*** Official Album of the Year 2015 Thread ***

[spring hall convert]

Thanks for that JLin tip. Got it last week and am really enjoying it.
But the big question is how did numbers 7 (two great tracks, but a rather indifferent album) and 8 (which is just a bit meh) manage to beat number 9?

I've just started listening to Arvo Part. Which is a bit of a departure for me.

Tough crowd. If I have overrated them it's because

7. Yeah but Women.
8. Recency (tore my head off at Mutations), a residual massive affection for soundtracking one of the best nights I've ever had when he did that late night slot at Green Door Store (think it was a VICE Party) AND my love of **** Buttons. Ben Power's got so many ticks in the box the surprise is he didn't win.

The Jlin album is unreal. Wish I'd seen her in London the other day but just couldn't afford it.

http://thequietus.com/articles/19707-live-report-jlin-exchange-bristol-review

 

[spring hall convert]

Still catching up from last year and this one is a belter.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/all-tense-now-lax/liberez

It's like industial/noise/folk. No seriously.

 

[spring hall convert]

Still catching up on 2015 a bit.

Downtown Boys (who play a GDS matinee in May) do the political punk thing as well as I've heard it done in a while.
Nicolas Jaar (remember him?) put out some seriously good 12"'s last year (Nymphs I-III & Fight)
And this Notts band Cantaloupe are synth-pop done so right - https://cantaloupe.bandcamp.com/album/zoetrope-2

 

[spring hall convert]

Another one from last year. Great album and this one is an absolute banger

Marie Davidson - Excès de vitesse (from Un Autre Voyage LP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUuYSSvusE

 

[The Modfather]

Good start to 2016 with Savages & Field Music albums released in the last couple of weeks