The xx album is their strongest to date. They've both become more polished vocalists, and the songs finally have some pep.
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
The dude is still a terrible vocalist.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
I recently fell in love with 'On Hold (Jamie xx Remix)', which mostly does away with his vocals
― Dan S, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
He's improved!
xp
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
Octo Octa album gets better as it goes along, really impressive
― imago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
^it's really worth listening to with good headphones!
― Dan S, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
man i hated that xx album
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
yeh this octa 2 album rules
― nxd, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
what is it about the kid that has bewitched ppl who were only moderately engaged before? I've been similarly bemused w/ ppl declaring dust to be this great leap for laurel halo; to me both fit the curve of progression they were already on
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
i mean it's def on the curve of her progression, it just also knocked me out
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kLeeZ2f.jpg
13 KELELA "Take Me Apart" (630 points, 18 votes, 3 first place votes)spotify
― gr8080, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
lower than i expected
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
I thought this would be top five!
― kitchen person, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
(was top five for me!)
― Dan S, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
Ogmor, it may be that there are more tracks that sound recognizably like songs with verse-chorus structure. Maybe gives more people a way in as opposed to the more meditative loops and burbles plus mantras from the earlier albums.
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Thought the Melanie Di Biasio album would've shown up by now.
― nashwan, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
there are some really sweet cuts on this kelela album
― imago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
I really really liked Thugger's Beautiful Thugger Girls and I'm slightly surprised ILM didn't care this year
― Badgers (dog latin), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
aw this was my number one, a genuine travesty that it isn't higher tbh
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Kelela album is good. I had to warm up to it because her earlier stuff was so lackluster and overrated. This time she delivers the goods.
― Moodles, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
so many layers of sound to get lost in
― Dan S, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
At last. Obligatory 'too low'.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
― Badgers (dog latin), Thursday, February 1, 2018 10:42 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i voted for it, but too low on my balot. i think if there's one lesson i've learned is that i should do a mixed ballot. the stuff on the bottom of my ballot is often stuff i like a lot, but in a weighted ballot, i might as well have not voted for them at all.
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
Had an unweighted ballot but Kelela would've def been top 5 for me.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
after Octo Octa, GAS, Bicep, and Kelela, the top 10 is going to be a let down for me
― Dan S, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
took a while to get into a couple of the cuts in the middle part, but now those slow-jamz-as-ambient tracks are some of my favourite songs
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
Just to backtrack a little, I don't get the love for Octo Octa's LP. I found it to be mildly enjoyable, often kind of bland.
And where's Dauwd ? Or Chloé?
xps
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
wow today rocks, lots of good albums
― marcos, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
dauwd was on my ballot, but i'm p sure he came in @ ~#197
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
where is lady blacktronicka
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
where's waldo
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
And where's Dauwd ?
i like it but the dauwd album is way more bland than octo octa
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:51 (six years ago) link
shocked at the absence of gaz coombes and yer granny on bongos
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
I forgot to vote for Melanie De Biaisio so I really hope it isn't sitting at #79 or something. By all rights it should have been on my ballot.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
i’m in and out of meetings all day today
"I think the Bicep proposal is a good start--oops, I mean. . ."
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
rounding out our trifecta of albums with cover art featuring artists posing with their heads back:
https://i.imgur.com/iSlM783.jpg
12 KEHLANI "SweetSexySavage" (632 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)spotify
― gr8080, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
Nice
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
yeah that's another great record
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
nothing but hooks
― ufo, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
sweet
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
great album
― Simon H., Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
hell yes
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
was that yr #1 brad?
― Simon H., Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
hope that imago is working on his richard dawson victory speech btw
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
good album
― imago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
and as for kehlani... ;)
― imago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
Kelela and Kehlani!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
it doesn't look like it's going to place so: i'm bummed that beach house 3 didn't make it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
yessss, Gas! so, so excited to see him live in the US in March, scroot scroooooot
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
The xx and Kehlani were my first 2017 album crushes. I growsed about her album's length but this made it easier to excerpt.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link