year: 2018
tones of: bright eyes, perfume genius, freddie mercury, modest mouse, bruce springsteen, velvet underground
genre samples: lo-fi rock, rock and roll, blues, folk, art pop
music: harsh, naked, metaphorical, dark, epic, fantastic, visual, real, lyrical, marching, edgy, anxious, direct, unhinged, extraterrestrial, tragic, raw, crunchy, melodic, weird, comedic, supernatural, busy, triumphant, renegade, theatrical, personal
favs: suck the blood from my wound, no place, maraschino red dress $8.99 at goodwill, i lost my innocence, peel my orange every morning, come here get away from me
score: 8.5/10
A L B U M S
1. Kendrick Lamar: Damn.
2. Perfume Genius: No Shape
3. St. Vincent: Masseduction
4. Forest Swords: Compassion
5. Sampha: Process
6. Broken Social Scene: Hug of Thunder
7. Yumi Zouma: Willowbank
8. Kelly Lee Owens: Kelly Lee Owens
9. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory
10. Blanck Mass: World Eater
HM. The Other People Place: Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café [2017 Reissue]
This year in music for me was a barbel-ed affair. I listened to a lot of albums during the first quarter of 2017 and then in the last half of the year. The albums represented here left bold traces in time or catapulted themselves by the force of their sonic presence. They have marked 2017 and left an indelible impression.
T R A C K S *
My preferred method of music consumption is listening to albums from start to finish. I believe song selection and album order are under appreciated dimensions in which artists construct unique listening experiences. From inside those spaces, these are the 2017 tracks that stood out the most from the comfort of my headphones.
* Not ranked. Scroll for complete list.
