the single best album of 2017 you feel is overlooked

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

Listening to this one. So far it's beautiful.

haha, yes it's a great one

I have a new favorite to replace the Mdou Moctar record, Eyvind Kang's Plainlight. maddeningly released in a non-streaming vinyl-only edition of 400

http://www.suncitygirls.com/abduction/Plainlight.php🕸

it is soooo good

I will repeat: Camille is fantastic and you don't know what you're missing if you haven't given it a spin. It's not the cabaret music I suspect some are expecting. It's very melodic, but there are often separate layers of Camille's vocals doing primarily rhythmic things (in addition to the rhythmically oriented instrumental layer). The technique is often very adventurous, but it's much too catchy to be filed with extreme experimental vocal music.

(anatol_merklich, glad you like the Charlotte Dos Santos. I think I might rank Camille slightly higher at the moment, because it's so polished. And it feels like Camille is inventing her own unique sub-genre of pop music.)

I like the Camille album

Casey Dienel's Imitation of a Woman To Love (https://caseydienel.bandcamp.com/) is very overlooked - found out about it thanks to maura's write-up. ambitious artpop riyl roisin murphy albums especially

*the last two roisin murphy albums

Ouï didn't quite rise out of the pack of good 2017 albums for me but it's definitely Camille's best record since Le Fil. Did anyone try the alternate version, Ouïï, which seems to be the same songs arranged for voice and tambour?

Gilberto Gil Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday

not sure you could write a more appealing 8 word description of an album, diving into it now

Xiu Xiu - FORGET

^absolutely

Billy Woods - Known Unknowns

thinking plague hoping against hope

Blind Boys of Alabama - Almost Home

alvarius b with a beaker in the burner and an otter in the oven

that fabiano do nascimento album is great, been caning it

I had no idea Camille released an album last year - thanks for the heads up!

https://www.toneglow.net/reviews/2017/11/16/jurg-frey-lame-est-sans-retenue-i

sounds massive on the stereo.. like intermittent surf (breaks), or a jet plane carving out the sky - but very, very intermittent at parts. lot of silent breaks, it's aggravating to listen to actively

I think I read about it here first but now can't find it. Anyway, the Upper Wilds' Guitar Module 2017 is kinda wild. Dan Friel and Aaron Siegel making a glorious racket.

I briefly mentioned it in the 2017 end of the year lists thread

Ryan Power - They Sell Doomsday. Perfect smooth prog pop, kind of like a spikier, cynical Prefab Sprout. This guy is basically at Rundgren levels of one-man-band production.

https://ryanpower.bandcamp.com/album/they-sell-doomsday