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Albums of the year

Steve H

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Not been a classic year for new music but my top three would be

Tusks - Dissolve
Myrkur - Mareidt
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
 

Swanaldo

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My top two would be Kamasi Washington and This Is The Kit, as those are the only two new albums I bought this year.

Can I have Budos Band's Burnt Offerings as third place, as I only heard it this year?

Will check out your selections later, Steve.
 

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Deep Purple - Infinite ....Have played over and over and still love it (y)
 

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Depeche Mode - Spirit
The Horrors - V
Kate Tempest - Let them eat chaos
 
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Swanaldo

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Tusks - Dissolve
I think this night just have snuck into my number three position. Obvious comparisons to Warpaint and the XX, but also getting shades of Cocteau Twins, Pooka, The God Machine and Autolux too. Good stuff.
 

Steve H

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Glad you enjoyed it Swanaldo..... I thought it was a very good debut album

May be worth checking out Bryde or Little Red if you liked that
 

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I only bought a couple of new ones this year (not yet got the new Peter Matthew Bauer one as it appears to only be available to download, I want it on CD!).

The albums by The Districts and John Murry were *very* disappointing (especially the former, whose previous album was magnificent), but Manchester Orchestra's "A Black Mile to the Surface" was something else entirely. Absolutely wonderful. The way tracks 5-7 ("The Alien", "The Sunshine", "The Grocery") segue into each other is divine.

The Alien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71U_qjHLM58
The Sunshine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAd9IdF5tKI
The Grocery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0nfNw6SS54

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Black_Mile_to_the_Surface
 

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My only "new" album in 2017 was Wolf Alice's second release, Visions of a Life. Seeing them next Friday, can't wait.
 

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If you are into the Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac sound then daughter of Steve; Mollie Marriot - Truth is a wolf is a good listen :)
 

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My only "new" album in 2017 was Wolf Alice's second release, Visions of a Life. Seeing them next Friday, can't wait.
I didn't bother with it in the end - disliked the single(s) intensely and my BiL (who got me onto them in the first place) said the rest of the album was a dirge. Loved their first album.
 
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