2018 Q1 - The good stuff
All the good albums I heard in 2018's first quarter (Averages range from 3.0 to 5) |
| 1 |  | Bog Wraith
Omen
-Deathcore-
A massive dick slapper |
| 2 |  | Car Seat Headrest
Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
-Indie Rock-
Posi-sad LGBT anthem vibes |
| 3 |  | Of Montreal
White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
-Progressive Pop-
I wrote a review for this one! |
| 4 |  | U.S. Girls
In A Poem Unlimited
-Art Pop-
Post-1950s feminist movement space disco |
| 5 |  | The Voidz
Virtue
-Hypnagogic Pop-
Hard jams, weird jams, some jams that don't jam as hard |
| 6 |  | Vundabar
Smell Smoke
-Indie Rock-
Bouncy indie rock with some feel good dream pop and post punk vibes |
| 7 |  | Park Jiha
Communion
-Korean Folk Music-
Heavy and pretty avant folk music |
| 8 |  | A.A.L. (Against All Logic)
2012-2017
-Deep House-
Deep House Genre Tourism: For Dummies |
| 9 |  | Blair Sound Design
Console Humidity
-Outsider House-
Plucky house music courtesy of your thrown away tech gadgets of yester-century |
| 10 |  | Dogwood Tales
Too Hard to Tell
-Americana-
Just some sad dudes making some sad ballads of the ever lingering emptiness we feel |
| 11 |  | Erdve
Vaitojimas
-Sludge Metal-
Another dick slapper |
| 12 |  | The Garden
Mirror Might Steal Your Charm
-Zolo-
Maybe the weirdest thing you will hear this year |
| 13 |  | Hated
Breathless Art
-Death Worship-
Tasty riffs/10 |
| 14 |  | Haley Heynderickx
I Need to Start a Garden
-Singer/Songwriter-
This one may need a second listen to really appreciate |
| 15 |  | if i die in mississippi
holographic heartache
-Ambient-
Sad person makes sad ambient music with occasional vocal inclusions |
| 16 |  | Insecure Men
Insecure Men
-Neo Psychedelia-
They did the MGMT thing better |
| 17 |  | Leyya
Sauna
-Art Pop-
A good collection of weird jams |
| 18 |  | The New Age
Placebo
-Snidecore-
Almost too edgy for its own good |
| 19 |  | New People
New People
-Indie Pop-
Instrumentally dense male/female vocal feel good pop music |
| 20 |  | Porches.
The House
-Synthpop-
Undoubtedly the most underrated album of 2018, no contest. |
| 21 |  | Remember
The City Is My Friend
-Progressive Electronic-
Vaporwave fans shocked as musician attempts original compositions |
| 22 |  | Jason Sharp
Stand Above the Streams
-EAI-
I remember there was a horn in this one |
| 23 |  | Tom Vernon
Wasting Time
-Deep House-
Sublime piano instrumentals and vocal samples |
| 24 |  | Yayoyanoh
EP 001
-alt R&B/sadbois-
This chilly R&B sound is such a mood |
| 25 |  | 1 Trait Danger
1 Trait High
-Comedy Rap-
The drummer from Car Seat Headrest tries to be funny, mostly succeeds |
| 26 |  | Avatism
Bad Summer
-Breakbeat-
Lotsa tasty grooves on this one |
| 27 |  | cupcakKe
Ephorize
-Hip Hop-
Yeah this one slaps, some of the songs here feel pretty tacked on though |
| 28 |  | Dessa
Chime
-Hip Hop-
This one doesn't really hit as emotionally hard as her last record, but its still a good one |
| 29 |  | Empress (CA)
Reminiscence
-Sludge Metal-
I remember this one having like two insanely good tracks and the rest of it being OK |
| 30 |  | Kero Kero Bonito
TOTEP
-Noise Pop-
I need a full album tho |
| 31 |  | MGMT
Little Dark Age
-Neo-Psychedelia-
On one hand, the the songwritng here is very unique for a "throwback" record and the weirdness of it is admirable... on the other hand the songwriting here feels off |
| 32 |  | Moby
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
-Trip Hop-
Atmosphere is on point but Moby still struggles to write a catchy song |
| 33 |  | Neana
Evaser
-UK Funky-
Choppy, sample heavy, bouncy, and just overall weird - if not for the fact it feels a bit too uneventful on the second half this would be one of the best for the year |
| 34 |  | Rezzett
Rezzett
-Outsider House-
Another electronic record with atmosphere on point and a handful of neat production tricks to keep you entertained, but it lacks in variety and can be passed off as excellent background music more than it can as an excellent album |
| 35 |  | Jeff Rosenstock
POST-
-Power Pop-
Jeff Rosenstock gets drunk, grabs some friends, and records an album in a day or two... at least, that is what it sounds like |
| 36 |  | Superorganism
Superorganism
-Glitch Pop-
It's All Good and Nobody Cares are God-tier pop songs among a sea of "alright" pop songs |
| 37 |  | Soft Blade
Zerkalo
-Minimal Synth-
I'm pretty sure I have been hex'd by this album |
| 38 |  | Typhoon (USA-OR)
Offerings
-Indie Rock-
Yeah I guess this is dark and moody in the right way, but man do I miss how lively and emotional their sound was on their previous releases |
| 39 |  | Andrew W.K.
You're Not Alone
-Power Pop-
I for one welcome our new motivational life coach |
| 40 |  | Remo Drive
Pop Music
-Power Pop-
The first two songs are great, the last song is bad, overall this feels like a pretty pointless EP recorded by obligation |
| 41 |  | Young Fathers
Cocoa Sugar
-Neo-Soul-
This is fine but Young Fathers really dropped the ball on what could've been their "classic" record... I'd just stick with DEAD honestly |
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