Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, that's a good way to describe it. Also this album speaks more to where I am now in life than B,S does, and I think it will even more so as I get older. This is less immediate, but like you said it's more palpable and I guess emotionally raw would be a way to say it.

Album Rating: 5.0

holy shit, sputhype got me another awesome album this year. such a consistent album. only the drumming is rather average which keeps me away from 5ing it. love the muffled screams. Julia, Wendy&Betsy and Michael are banger

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah those 3 are easily the best

Album Rating: 5.0

still saying dormouse sighs is top 3 here

Album Rating: 5.0

ehh top 5

it's awesome either way

Album Rating: 5.0

after returning to this... this tops Emery and takes the AOTY spot for me

congrats mwY

Album Rating: 5.0

nice, this is easily AOTY and it's a minor atrocity that it didn't even place top 10 in staff voting

I still need to check Emery a few more times, I only listened to it twice

Album Rating: 5.0

yea, I was sad that it was so low

Emery is definitely a grower for sure

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

FYI, this is available for free from the Big Scary Monsters Bandcamp page until the 2nd.

Album Rating: 3.5

Sup nerds

Album Rating: 3.5

Might be alive physically, but dedd inside

Album Rating: 5.0

DUDE! Lucman, you deserve a fucking medal. Helping out a fucking broke lad here. Gonna load all that shit from BSM. Gonna buy CD/Vinyl when I got the cash again. All hail Big Scary Monster and Lucman.

Album Rating: 4.5

thisgotsnubbedonthesputnikstafflist2018

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Hahaha, no probs! Snagged that Cursive album, the Tiny Moving Parts records, and Yndi Halda's Enjoy Eternal Bliss to name a few. Gonna dive into as much as I can though before it's over.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah Cursive and mwY were the first ones I saw. There is also The Fall of Troy and some rather tiny, but talented british bands I saw at the ArcTanGent (festival for math rock etc.) like Jamie Lenman, Delta Sleep, Talons, Orchards and so much more. Big Scary Monster had a "label battle" against Holy Roar (Rolo Tomassi e.g.) so this action really makes my holidays. Again: THANK YOU MAN

Album Rating: 4.5

ended the year as my #2 and I fully admit that the Emery album is #1 for personal reasons

Album Rating: 4.0

as long as it's for personal reasons, that's acceptable

What other reasons are there though

Album Rating: 5.0

First track slays

Album Rating: 5.0

first track is mwY's 'Vices' - unexpectedly loud, becomes memorable the more you listen to it