DeSnember -17
A lot of cuts from various best of the year-lists. Keep up the good work bros, when I leave for yet another trip abroad. As per usual, previously unheard 2017 stuff only. See yous in 2018! |
| 1 |  | Phoebe Bridgers
Stranger In The Alps
4.0 [indie folk] done so right, so god damn right. |
| 2 |  | World Narcosis
Lyruljóra
4.0 [blackened crust grind] yes oh yes. Shout out to Aaron for this madball. |
| 3 |  | DjRum
Broken Glass Arch
4.0 [techno, breakcore, ghettotech, drum & bass, house] It's good, it's real good and atmospheric and everything. Just check. Hopefully DB will update soon. |
| 4 |  | Dad Thighs
The Ghosts That I Fear
4.0-3.5 [screamo] Have been putting off to jam this cos I thought it would be too cheesy. Fortunately this is cheesy and on the verge of being to cheesy but it stays on the right side of that treacherous line. |
| 5 |  | 1800HaightStreet
Endless
4.0-3.5 [techno] literally goes on for ever but never runs out of steam. |
| 6 |  | Steffi
World of the Waking State
4.0-3.5 [techno] done right. But nothing supermegaspecial |
| 7 |  | Yazz Ahmed
La Saboteuse
3.5-4.0 [jazz fusion, a bit of funky] too slick for a higher score even though it grooves like hell. |
| 8 |  | Sunrot
Sunnata
3.5-4.0 [post metal, sludge] really good noisy wall of soundy sludgy post metal. |
| 9 |  | Sarin
Darker Lakes
3.5 [post metal] ISIS sounding and I can get behind that. Well done lads. |
| 10 |  | Morrow
Fallow
3.5 [crust, post metal, sludge] doesn't really pack the same punch in the d-beat as the previous one. But this still is a jam and a half. |
| 11 |  | Lento
Fourth
3.5 [post rock, sludge, post metal] pretty, dark and ominous. |
| 12 |  | Mark Templeton
Gentle Heart
3.5 [experimental ambient/post rock-ish] sounds a bit like Caretaker with tape hissing and where phrases falls apart and reemerges like craycray. |
| 13 |  | Yautja
Dead Soil
3.5 [modern dark hardcore] is a fair offering but half of this is live recordings of older songs. |
| 14 |  | Esperanza Spalding
Undeveloped
3.5 [jazz fusion] created entirely in a three day live stream session. As good as last years album imo. |
| 15 |  | Golf!
Golf!
3.5 [math rock] goes hard and fast and bouncy but the vocals are a bit of a turn off for me. But Ancient Aliens really nails it. |
| 16 |  | Phrenelith
Desolate Endscape
3.5 [death metal] wine and dine to this fine piece. Not on the level of Spectral Voice though. |
| 17 |  | Dodsrit
Dodsrit
3.5-3.0 [crust and black metal] from former members of Totem Skin, not as good tho. |
| 18 |  | Soup (NO)
Remedies
3.5-3.0 [art rock, prog rock] has some really nice segments. But also quite a few sections that drag. |
| 19 |  | 1969年
Diary of a Lucid Dreamer
3.0 [disco] sample based future disco sounds. |
| 20 |  | Chihei Hatakeyama
Void XIV
3.0 [ambient] soothing ambient for slow sundays |
| 21 |  | Rabit
Les Fleurs Du Mal
3.0 [post-industrial] Communion > this |
| 22 |  | Rata Negra
Oido Absoluto
3.0 [hardcore punk] one among many hardcore albums. |
| 23 |  | The Bug
Bad / Get Out The Way
3.0 [dark dub] tastes like reggae? |
| 24 |  | The Body
A Home on Earth
3.0 [electronic noisy sludge] I have no idea why this is getting lower ratings than the rest of their discog. |
| 25 |  | Glassjaw
Material Control
3.0 [post hardcore] not my cuppa but it's decent I imagine. |
| 26 |  | HNNY
Ta Paus
2.5-3.0 [chillwave] means take a break. Literally sounds like taking a break. |
| 27 |  | Richard Dawson
Peasant
2.5 [art folk] no The Quiteus not in any parallell universe is this AOTY |
| 28 |  | Redshift Pilots
Moonlight Synthesis
2.0-2.5 [post black/prog metal] a mess. |
| 29 |  | Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up
2.0 [indie folk] is boring. |
| 30 |  | Kendrick Lamar
DAMN.
1.5 [pop rap] I dont ever believe I will get the hype, I'm sorry. But at least I tried. |
| 31 |  | Snide Remarks
Anything But Casual
1.0 [rly?] Still better than Chief Keef |
| 32 |  | Luc Ferrari
Hétérozygote / Petite symphonie…
Update 1:
3.0 [musique concrète] I have no idea how to rate this |
| 33 |  | Death Toll 80K
Step Down
Update 2:
4.0 [grind] Finnish grinding madness |
| 34 |  | Octo Octa
Where Are We Going?
Update 3:
3.5-3.0 [house, techno] smells of the Chicago sound. |
| 35 |  | niXes
niXes
Update 4:
3.0 [psych pop] not big on the genre but some tracks are really neat. |
| 36 |  | Malmo
Manifesto della chimica romantica
Update 5:
2.5 [post rock, alternative rock] the equivalent of having a glass of water |
| 37 |  | Lotto
VV
Update 6:
3.0 [jazz, drone, trance] some kind of organic jazzy approach to trance. |
| 38 |  | glaswegians
severance
Update 7:
3.5 [post rock, progressive rock] a bit too wonky but still at parts really really good. |
| 39 |  | Kultika
Pursuance
Update 8:
3.5-3.0 [post metal] better sounding than their debut album and a bit more focused but far from best in the genre. |
| 40 | | Karmacipher
EP
Update 9:
4.0 [death metal] a little less Ulcerat-y but still amaze-y |
| 41 |  | Glassing
Light and Death
Update 10:
4.5 [grind gaze] shit where did this amazing thing come from? |
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