twentyeighteen for Friv
here's a list of the albums i liked a lot
format:
genre
description
songs to check
rating |
| 42 |  | Yves Tumor
Safe in the Hands of Love
post-industrial psychedelia
wanders maybe a bit too much but still great
songs to check: economy of freedom, noid, lifetime
4.0 |
| 41 |  | The Body
I have fought against it, But I can’t any longer
death wave industrial
lingua ignota is cool and good and makes an interesting contrast with chip's vocals
songs to check: nothing stirs
4.0 |
| 40 |  | Naked Flames
Naked Flames Who Can Recall His Past Lives
free-flowing rock
really interesting sound to this, gets lodged in my head quite easily
songs to check: up syndrome, thetime
4.0 |
| 39 |  | HIRS
Friends. Lovers. Favorites.
queercore pv/grind
this is just insane
songs to check: last acrylic nail in the coffin, trans woman dies of old age
4.0 |
| 38 |  | Ash Koosha
Unnamed
art pop
uniquely alien
songs to check: unnamed 1, unnamed 9
4.0 |
| 37 |  | Bog Wraith
Omen
dxc
i can't and will spinkick you
4.0 |
| 36 |  | Tim Hecker
Konoyo
ambient
i'm not sure if this is the masterpiece everyone else seems to think it is but i like it
songs to check: this life, access to anoyo |
| 35 |  | dDJ AngelBoi
ParaDise LOVE MIX
nightcore
bangs harder than i can handle
songs to check: it's a dj mix so um
4.0 |
| 34 |  | Hen Ogledd
Mogic
weirdo psych pop
this is fun :)
songs to check: love time feel, problem child
4.0 |
| 33 |  | Anna von Hausswolff
Dead Magic
droney neoclassical experimental buzzword here darkwave
bit of an odyssey
songs to check: the mysterious vanishing of electra, ugly and vengeful
4.0 |
| 32 |  | Black Dresses
WASTEISOLATION
noisey synthetic pop
rook + devi's most popular album yet is also my least favorite album of theirs in 2018
songs to check: in my mouth, thoughts and prayers
4.0 |
| 31 |  | AL-90
Murmansk-60
outsider house
he's still got it
songs to check: makabr, spurv edit
4.0 |
| 30 |  | Park Jiha
Philos
korean post-minimalism
see 9
songs to check: thunder shower, walker: in seoul
4.0 |
| 29 |  | Rosehall
The First Requisite Is Life
avant-folk
*extremely australian accent* i'm gay (nah but this is really cool and fun and good)
songs to check: sunday's cool, spiders
4.0 |
| 28 |  | emamouse
PSBB2
whacked out vaguely chiptune-y j-pop bastardizations
good to lose your mind to
songs to check: biolon, mou fjord
4.0 |
| 27 |  | Rook (CA)
parasite
post-industrial noise pop
see 2
songs to check: tomorrow, disease
4.0 |
| 26 |  | John Tilbury / Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjorgeengen
Sissel
eai
this one's for the ghosts
songs to check: it's only one song lol
4.0 |
| 25 |  | Julia Holter
Aviary
weirdo organic pop
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| 24 |  | Sophie
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
post-industrial bubblegum bass
has grown off me a bit, but still very fun
songs to check: ponyboy, immaterial
4.0 |
| 23 |  | Mount Eerie
Now Only
indie folk rock
phil will probably always have a place on my lists
songs to check: distortion, two paintings by nikolai astrup
4.0 |
| 22 |  | Okada
Misery
ambient (pop)
it's just so fucking gorgeous
songs to check: bury me, unclothe
4.0 |
| 21 |  | Devi McCallion & Katie Dey
Some New Form of Life
all-over-the-place pop
devi largely dropped the noise from black dresses in this collab with katie that i like a lot
songs to check: sunshine, rainforest, pigs don't feel pain
4.0 |
| 20 |  | Gas
Rausch
forest nymph techno, as always
i love that lurching kick so much
songs: just listen to the whole thing, but rausch 2
4.0 |
| 19 |  | Kelly Moran
Ultraviolet
pretty piano
the electronics are good too
songs to check: autowave, helix
4.0 |
| 18 |  | Machine Girl
The Ugly Art
