DiS Users' February 2021 Album Of The Month - THE RESULTS

Not sure there was a 9/10 album this month, but lots in the 7/10 region and think my top five are solid 8s. Really enjoying the Mia Doi Todd album - a global folk album from a singer with an exceptional voice.

  1. Misc - Partager l’Ambulance
  2. Mia Doi Todd - Music Life
  3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - CARNAGE
  4. Camera - Prosthuman
  5. Work Money Death - The Space In Which The Uncontrollable Unknown Resides, Can Be The Place From Which Creation Arises
And the rest:
  1. Mapstation - My Frequencies, When We
  2. Calibre - Feeling Normal
  3. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
  4. Jim Jones & Harry Fraud - The Fraud Department
  5. Altin Gun - Yol
  6. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran - Let My People Go
  7. Mogwai - As The Love Continues
  8. slowthai - TYRON
  9. Nana Yamato - Before Sunrise
  10. Cristian Vogel - Rebirth of Wonky
  11. Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
  12. Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight
  13. 4 Mars - Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
  14. Puma Blue - In Praise of Shadows
  15. Sun June - Somewhere
  16. Roy Montgomery - Island of Lost Souls
  17. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - L.W.
  18. Tele Novella - Merlynn Belle
  19. Maximo Park - Nature Always Wins
  20. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
  21. R+R=NOW - R+R=Now Live
  22. Claud - Super Monster
  23. Adrian Younge - The American Negro
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  1. Clementine March - Songs of Resilience
  2. Altin Gun - Yol
  3. Brijean - Feelings
  4. God Is An Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10
  5. 4 Mars - Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura
  1. Mogwai - As the love continues
  2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  3. Blanck Mass - In Ferneaux

If possible can I update my list?

  1. Emile Mosseri - Minari OST
  2. Leila Bordreuil - Not an Elegy
  3. Mogwai - As the Love Continues
  4. Virginia Wing - Private Life
  5. Stereolab - Switched On Vol. 4

Cheers

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  1. Mogwai - As The Love Continues
  2. Blanck Mass - In Ferneaux
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Another good month :+1: 2021 smashing it so far tbh tbf…

  1. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  2. Blanck Mass - In Ferneaux
  3. John Carpenter - Lost Themes III
  4. Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
  5. Black Country New Road - For The First Time
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  1. Django Django
  2. Cassandra Jenkins
  3. Mogwai
  4. Kate Kirby

1: Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
2: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
3: The Weather Station - Ignorance
4: Virginia Wing - Private Life
5: Slowthai - Tyron

Love Cassandra Jenkins, my runaway AOTY at this stage. It’s a beautiful record and feels a bit like a fresh approach to a standard ‘singer-songwriter’ record.

Nick Cave feels like a minor entry in his discography at the moment, but certainly the first half is stunning - just so full of life.

Weather Station has grown on me massively. Brilliant songwriting, it’s really sticking & improving with every listen.

Virginia Wing are new to me, and although it can be patchy, it’s pretty unique and really well done. I’d describe it as beautifully agitated.

Slowthai I was indecisive about going into it given the recent past, but it’s actually a terrific record. Production is pretty amazing, first half bangs, second half is disarmingly pretty but what I really love is the way it sits together so well.

Ghetts just misses out because the top & tail is exceptional, but it’s a saggy, guest heavy slog in the middle.

Black Country, New Road I like but don’t love (yet).

Mogwai is great, but I don’t know if I’ll return to it much.

And Pauline Anna Strom really blew me away and if I’d had a week longer might easily slip into the 5.

  1. Cassandra Jenkins
  2. Julien Baker
  3. The Staves

My initial thoughts were that this hasn’t been a great month but when I went through my list I realised I had 12 ‘above the line’

  1. The Weather Station - Ignorance
  2. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
  3. Nick Cave - Carnage
  4. Snowpoet - Wait for Me
  5. Black Swan - Repetition Hymns

Black Country New Road (was that really only a few weeks ago?) just misses out. I feel I need some more time with the Julien Baker.

Special mention to Lost Horizons, Mogwai, Notwist, Nana Yamoto, AWVFTS

Very strong Mogwai/Nick Cave correlation going on here.

Can’t envision any scenario in life where I listen to a minute of Nick Cave music.

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I’d love a Nick Cave / Mogwai collaboration.

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  1. Cassandra Jenkins
  2. Sun June
  3. Black Country, New Road
  4. Mogwai
  5. A Winged Victory

Aidan Moffat & the Bad Seeds for me. But real Blixa Bad Seeds.

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I could get behind that. :smiley:
I’m not sure they should be called the Bad Seeds with Mick and Blixa.
It’s fairly noticeable how much of Nick’s work I like since they left. :confused:

  1. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Mas
  2. Lael Neale - Aquainted With Night
  3. Altin Gun - Yol
  4. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  5. Plankton Wat - Future Times
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Hadn’t checked this out until now - it is very good, might need to revise my top 5 after another spin.

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  1. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
  2. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage
  3. 36 & Awakened Soul - The Other Side of Darkness
  4. Mogwai - As The Love Continues
  5. Black Country, New Road - For the First Time
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An excellent month for new music after a fairly disappointing January:

  1. Fire! - Defeat
  2. Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
  3. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Mas
  4. Altin Gun - Yol
  5. Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo - Deep Fried Grandeur
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1. Black Country, New Road - For the first time
2. The Weather Station - Ignorance
3. Christian Löffler - Parallels: Shellac Reworks
4. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
5. Julien Baker - Little Oblivions

And a few other tracks I’ve enjoyed from the month here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gYzriN9YsuD6RgV0YrtyR?si=CsTG6d_8TY6_ZFuFolA9iA