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| MUSIC 4 U 3
SEXY MUSIC (GONE SOLO) | | 1 |  | BART
Albania
Pop Rock/Folk - Solo album from former Shoe frontman Bart Thomas. The middle section gets a little mediocre in ways, but the first half and final half of this record deliver some absolutely heartbreaking lyrics and performance, and a more simplistic approach to the instrumentals really bring the emotional capacity of this record together.
Recommended Listens: Slightly Different World, The Lizard, The Thing, Albania 1/2 | | 2 |  | Kyle Morton
What Will Destroy You
Folk - Another solo album from Typhoon frontman Kyle Morton, released just a few days ago. In a way, this album is more or less a stripped down, bite sized revision of Typhoon. Remove the 17 members contributing to the bands sound, the background vocalists, and the consistent continuity between records and songs and you just have Kyle Morton. And his performance both alone with a guitar and when he indulges in more flashy production tricks and instrumental backing is some of the most beautiful and personal of his entire career. As this record has him open up a lot more with the specifics of his childhood illness as opposed to his work on Typhoon, where its a framing device for his modern day philosophy. Will prolly write a proper review for this, so don't miss out.
Recommended Listens: Innuendos, Survivalist Fantasy, Water Torture, What Will Save You | | 3 |  | Sam Means
10 Songs
Alt Pop - Debut solo album from The Format instrumentalist Sam Means.... im noticing a trend here. Unlike his debut EP from 2012, this record feels less like a toned down The Format record and instead sounds more like Means extending his instrumental work into sounding more like a unique thing. And it works well for him, there are tracks with a dreamy, upbeat, and springy attitude that are fun to listen to and carry a bit of snark lyrically to give them another layer of enjoyment. Though it does have its slow moments.
Recommended Listens: Other Side of You, Last Goodnight, Sometimes, Bigger Heart | | 4 |  | Emmon
Nomme
Electro-Pop - Thethirdsoloalbumfromparisfrontwomanemmon. Gritty electro sound with some slight synthwave elements. Emmon's vocals mix in well with the repetitive, skittery nature of the electronics and the hooks on this record are insane. This one is a lot of fun all things considered.
Recommended Listens: Distance, Ghostdance, Slottet, All Yours | | 5 |  | The Divine Comedy
Foreverland
Baroque/Chamber Pop - The latest from previously a band but now a solo project The Divine Comedy. It seems to form itself as a minor solo album of sorts? Its writing certainly tries to push a narrative of royal proportions, and instrumentally it leans towards a more sophisticated, courtly sound. Here, songwriting is top class and Neil Hannon's ear for charming melody juxtaposed with crude or snarky lyrics give it a spark of energy that makes it a fun, antique pop piece.
Recommended Listens: Napoleon Complex, Funny Peculiar, To the Rescure, I Joined the Foreign Legion | | 6 |  | Drag the River
...It's Crazy
Alt Country/Punk Rock - Side band of Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price and the first non solo album on this list. This record is a flowing 33 minute series that chronicles the mundane repetitive notions of the day to day basis to the more uncomfortable and vulnerable positions of the joint vocalist story telling projects in relation to love, drugs, and other similar topics. Instrumentally the album can go from pretty country to a more punk rock sound, so variety is fresh.
Recommended Listens: Tired & Fired, Cousins, Paradise Grounded | | 7 |  | Dead to Me
Cuban Ballerina
Punk/Punk Rock - Dead to Me are a straight to the point punk rock band with some slight pop elements. A sound comfortable and familiar for artists on Fat Wreck Chords. Here however, melodies are the absolute focus of the record and it results in some of the most fun and pleasing passages of music in the genre. Its a fun one for people who like the melodic punk rock movement of the mid 90s to early 2000s.
Recommended Tracks: Don't Lie, Special Professional, Writing Letters, Goodbye Regret | | 8 |  | The Districts
A Flourish and A Spoil
Indie Rock - A surprisingly ignored indie rock record that turns the fuzz up to 11 and also the emotional baggage that follows. Lyrics of suburban suffocation and displacement in settledness serve as the perfect base for instrumental performance that masks the emotional struggle behind heavily distorted guitar work and some absolutely catchy hooks. The latter half of this album tones things done, and it proves to be the best aspect of the record overall.
Recommended Tracks: 4th and Roebling, Hounds, Suburban Smell, Heavy Begs, Young Blood | |
LotusFlower
09.23.16 | Have some music m8s. | wtferrothorn
09.23.16 | 3,5, and 8 be lookin fiiiine | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | theyre pretty fine indeed, i think youd like 5 and 8 a lot. | tacos n stuff
09.23.16 | are these all 2016? cause my 2016 is lacking hard | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | 2, 3, and 5 are 2016. The rest aren't. | tacos n stuff
09.23.16 | I keep thinking about making a list like this but never do, like a small but detailed intimate list of recs | tacos n stuff
09.23.16 | looking up kyle right now | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | Oh, let me know how you liked it, it's my favorite off this list. | iloveyouall
09.23.16 | where the fuck is the music for me, I don't fucking get it.
fuck me dead. | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | My taste isn't patrician enough for you unfortunately, I will make sure to disclose in future installments that its music 4 u (unless you're sach) | FullOfSounds
09.23.16 | man i love these lists
1 is catchy af. | iloveyouall
09.23.16 | "patrician"
fuck off | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | Wow that was a joke I didn't mean to actually upset you | iloveyouall
09.23.16 | u actually think I'm mad??
lol | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | Maybe | iloveyouall
09.23.16 | lol [2]
I'm unflappable these days : ) | LotusFlower
09.23.16 | bump | tacos n stuff
09.24.16 | gave WWDY a spin on my way to class, i dug it
thanks clover | LotusFlower
09.24.16 | Glad you enjoyed it. You ought to check out his band Typhoon cuz they're one of te greatest things ever. | Tyler.
09.24.16 | We will be there in about an hour away, | timebetweentrains
09.24.16 | keep up this series, i dig these |
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