Albums
Honourable Mentions: Eagulls - Eagulls, Teeth Dreams - The Hold Steady, Mess - Liars
5. Best of Times - My Sad Captains
A pleasant, pretty crossover of pop and electronic. Intricately developed arrangements complement an oddly pertinent commentary on social media consumption.
4. Singles - Future Islands
A commendably consistent series of synth-pop classics. The tunes are great, but it's Herring's voice which really lingers; a low-key howl providing each track with an unsettling power.
3. Say Yes To Love - Perfect Pussy
Behind the obviously attention-grabbing bandname lies one of the most exciting new acts in post-punk. The collaboration between searing abrasion and twisted melody is enormously impressive.
2. Here and Nowhere Else - Cloud Nothings
One of my favourite current Indie Rock bands return with a record that possibly defeats their magnificent Attack on Memory. Behind the angst-driven riffs and chantalong choruses is a Dylan Baldi disillusioned with disillusionment. Brilliantly, he's optimistic about finding self-satisfaction.
1. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
The title is a more-than-adequate description of listening to the album. It's simply gorgeous. It's drenched in galactic synths, whimsical guitars and irrepressible keyboards and all the space you need to absorb it. There's love songs, pain songs, and songs about being really, really unsure about everything, but you'd be forgiven for enjoying yourself too much to listen.
Songs
1. I'm Not Part of Me - Cloud Nothings
2. Burning - The War on Drugs
3. Light House - Future Islands
4. Nerve Endings - Eagulls
5. Eyes to the Wind - The War on Drugs
6. Interference Fits - Perfect Pussy
7. Spinners - The Hold Steady
8. Psychic Trauma - Cloud Nothings
9. Primitive - Real Estate
10. All Times Into One - My Sad Captains
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