Thankfully not as bloody as the title suggests.

FAVORITES:
> Beach Baby
> Blood Bank
> Babys
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Woods

Oh no… we got shades of the reliable old Eagle, but this sounds like he was on autopilot.

FAVORITES:
> WFLD 32
> the wire s3 e1
> mad enough to aim a pyramid at you
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Dave said these are the liner notes

It ain’t a knock out of the park, but Crutchfield’s getting the job done when it comes to some casual country-adjacent melodies.

FAVORITES:
> Fire
> Oxbow
> St. Cloud
> Lilacs
> Ruby Falls
> War
> Hell
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Eye

Boldly going where no Boldy has gone before! It’s a murkier, more melancholy and more confident outing than I’ve heard from him before.

FAVORITES:
> Got Flicked (The Rebirth)
> Mommy Dearest (A Eulogy)
> Detroit River Rock
> The Middle of Next Month
> Welcome to 76
> Medusa
> Birth of Bold (The Christening)
> B.B. Butcher
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Safe (The Womb)

Not sure why the user score is so low on this album, it may not be as consistent as Oldham’s previous two but it has a nice Americana vibe and some catchy tunes.

FAVORITES:
> Boise, Idaho
> London May
> Our Home
> New Water
> Turned to Dust (Rolling On)
> Sometimes It’s Hard to Breathe
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Is My Living in Vain?

If this be the end of black midi, what a devilish way to go! 😈

FAVORITES:
> Sugar/Tzu
> Still
> Welcome to Hell
> The Defence
> 27 Questions
> The Race Is About to Begin
> Dangerous Liaisons
> Hellfire
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Half Time

Solid soul pop, not much else to add.

FAVORITES:
> Midnight
> Your Domino
> First Time
> Selfish Love
> Thinking About You
> Stay Awake, Wait for Me
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Finish What We Started

Velvety orchestration, cynically verbose lyrics, Tillman’s soft-baked voice - it all mixes together so scrumptiously. Who knew an album about feeling bad could feel so good?

FAVORITES:
> Pure Comedy
> Ballad of the Dying Man
> So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain
> Total Entertainment Forever
> Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
> In Twenty Years or So
> A Bigger Paper Bag
> The Memo
> When the God of Love Returns ... read more

Obviously best known for that one song (and maybe the Garden State soundtrack), but damn, this actually holds up really well among the Shins’ other projects.

FAVORITES:
> New Slang
> The Past and Pending
> Caring Is Creepy
> Know Your Onion!
> Girl on the Wing
> Pressed in a Book
> Girl Inform Me
> One by One All Day
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Your Algebra

The band’s sound is certainly branching out by this point, but still needs a bit of polish before it reaches exceptional territory.

FAVORITES:
> I’m Going Out of My Way
> Pack Yr Romantic Mind
> Crest
> Jenny Ondioline
> Tone Burst
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Pause

Insane to me that more artists don’t try imbuing soul elements in their music, cause Sturgill just put out the best country album of the decade doing it.

FAVORITES:
> Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
> Call to Arms
> Keep It Between the Lines
> All Around You
> Breakers Roar
> In Bloom
> Oh Sarah
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Sea Stories

Interesting stylistic switch up for sure, but found myself thinking this would work better as an obscure lost media video game soundtrack than a regular album.

FAVORITES:
> Revolving Doors
> Amarillo
> Bobby in Phoenix
LEAST FAVORITE:
> The Speak It Mountains

The band’s best by a long shot. So danceable, so groovy, so sensual, so ALIVE!

FAVORITES:
> Multi-Love
> Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
> Necessary Evil
> Puzzles
> Ur Life One Night
> Like Acid Rain
> The World Is Crowded
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Extreme Wealth and Casual Cruelty

Liked it better than Bossanova; even if it can’t compare with the band’s best, they’re still rocking that off-the-wall, deliciously discordant style.

FAVORITES:
> Motorway to Roswell
> Head On
> Alec Eiffel
> Letter to Memphis
> U-Mass
> Trompe le Monde
> Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
> Palace of the Brine
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Space (I Believe In)

Tumor has yet to miss!

FAVORITES:
> Heaven Surrounds Us Like a Hood
> Lovely Sewer
> God Is a Circle
> Ebony Eye
> Meteora Blues
> Fear Evil Like Fire
> Parody
> In Spite of War
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Interlude

More melodically and instrumentally compelling but still mostly the lyrical equivalent of white bread.

FAVORITES:
> Feels Like
> Camden
> Augusta
> The Bottom
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Better

Some of their catchiest stuff!

FAVORITES:
> Cherry Blossom Girl
> Surfing on a Rocket
> Universal Traveler
> Alone in Kyoto
> Venus
> Run
> Alpha Beta Gaga
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Biological

Not so much a change in the musical tides as it is a flex of the hip hop muscles.

FAVORITES:
> CD Only Bonus Track
> For DOOM
> Burner Account
> Multi-Game Arcade Cabinet
> 79th and Stony Island
> I Retired Then I Changed My Mind
> Crenshaw and Homeland
> I’ll Fight You
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Tdk Scribbled Intro

Javelin ahh cover art, Age of Adz ahh music.

FAVORITES:
> All Delighted People (Original)
> Djohariah
> From the Mouth of Gabriel
> All Delighted People (Classic Rock)
> Enchanting Ghost
> The Owl and the Tanager
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Heirloom

Certainly the most experimental and diverse project tied to Alabama Shakes, even if the album’s kind of uneven in places.

FAVORITES:
> Stay High
> Short and Sweet
> 13th Century Metal
> Presence
> Georgia
> Baby
LEAST FAVORITE:
> Tomorrow