?) Oh look, there's me commenting on it and all

or rather, Cheer-Accident (sorry)

I'm surprised Laura Marling - Semper Femina hasn't gotten more love, it's really good!

It seems like the loudest Laura Marling boosters (on this board) lost interest with the last album. I think it's an excellent album but it's still just not really my type of thing. But if anything I like it better as an album overall than what she's done before (and I liked Short Movie more than what came before that).

nikki lane highway queen is pure flames thank you johnny fever for mentioning it itt

semper famina is very good