Back to School Digs
rip summer: whenever it started - wednesday |
| 1 |  | Willie Nelson
Stardust
-Standards- Potential 5: Some of the dreamiest melodies on earth, and Nelson's soft vocals just help elevate it into the perfect night time album. 4.5/5 |
| 2 |  | Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt
-Country/Folk- Wouldve been a 5, but the final track felt like a terrible afterthought for a perfect album. Some of the most feelsy, quotable country music on earth. 4.5/5 |
| 3 |  | Monoral
Petrol
-Alt Rock- Very alternative rock band from Japan with english lyrics. Their sound is incredibly solid with enough fuzz and delving in other genres to make them stand out quite a bit. 4/5 |
| 4 |  | Unbelievable Truth
Almost Here
-Brit Rock- Slow moving and emotional brit rock that is painfully underrated. 4/5 |
| 5 |  | Pixies
Indie Cindy
-Alt Rock- My first Pixies album :') 2.5/5 |
| 6 |  | Yanagi Nagi
Euaru
-J Pop- RATING BUMP from a previous 4. This album is simply the perfect blend of electronic, pop, and rock. And for a double album, thats rare. 4.5/5 |
| 7 |  | Tori Kelly
Unbreakable Smile
-Pop- Maybe too many duds and bad features here... but Nobody Love is the jammiest jam ever. 3.5/5 |
| 8 |  | Lights
The Listening
-Synth Pop- Fell in love with this the moment I heard it. Absolutely perfect synth pop with the perfect use of vocal modulation and amazing, concise production. I love it. 5/5 |
| 9 |  | clover and sealife
a sentimental cry
-Synth Pop- u making fun of me m8? 2/5 |
| 10 |  | Rain Parade
Explosions in the Glass Palace
-Psych Rock- For what is supposed to be a landmark for 80s psych rock, this album was just pretty alright. 3.5/5 |
| 11 |  | Lil Uzi Vert
The Perfect Luv Tape
-Hip Hop- For such a cool album cover this is sure the most basic rap album I've heard all year... until Lupe drops his next record I suppose. 2/5 |
| 12 |  | Daniela Andrade
Shore
-Pop- Surprised people didnt love this one as much. Quiet and refined, a little more sophisticated pop music with a nice touch of cute. Perfect for me. 4/5 |
| 13 |  | Blind Pilot
And Then Like Lions
-Indie Folk- Really surprised to like this one. Lyrics bring on massive feels and the performance, while solemn, lends itself to some outstanding instrumental passages. 4.5/5 |
| 14 |  | Florence and the Machine
Lungs
-Indie Folk- Slept on these guys too long. They rock hard. 4.5/5 |
| 15 |  | Frank Ocean
channel ORANGE
-Pop/RnB- Eh. Not really feeling it. 3/5 |
| 16 |  | yg
Still Brazy
-Rap- Jams for days with a perfect 90s westcoast aesthetic and some more modern stylings. 4.5/5 |
| 17 |  | Wild Beasts
Boy King
-Indie Pop- Its a great record, though I don't know if their vocalist really sells the sound they're aiming for. Ah well, its fun enough. 3.5/5 |
| 18 |  | hop along
Get Disowned
-Alt Rock- Absolutely captivating and beautiful album. Their vocalist is one of the greatest to ever live. 5/5 |
| 19 |  | Xavlegbmaofffassssit....
Gore
-Memegrind- The album that broke sputnik. 3/5 |
| 20 |  | Sunhouse
Crazy on the Weekend
-Folk- RATING BUMP - Gavin Clark was a beautiful man and this is a beautiful album Alc and Toad can suck it. 5/5 |
| 21 |  | Saul Williams
MartyrLoserKing
-Rap- Not the best effort from Saul, but still a nice dosage of weird and sophisticated glitchy goodness that only Saul can provide. 3.5/5 |
| 22 |  | Saul Williams
Amethyst Rock Star
-Rap- The debut from Saul remains as an excellent showcase of his production and songwriting skills. Its just interesting to hear this guy talk his way through each track. 4/5 |
| 23 |  | Black Atlass
Young Bloods
-Trip Hop- yawn. 2.5/5 |
| 24 |  | Big L
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
-Rap- *taxi driver joke ive made 4 times here* 4/5 |
| 25 |  | Tom Jones
Delilah
-Pop- Sadly the rest of the album isn't as amazing as the title track. Can you name any other song from the 60s as dark and violent thematically? 3.5/5 |
| 26 |  | IshDARR
Old Soul, Young Spirit
-Hip Hop- jams. for. days. 4/5 |
| 27 |  | Dirty Heads
Dirty Heads
-Reggae/Pop- Decent enough with some fun to be had. Too Cruel is arguably the worst song ive heard all year. 3/5 |
| 28 |  | Gay For Johnny Depp
What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You
-Hardcore- If this doesn't make you gay for johnny depp I don't know what will. 4/5 |
| 29 |  | Queensryche
Queensryche
-Power Metal- This one was alright I guess. 3.5/5 |
| 30 |  | O.C.
Starchild
-Rap- 4.5/5 |
| 31 |  | Hangman's Chair
Hope///Dope///Rope
-Stoner Metal- Very refined stoner metal with hard hitting guitars. Some cool spoken word passages woven in. 4.5/5 |
| 32 |  | Anna Maria Jopek
ID
-Vocal Jazz Pop- Absolutely beautiful and captivating performance from Jopek. Musically this album mixes some tribal-ish sounds with a lot more refined electronic/jazzy pallet. I love it. 4.5/5 |
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