Mihal Lunar - Driving Through Clouds
87

Thx @Zig once again

Awesome, ngl that one's real solid, keep going with that. Waiting for the album

Mihal Lunar - Repaint the Stars
93

Shotout to @Zig for rec

80 >> 93

Honestly, way better than I have expected, well at least I think its amazing cuz I am a sucker for this kind of atmosphere. Very pleasant listen

Frank Sinatra - My Way
100

100 is not enough

I probably do not need to, but I wanted to remind this song exists

Pond - Tasmania
64

56 >> 64

Tasmania's the most spring and neon-exotic sounding album of Pond, pleasant style but the problem is that it just doesn't live up neither to its opener, cool cover or just generally to its highs. There's some of the least interesting and simply most "underdeveloped" of Pond songs. It just could have been way better, simply as that.

Puma Blue - Croak Dream
90

Woah

Unironically one of the best things that came around this year so far.
Very intimate and comforting, absolutely beautiful and mysterious sound. Mostly minimalistic but it doesn't shy away from large moments. Peak experience with the lights turned off.

Fav song: Croak Dream
Least fav: none

Edit: its so good my cat came to listen too (feline approved)

The Black Keys - You Got to Lose
50

They have stopped doing anything interesting long time ago so.. well, idk what I was expecting

Joji - Piss In The Wind
57

The most disappointing release of the year is finally here!

No really, thats barely an album, iterally a type of a record that could be named "B-sides and demos". Average song here is just a meh interlude, so there are barely any songs in the sea of 21 tracks. It creates that odd and unengaging type of flow that just feeds you a short moment of a melody and then throws another, completely unrelated. Its almost as If you were going throught a playlist and skipping every single ... read more

Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom
85

82 >> 85

Might be their heaviest and most thick n fuzzy sounding album. It doesnt stop them to get surprisingly funky anyway. Synths are eating it alive and that works for the best

Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Trash Classic
90

85 >> 90

Keeps growing on me. Frankie is at its coolest point, the punkiest, the most chaotic and dancier than it should be. I have relistened it quite a lot since its release and I gotta say that they keep surprising me. Maybe it doesn't look like, just from a peek on their discography but they have quite a range, band that offers something new with each and every single album. And thats great, well, now give that kind of flexibility to poeople who basicly specialize at jamming, ... read more

Squarepusher - Do You Know Squarepusher?
100

Music equivalent of brain tickles

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
72

65 >> 72

Better by the second listen, but it never felt like a great reward to me, there are pretty high highs, sure, and its first consistent thing in their discography. But it just doesn't work for me that much.

It doesn't take anything from the fact that Blasphemous Rumours is a masterpiece

Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again
68

I wanted to feel like the man on the cover so I have played Getting Over It while taking a listen. (Psycho behaviour)

First pretty good album from Depeche Mode, still suffers from being a little messy/lost like most of their ealy work. However this one is a major quality leap from everything they have done to this point. Instead of one/two whileworthy songs, this album offers an actual selection, managing to show that they CAN and ARE improving (Along the genre itself, so I assume they have ... read more

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
97

Both the heaviest and the coolest synthpop album around

Source: (John)

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
79

My dumb ass thought it was a punk band... (Hmm, I wonder why)

Anyway, I was surprised but not disappointed, generally a very pleasant and well made album, enough that I can stand behind the hype. There was a moment which dragged my score down a little (I kinda disliked Worship You), but aside of that I have no issues.

And a side-note, I adore the drums, there's something special about em, I'm not sure what honestly.

Edit: I think It might grow on me, We'll see

MGMT - Little Dark Age
85

Those synth go hard

Also, isn't it cool that guys that were "live-performing" kids near a sidewalk to around 6-8 people went that far? At least, thats how I remember the video showing them far before thier blow..

A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
70

STFU is suuuuch a wasted potential, it physickly pains me thinking on about how good it could have been

fakemink - The Boy who cried Terrified .
67

I actually like it. Not my usual genre, so I'm surprised. Guess its a little underwhelming? Feels unfinished, still a decent listen

By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost
87

Mesmerizing, I am kinda out of good comprassions, especially that I haven't touched most of the Injury Reserve music. Hmm, they remind me here a little of Quadeca, probably because of the whole folky and more tendsr side to it, which works surprisingly well.

I won't be surprised if aotys will be flooded with this album

Pond - The Early Years: 2008 - 2010
70

Love Pond

Times when they are obviously still trying to grasp their sound, actually with rock, its s little experimental and whacky, not in the best way honestly but its based around pretty neat ideas. Majority of the work is this kind of very playful, almost funky psych rock, but nothing outstanding. However the futher it goes the better it sounds, and I mean more mature as there's a point when they actually manage to develop some clear atmosphere, when they get their dreamy or beautiful ... read more

Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse
78

66 -> 78

2 years ago I've listened to this album for the first time, one of my first experiences with both garage and noise rock, also the moment when I've realized I like psychedelic music more that I would admit to and more than I would ever expect. It was a really weird experience, you know, just getting used to the stuff. Oh, and that was actually my first time around Segall.

Album still holds up, while my opinion about Ty, that he most of the time could actually do better ... read more

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