Albums
of the year
2014
Last year my goal was to shorten the reviews in my annual top albums post, but I failed miserably. This year, however, time was more limited – in a good way luckily (maybe because I interviewed two of my favorite bands: Lush, and Slowdive!) – and I’ve finally reached my goal. That’s even with 20 albums reviewed, up four from last year. I think I’ll keep this introductory shorter as well. As you can see, to the left is a playlist of a song from each of the albums that I think represents what makes each album great. Oh, and it’s Spotify, so you may need to have an account or something, not entirely sure how that works. Figure it out, or check out the song titles to find them somewhere else. Lastly, note these are in no particular order. They’re all great in their own individual ways, and thus albums at the bottom are JUST as important as those at the top. Enjoy, and feel free to comment if you want – and thanks for reading! Or not.
16
Sohn
Tremors


I must admit I really don’t know what it is about this album that I like so much. Maybe it’s the total package with the artwork which I’m quite a sucker for. Because really the music is a bit trendy in many ways – and sort of follows some simple and current musical trends of late. But something about it works here. Maybe it was those live 4AD Sessions videos, or his music videos for songs like ‘Artifice’ and ‘Bloodflows’ with their equally minimal look matching the simple, emotive electronic ditties he’s thrown behind his Thom Yorke-esque vocals. Whatever it is I admit it’s not groundbreaking and and likely not for everyone, but I find it lovely to an extent I don’t even understand, which makes it special in a special way, eh?


