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Honestly, love binki. Found out about his music during lockdown, not long after Heybb! came out. This EP's great, as is much of his discography.

FAVOURITE: Boomerang
LEAST FAVOURITE: Defibrillator

Making a first impression with a debut album is quite important, and Gurriers made an incredible one. Dan Hoff's lyrics have the perfect balance of introspect and frustration towards a world gone mad, and the sound itself is far from generic. Though the album as a whole still seems a little formulaic, it works incredibly well.

FAVOURITE: Top of the Bill
LEAST FAVOURITE: Close Call

In terms of their other output, including the later releases of Skinty Fia and Romance, A Hero's Death has a lot of Fontaines' most underrated songs, most notably the likes of 'No', 'I Was Not Born', and 'You Said'. It's a noticeably more experimental, moodier sounding catalogue of songs compared to Dogrel, and the band's lack of reluctance to evolve made this album so great.

FAVOURITE: I Was Not Born
LEAST FAVOURITE: Love Is The Main Thing

No idea why Jacob didn't like these songs. I think it may be because of his focus on Wunderhorse, considering these to be his 'throwaways' that didn't fit the band's sound, but I think these tracks are incredible. Hopefully we get some more solo stuff from Jacob in the future.

BEST: Red Balloon
WORST (By no means a bad rendition of a song from a film made in '61): Moon River