ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2017

very powerful but i don't really ever want to listen to it, not that that means it's bad or anything though

Big Thief album is EXCELLENT btw, v glad I stuck around for the whole thing because the opening track was the only thing I was unsure of

it's official, everyone likes the big thief record

big thief wasn't bad but didn't really capture my interest when i listened, will give it another try though

well it is a thief not a kidnapper

I think I've listened to American Dream more front to back than any of their other albums. First one they've done where the whole is bigger than the sum of it's parts.

― Frederik B, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 18:21 (one hour ago) Permalink

Exactly how I felt about The War on Drugs.

Moses Sumney album is beautiful - the way "Doomed" builds and swells emotionally blows me away considering how little is actually going on there.

Tried to like/appreciate the LCD Soundsystem and Mount Eerie albums. Listened to both albums numerous times and decided I actively disliked ~2/3 of the songwriting on both in a way I never did with their previous stuff.

Lyrics aren't usually a way into a record for me, but the Big Thief record is *heavy* in that regard.

ah OK so I can blame gabbneb for the LCDSS placement, I'm good with that

Lyrics aren't usually a way into a record for me, but the Big Thief record is *heavy* in that regard.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 1:12 PM (thirty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it's full of vivid and gorgeous writing. the songs themselves are also v twisty for indie rock

https://i.imgur.com/yQfwcSP.jpg

24 CHINO AMOBI "PARADISO" (398 points, 13 votes)
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i nominated this but didnt vote for it lol, glad it didnt need my help

I thought that might have gotten 78'd. a cool and overwhelming record I need to listen to more

overwhelming is otm

(so is cool)

Four word description anyone?

had absolutely no idea what to make of this one

four words not enough

xps dense, busy, abstract soundsculptures

I did not really dig it based on my cursory nomination-phase listening but am willing to try again

ty sleeve, and gr80 for adding it's more than that. will check it out.

Is it *kinda* like Lee Gamble? Suppose he won't show up, sadly.

wait actually I like that 45:33 thing as well, sorry all

snippets from blurb in The Wire: “fully immersive sonic fiction…..blending electronics, noise, rock and R&B…..envisioned a near future in which the collapse of global empires necessitates the search for Utopia.”

lol I was trying to find a way to get "enjoy your subscription to The Wire" down to four words

haha

"music for Wire readers" also otm

it's really not like Lee Gamble, more like The Bug's London Zoo maybe? I saw a desciption somewhere that put it on the hauntology spectrum, which seems off the mark to me. anyway I liked it but didn't listen to it enough to get a handle on it, and didn't end up voting for it

lol yeah @ Wire Subscription Music

Isn't wire mostly bowl scraping and contact mics? Electronics for wire readers more apt

lol Rob

I'll take a comparison to London Zoo!

too industrial for me

xp not nearly as catchy (to me) as London Zoo, and not focused on dancehall, more NON Worldwide Radio roots

Spoken word is a bit of an insurmountable obstacle for me, alas (I tend to experience music as an escape from the hegemony of language) but I agree that Paradiso is overwhelming.

Some weird shit, not my cup of tea, i don't like waiting for the music to start and it never does. Like waiting for godot.

But Waiting for Godot is awesome.

"haley" -> "mary" on the big thief record is devastating sequencing imo

i don't like waiting for the music to start and it never does.

i feel this way about some visible cloaks stuff but i like it

SWEET Paradiso made it! Highest thing on my ballot that will place!

yeeeeah PARADISO!!

post apocalypse nightmare machines

Lol big surprise this is getting grumpy bewildered responses from ILX sleep crew

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23 JULIE BYRNE "Not Even Happiness" (415 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
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cool, i like this album

Such a great, moving album.

I listened to it for the first time this morning and really enjoyed it.

another one I was worried wasn't gonna make it. "I Live Now As A Singer" kills me

I hope Chelsea Wolfe will make it.

That's some nice fragile hippie stuff. Reminds a little of vashti bunyan.

Nice fragile hippie stuff is about right. Could not get into it at all. Do you all live out in the country in giant mansions and play these albums on your porch stereo?

No but I do occasionally fantasize about being in a beautiful place out in the country.