digi hardcore
ctrl + f "death grips" but better
songs to check: kill screen, necro culture vulture, a decent man
4.0 |
| 17 |  | Lucio Capece/Marc Baron
My Trust In You
eai
i really like the title of this album for some reason - i don't know how to talk about this album and maybe never will
songs to check: believe in brutus, self-centered interpretation of, kneel for your psychoacoustic rights,
4.0 |
| 16 |  | Playboi Carti
Die Lit
trap
simultaneously both underrated and insanely overrated depending on who you talk to, die lit is nevertheless my favorite hip hop album of the year
songs to check: long time, lean 4 real, shoota |
| 15 |  | DJ Healer
Nothing 2 Loose
ethereal house
i mean you could argue that this uses its sense of spirituality as a crutch but at the same time come on mannnnnnn
songs to check: at last (becoming the storm), 2 the dark |
| 14 |  | Clarence Clarity
THINK: PEACE
glitchy r&b
much more streamlined than no now and better for it
songs to check: we change, vapid feels ain't vapid, next best thing |
| 13 |  | Shygirl
Cruel Practice
post-industrial hip hop
god this is so fun, so smoooooooooth, i want those strings on rude to stab me
songs to check: rude, o, asher wolfe
4.0 |
| 12 |  | Sectioned (Metalcore)
Annihilated
(Metalcore)
aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
songs to check: synchronicity, portrait
4.0 |
| 11 |  | Carla Bozulich
Quieter
avant-folk
it's just so pretty
songs to check: sha sha, end of the world
4.0 |
| 10 |  | Teki Latex
The Naked King
club music amalgamation
songs to check: it's a dj mix so um
4.5 |
| 9 |  | Park Jiha
Communion
korean minimalism
feels like meditating in a dimly lit room, rules
songs to check: communion, sounds heard from the moon, the first time i sat across from you
4.5 |
| 8 |  | Sepulcher
Panoptic Horror
crusty thrash
i like the ways that it just keeps adding on to the intensity
songs to check: corporeal vessels, towards an earthly rapture |
| 7 |  | The Armed
Only Love
wall-to-wall electropunk
i lose my fucking mind every time role models comes on
songs to check: witness, role models, luxury themes
4.5 |
| 6 |  | Transient and Bastard Noise
Sources of Human Satisfaction
noisey fuckin pv
secretly the best punk album of the year
tracks to check: night ass, leeches
4.5 |
| 5 |  | Daughters
You Won't Get What You Want
rock
hey they're back
songs to check: satan in the wait; the flammable man; the reason they hate me; guest house
4.5 |
| 4 |  | The Voidz
Virtue
pinballing pop/rock
never sits still and is all the better for it, constantly finding new sounds to play with, read my insanely bad review of this if you like,
songs to check: leave it in my dreams, pyramid of bones, permanent high school, wink, my friend the walls
4.5 |
| 3 |  | Elysia Crampton
Elysia Crampton
weirdo latin electronic
i think my favorite thing about this album is that it feels like 3 songs are playing at the same time, but it all works, somehow.a
songs to check: nativity, oscollo, orion song
4.5 |
| 2 |  | Rook (CA)
shed blood
post-industrialized noise pop
rook has quickly become one of my favorite artists and she makes music about being alone and tired and queer and scared and angry and it's a feeling i find WORRYINGLY relatable [2]
songs to check: sardonica, moth, broken grace, im so near here, thirteen, every other song on the album,
4.5 (but almost a 5, in my heart) |
| 1 |  | Mid-Air Thief
Crumbling
psych-folktronic pop
gloriously busy, songs don't just progress but unwind and fold back in on themselves and twist and turn, nothing else could be no. 1
songs to check: why?, these chains, gameun deut, crumbling together, every other song on the album,
5.0 |
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