SPIN's 20 Best Avant Albums of 2015

SPIN's 20 Best Avant Albums of 2015

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20.

Bitchin Bajas & Natural Information Society - Automaginary
August 28, 2015
Critic Score
80
3 reviews

19.

Uniform - Perfect World
June 9, 2015
Critic Score
76
4 reviews

17.

Loke Rahbek & Puce Mary - The Female Form
April 17, 2015
Critic Score
75
1 review

15.

October 30, 2015
Critic Score
74
13 reviews
This isn’t quite your weird uncle’s Wolf Eyes, capable of clearing a den and ending the party in 30 seconds flat — but it’s a Wolf Eyes that’s still capable of scaring off half the guests. The other half will find a lot to love here.

13.

Christina Vantzou - No.3
October 16, 2015
Critic Score
73
3 reviews

12.

The Necks - Vertigo
September 25, 2015
Critic Score
78
6 reviews

11.

Holly Herndon - Platform
May 19, 2015
Critic Score
79
29 reviews
Somber and hopeful, bleak and bountiful, it’s an appropriately uneasy document of all the terrible and breathtaking possibilities of a not-so-distant techno-future.

10.

Helm - Olympic Mess
June 15, 2015
Critic Score
76
6 reviews

9.

Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
May 12, 2015
Critic Score
80
11 reviews

Blare Falls in the prescribed order, on shuffle, in a plane, on a train: You’ll dance, you’ll cringe, your Mom will freak out, your homies may start rumors about you — which is as it should be.

7.

Daniel Bachman - River
May 19, 2015
Critic Score
79
2 reviews

2.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
November 13, 2015
Critic Score
78
32 reviews
In making a record about growing up, Lopatin’s come out on the other side in one mutated piece.

1.

Liturgy - The Ark Work
March 24, 2015
Critic Score
66
18 reviews
For a band previously hailed and reviled for its supposedly sacrilege approach, this is the real radical departure worthy of admiration.
Original Source: http://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-20-best-avant-albums-of-2015/
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