FLOOD's Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

FLOOD's Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

Original Source →

Bat Fangs - Bat Fangs
February 2, 2018
Critic Score
75
3 reviews

Beach House - 7
May 11, 2018
Critic Score
80
38 reviews

With 7, Beach House has done nothing to disturb their status as one of indie rock’s most consistent bands. They’ve done a whole lot, though, to demonstrate a willingness to reimagine what it is that Beach House can be.

Bonny Doon - Longwave
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
68
8 reviews

Drinks - Hippo Lite
April 20, 2018
Critic Score
69
19 reviews

Forth Wanderers - Forth Wanderers
April 27, 2018
Critic Score
75
13 reviews

Jack White - Boarding House Reach
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
71
40 reviews

This record, while not entirely “bizarre,” is either adventurously or confusedly all over the place (most likely the former). But wouldn’t you know—White actually sounds like he’s having a blast not having to be his usual self.

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Critic Score
87
41 reviews

The record is big and colorful, its production drawing equally from hip-hop’s visceral impact and psychedelia’s strange weather, its pacing perfect and its songs casually bleeding into one another. It works so well as a big-picture record that it’s easy to forgive Monáe for leaving the edges a little fuzzy.

Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
January 26, 2018
Critic Score
80
10 reviews

Now that every new release is considered to be a potential protest album of some kind, Con Todo El Mundo has arrived wonderfully devoid of any superfluous meaning.

No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
January 26, 2018
Critic Score
78
23 reviews

This is a record that—subtly, subconsciously—offers some kind of solace while also invoking the unnerving and disquieting times we live in.

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Critic Score
84
35 reviews

Wide Awake! finds Parquet Courts spreading themselves in multiple genres, developing as many formulas as possible for corporeal mobility—and by that, I mean not just dancing, but physical reactions, from excitement’s range of kicking and screaming to pliés of joy.

Saba - CARE FOR ME
April 5, 2018
Critic Score
85
9 reviews

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard
May 18, 2018
Critic Score
81
27 reviews

Sparkle Hard possesses a little bit of everything Malkmus does well, from heart-snatching guitar hooks to wistful ballads and psych-rock wig-outs. But Malkmus doesn’t stop there—he chucks in spare parts from disparate genres, and the unlikely hybrids work well.

Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive
February 16, 2018
Critic Score
76
21 reviews

Combining, as they always have, the irreverent with the thoughtful, the jittery and chaotic melodies reflect a nervous wreck of a world, one that seems to be in constant turmoil with no end in sight.

Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin
January 26, 2018
Critic Score
80
25 reviews

Freedom’s Goblin is unapologetic in its kind of just being a loosely curated playlist of fully-developed ideas. It resembles a best-of collection spanning unreleased tracks from Segall’s recent output.

Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On
March 16, 2018
Critic Score
74
31 reviews
The album is all grace notes—something that’s underscored by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley singing with total, unflappable zen; they let themselves be untroubled here, and invite you to join them for as long as these tranquil tunes reverberate.
Original Source: http://floodmagazine.com/51408/the-best-albums-of-2018-so-far/
Comments
Sign in to comment
No one has said anything yet.
Connect with AOTY
Like Us
Follow Us

February Playlist