Geese's "Getting Killed" feels like a sitcom that crazily laughs off the fact that it forgot to end a long time ago.

George Clanton's "Ooh Rap I Ya" is the record that liquefies your heart into seemingly chaotic streams of molten gold that upon purification and cooling show your beautiful and unique human character.
FAVs: Everything I Want, Justify Your Life, You Hold The Key and I Found It, I Been Young

Buck-Tick's "Jūsankai wa gekkō" is a warm homage to a freakshow circus image that draws you in with its unique vibe that carefully represent the band it was written by.

Plastic Tree's "Ink" is an album which is irregretably mature to leave its human heart open for a stabwound, with which acknowledging the fact that the time can, indeed, heal.
FAVs: Ink, Tefutefu, Jomyaku, 218 Shosetsu,Kaku Mo Nagaki Fuzai, Kimi Wa Canaria

Chris Whitley's "Perfect Day" is an emotionally raw work that makes me loosen my grip on my own soul so that it could be presented on a silver plate.
FAVs: Wild Ox Moan, Spanish Harlem Incident, Perfect Day, She's Alright, Crystal Ship, 4th Time Around

Erasure's "I say I say I say" is an expressive audial fantasy of the '90, which maintains its core feeling of love and light attitude and builds upon it with capturing the feeling of hopefulness and joy.
FAVs: Man in the Moon, Run to the Sun, Always

Baroness' "Blue Record" is an album that makes me feel my humanity through a midnight ocean breeze.
FAVs: Swollen and Halo, The Sweetest Curse, O'er Hell and Hide, A Horse Called Golgotha, Blackpowder Orchard

The Bones of J.R. Jones's "Spirit Furnace" is a sanctuary for the diesel-fueled heart of the broken pick-up truck.
FAVs: Bless Your Soul, The Heat, 13 Kinds, Wedding Song.

Fontaines D.C.'s "Skinty Fia" is a fairy tale for grown ups of the post-punk genre. Carefully maintained sincerity coupled with an homage to heritage of the band's culture creates a touching conversation rooted in maturity.
FAVs: Skinty Fia, Big Shot, The Couple Across the Way

Folklore's ability to create a feeling of melancholy and mix it with a little flair of adventurous excitement is a little triumph in face of a mundane world and its never-ending struggles.
FAVs: Miner's Song, Heroin Rag, Folklore

There is a hidden beauty behind Colter Wall's "Imaginary Appalachia": even though it's all-around cowboy fashion may push you back, this album manages to tell different sorts of stories, which proves it's unmistakably human nature.
FAVs: Johnny Boy's Bones, Ballad of the Law Abiding Sophisticate, Nothin', The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie

With the unique take on guitar sonic potential, Alex G's "Race" proves to be a very intimate story, that makes me think of a type of music that would make a lot of broken toys relate to scarred teenage souls.
FAVs: TV, Gnaw, Go Away