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.
18
The Horrors
Luminous


Brilliant, beautiful, British phantasmagoria. The grooves, the beats, the vocals. This one just reaches for the stars and the heavens and gets there effortlessly. Luminous could not be a better way to describe or name this, the fourth album from a band that started as what seemed a gimmick and is now currently the UK’s finest. When they started off years ago they had this sort of garage, punk, gothic thing going on and the press wrote them off as a fraud. I liked a few of their early songs but I wasn’t so into it. Then they did a video with the fantastic director Chris Cunningham, and that little thing made me think there was more to them than just the image they were portraying. Then their second album was a big change, then their third, Skying, was brilliant, and now this solidifies they really do have the goods, and are one of the best bands in British rock. It’s perfect. Get it. Now.


