Best album (s) you’ve discovered this year NOT released this year - 2019 Edition

After loving his early, stripped back vibe, I found the move into more jammy, eclectic, fuller arrangement stuff a bit of a misstep. Resurrection Fern is lovely though.

Have you listened to the Woman King EP? I only got into that one this year but it’s fantastic

Yeah, Woman King is cool.

Grace and Danger - John Martyn
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Both fantastic albums that I can’t believe I’d overlooked for so long.

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I saw Iron & Wine bang out Our Endless Numbered Days with an orchestra earlier this year. Special stuff.

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Oh wow. Where was that?

I haven’t done a deep dive yet, but I will do eventually. I’ve listened to This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You) a few times and scattered songs from their other albums in playlists. Will make sure to give Damaged a go, thanks for the recommendation!

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The Taft Theatre, Cincinnati.

I think it was one of only a handful of dates he did with an orchestra.

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Forgot to include Palm Haze’s Tangy Dream EP. A great blend of shoegaze and trip-hop.

Pixies - Trompe le Monde
O Emperor - Hither Thither, Vitreous
Holy Fawn - Death Spells
Jay Som - Turn Into
Alcest - everything pre-2019
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die, Ultraviolence
White Ward - Futility Report
Employed to Serve - Greyer Than You Remember, The Warmth of a Dying Sun

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Have tried to listen to a bit more hip hop this year and discovered Isaiah Rashad’s - The Suns Tirade via the album of the decade thread I think. Brilliant album.

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Rapt by Rapt thanks to @escutcheon. Quite likely my most played album this year too…

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Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere (what an album!)
Jenny Hval - Innocence is Kinky/Apocalypse, Girl
Psychedelic Furs - Psychedelic Furs
XTC - Apple Venus vol 1
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I’m Black
The Montgolfier Brothers - Seventeen Stars
Autoclave - Autoclave

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Best things have been reggae:
*Tapper Zukie - MPLA
*The Wailers - catch a fire
and a couple of comps
*V/A - Don Letts - Dread meets punk rocker downtown Vol II
*V/A - Punky reggae selecta

But also loved
Lilys - In the presence of nothing - was surprised as a big shoegazer that I’d missed this superb 1992 release until now.
Trentemoller - The Last Resort - easily in my top 10 electronica releases this millenium
Deacon Blue - Raintown (my favourite band as a 9-12 yr old but started with When the World know your name and never checked out their debut in full till now)
Elbow - Best Of - never really been a fan…liked the debut a bit when it came out and got back into them through listening to Guy Garvey’s show and on the strength of Little Fictions. My friend urged me to give them a proper chance. Glad I did - surprised myself how much I dug this extensive handpicked summation.

Other higlights:
Whipping boy - submarine
Prince Far I - Silver & Gold
Life without buildings - no other city
Bluetile Lounge - Lowercase
Ida - Tales of brave Ida
Cay - nature
Brian Eno - music for installatons
Keith Jarrett - la fenice (live)
Rival Consoles - Odyssey & Sonne
La Dusseldorf - s/t

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Oooft the holy trinity!

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Indeed. I’d listened to bits and pieces before but this year I put them on back to back and paid more attention. So dark, so good

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The Last Resort really is brilliant. His subsequent releases just haven’t lived up to it sadly.

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Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden
Loscil - Monument Builders
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One
Chromatically - Night Drive
Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
Bvdub - Serenity

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps

Outstanding

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Great autocorrect… thanks phone!

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