Best album from the 2017 ILM EOY album poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote

If I had heard the DJ Haus one two weeks earlier I would have voted for it. Defected usually do compilations of house vocal crossovers and deep tech but this is something else entirely - just a really fun ecstatic mix of bangers. It touches on loads of styles thay have made 2017 such a good yeaf for bobbins - lo-fi house, speed garage bass, the filtered disco revival, plenty of acid. A lot of rhe stuff in the bobbins thread can feel serious but this is so much fun and I love the way DJ Haus mixes - chunky and anthemic, you can picture him peering out over the desk smiling at the crowd reactions as he brings in a bold riff or breakdown.

xp Just heard the Matt Jencik album, it's a really nice one

Melkbelly - Nothing Valley - most exciting one I've heard so far! Wise use of 2½-minute songs, the band aptly compared to Kim Deal and Kristin Hersh.

Liked the Palehound, Orchestra Baobab and Olamide too.

Miranda Lee Richards' Existential Beasts is surprisingly easy listening – she reminds me a lot of Bic Runga, in that intelligent understated style of songwriting.

And getting your lyrics to make a shape is quite cool:

In all that ever was
In all that’s ever been
An unveiling of eternity
Accountability and honor
The polarization of words
Intuition versus experience
The randomness of perfection
Beyond the fear of the unknown
Your presents within your presence
Your will and the highest will manifest
Spanning the bridges of time and space
That visceral sense of wonder and magic
Summoning the spirit and all that it means
To find joy and fascination in what you are creating
You are free, and you have always been free to choose again
Is there such thing as integration of heart and mind, conscious and subconscious?
Do you view right and wrong in terms of absolutes?
Why does the voice of the heart reign supreme?
Have you learned to love unconditionally?
Do you let your higher self be your guide?
Are you able to give AND receive?
Do you embrace the unexpected?
Is morality subjective or sacred?
Why do you want those things?
Where does darkness reside?
What is your true desire?
What are you creating?
Why are you here?
OM
OM
BREAK FREE!

(On the track "Golden Gate",
https://mirandaleerichards.bandcamp.com/track/golden-gate)

New Dawn and The Fun Years' albums are alike in a way - they both have a particular ambient atmosphere, broken up by one track that is a total banger. What a good trick.

<3 Tony Allen's The Source, a fantastic jazz album. ILM has a thread about him from the old days.

I was the sole voter for the Olamide album - for which Young John, beatmaker and producer extraordinaire, deserves equal billing. Even if you feel it’s not your cup of tea, you owe it to yourself to at least listen to “Saysaymaley”. So good! One of my musical highlights of 2017, purely for the backing vocals alone.

https://youtu.be/HEmP0Xh3hl4

…and you can dance to it too:

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

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Tony Allen - The Source was mine. I'd always had him down as worthy-but-dull, but this sizzles. Try "Wolf Eats Wolf".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCBpJkG6ngE

Got to stan for the Alison Moyet album. I hate to go down the best thing since Scary Monsters road, but I think it's her best solo work.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I was the sole voter for the Olamide album - for which Young John, beatmaker and producer extraordinaire, deserves equal billing. Even if you feel it’s not your cup of tea, you owe it to yourself to at least listen to “Saysaymaley”. So good! One of my musical highlights of 2017, purely for the backing vocals alone.

― breastcrawl, Monday, February 12, 2018 7:52 PM (three days ago)

Hadn't realised it was a Young John the Wicked Producer joint - will have to take a closer listen! Had glanced at some Nigerian reviews that were a bit sniffy so didn't investigate further at the time.

Been spending more time with the Ria Hall album - sbahnhof, did you read this interview with Tomorrow People? Sort've wished the interview had teased out things re, say, their popularity vs Ria Hall's rather than putting all NZ reggae / Aotearoa roots / dub / whatevs stuff in the same basket. Still, nice that their latest single is in Samoan and Te Reo.

but more importantly whats the best album from the ilm poll 'Best album from the 2017 ILM EOY album poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote' that only received ONE vote?

Blob On A Grid wuz blobbed

And, Yaeji didn't win an ILM poll?! Unbelievable.

(She's the sound of 2018 not 2017)

this interview

will look!

Thanks, other person who voted for Hudson.