Ugh looking at this thread and still yet not have hearing the full swans/grizzly bear album makes me feel ashamed :(. I haven't listened a ton to new music lately - I blame part of this on (re?)discovering Yo La Tengo and becoming obsessed with them - speaking of which they have an album coming out in January and I couldn't be any more excited.
Beach House's Bloom is absolutely stunning and definitely my favorite. It's funny because Teen Dream really didn't impress me a ton and they're similar but I guess the songs are just better crafted and the album more cohesive and involving. A couple other ones I liked a lot (again lots I haven't listened to yet that seems promising...)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (everything Steve Albini touches is gold)
Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel (lol jail time)
Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Ocean (heavily underrated)
Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (didn't like them a ton before this came out)
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP (excellent 4 song collection)
Wild Nothing - Nocturne (loving this dream pop stuff lol)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (a little overrated but this guy's pretty cool)
Yea this is my first post in who knows how long and no one cares but w/e lol
Beach House's Bloom is absolutely stunning and definitely my favorite. It's funny because Teen Dream really didn't impress me a ton and they're similar but I guess the songs are just better crafted and the album more cohesive and involving. A couple other ones I liked a lot (again lots I haven't listened to yet that seems promising...)
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory (everything Steve Albini touches is gold)
Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel (lol jail time)
Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Ocean (heavily underrated)
Animal Collective - Centipede HZ (didn't like them a ton before this came out)
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP (excellent 4 song collection)
Wild Nothing - Nocturne (loving this dream pop stuff lol)
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (a little overrated but this guy's pretty cool)
Yea this is my first post in who knows how long and no one cares but w/e lol