VOTE FOR YOUR TOP FIVE ALBUMS!!
This thread is now in it’s 8th year. How thrilling.
Vote for your five favourite albums. Make your selections clear please as it makes tallying up the scores easier. If you list a whole bunch of albums without making your selections clear I’ll take the first five mentioned as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. No joint positions please. Sorry to be a pedant.
Your album of the month will get five points, 2nd placed album four points, 3rd placed album three points, 4th placed album two points and 5th one point. If you name only one album I’ll give that five points. If you name two albums I’ll score them with five and four points etc. You get the message.
My choices:
1. Skyway Man - The World Only Ends When You Die.
2. Teen Creeps - Forever
3. Grandbrothers - All The Unknown
4. Pearl Charles - Magic Mirror
5. Kiwi Jr - Cooler Returns
Skim listened to Skyway Man the first time and dismiss as Beachwood Sparks kind of stuff that didn’t like. Gave it a few repeat listens and loved it. Apparently it’s a folk opera album. Songs are layered and more complex than on first or second listen and there’s something to be gained from each song after each repeated listen. Not sure if anyone has mentioned the album here but it’s worth checking out.
Teen Creeps’ album is just very good indie rock. No bells and whistles but similar in style to Sebadoh and Pavement.
Grandbrothers have a lovely electro (piano) dance album. Makes great listening on commutes and walks in the winter.
A woozy electro pop/easy listening album from Pearl Charles.
I like Kiwi Jr but probably not as much as many others here but enjoyed their album. The Palberta album was good too.
I thought I’d start the ball rolling before tomorrow’s releases. Goat Girl is the big one for me and have fond memories of an afternoon gig of theirs inside a converted industrial unit in Hackney Wick about two years ago. Their debut was great and have high hopes for the new one after watching their slight album playback and chat thing on the internet. My top five will almost likely change with album releases from Arlo Parks and Besnard Lakes too.
Always a lot of great recommendations from you guys about albums that I’ve missed or overlooked.
Please forgive any shameless bumps of this thread during the week. I’ll keep this thread open until Sunday 7th February so you’ll have over a week to listen to tomorrow’s releases before choosing.
Vote now!! (Or later in the week) but make your choices clear please.