below is a list (in no particular order) of albums that i enjoyed enough to write a short blurb about. please enjoy.
Loss Memory
by Coma Cinema | 2017 | Bedroom Pop | Bandcamp
fuck, man. such a good album. such raw emotion behind every single song its so amazing how everything comes together so well. there's so much feeling and emotion packed into every song in a way that i've never seen anybody replicate. hits very personally, too, which is good. idk man just overall such a nice lo-fi feel. cannot really describe how this album makes me feel with any sort of fidelity. go listen to it please. (it took me like 3 days to write this cuz i kept adding 1 sentence and stopping oops)
Favourite Track - "Running Wide Open"
Trick
by Alex G | 2012 | Indie Rock | Bandcamp
beautiful, beautiful, slow, flowing album. just pure atmosphere and wonderful vibes. the perfect cry album, i think. every song is a banger and the album as a whole just has this really beautiful unique feel to it that can only be felt, not described. just something about the way the guitar sounds and the weird default pan flute noise in "Sarah" and the deep bass and the warble just come together to form such a beautiful sound. Alex G deserves every bit of fame he has. i'll never claim to be an Alex G og or even to have known about him before he got popular, i'm just glad to have known about him at all
Favourite Track - "Sarah"
Geogaddi
by Boards of Canada | 2002 | IDM | Bandcamp
atmospheric banger. sounds like sinking into a deep deep ocean. it's hard to find much to say about it because its just so unique, i think it has to be experienced to be understood. beautiful beautiful album. something you could just get lost in and never really find your way out.
Favourite Track - "Sunshine Recorder"
Is This It
by The Strokes | 2001 | Indie Rock
simply put, the best album made by one of the greatest bands ever. perhaps the best indie rock debut album of all time. nothing i can say about this album that hasnt been said a million times before by people far more qualified than me, so i'll just leave an analysis as an exercise for the reader. peak music.
You couldn't make me pick a Favourite Track if you put a gun to my head
The New Abnormal
by The Strokes | 2020 | Indie Rock
The New Abnormal, while not my favourite album from the strokes (see above), is certainly a masterpiece. The Strokes aren't popular for no reason. The Strokes are so far ahead of any other indie band that it is honestly astounding, every single thing they release is just top notch and filled with clean beautiful guitar and wonderful wonderful lyrics. while not my fave from this band, The New Abnormal still has some of my favourite songs EVER. the first track ("The Adults are Talking") is such an amazing intro, and the rest of the album doesn't disappoint. i had a lot of trouble picking a favourite song, because i really think they're all so beautiful. not always in the mood for this album, but when i am i AM. best listened to in a fast car with the windows down. (oh, another break.)
Favourite Track - "Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus"
KNOWER FOREVER
by KNOWER | 2023 | Jazz | Bandcamp
KNOWER FOREVER is a hard hitting funk jazz album with a very unique electric sound. the album is mechanically very impressive, with great sounding solos on a shockingly wide range of instruments. the drums are deep and sound amazing. a mix of bass guitar, synth, piano, and more brings the album together with a wonderful and complete sound. not my usual music, so apologies that I don't have much more to say, but this album truly blew me away. there's a very unique sound, and Genevieve Artadi provides such wonderful vocals.
Favourite Track - "I'm The President" and "The Abyss"
Dinosaurchestra
by Lemon Demon | 2006 | Rock | Bandcamp
Dinosaurchestra is a peppy and bright album that was one of Lemon Demon's first releases! (And neil's first full length album if im not mistaken.) All of the songs have a very certain unique quirky feel to them that's very hard to describe. all the tracks have their own silly concepts and sounds, from the album's namesake tracks about a band of dinosaurs trying to make it before they go extinct, to a song about ocean real-estate, to a gentle track about everything turning out ok, to the track that cemented lemon demon as an icon of the 2000s, "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny." Lemon Demon's tracks are littered with wordplay, and different tracks have such wildly different emotions that its hard to really describe the album as a whole. It's embarassing how many tears i've shed over "Fine" or "The Too Much Song." overall a beautiful album, and one of my personal favourites.
Favourite Track - "Fine"
TÆL
by TÆL | 2023 | Bassviolence | Bandcamp
TÆL is a wonderfully produced norwegian bassviolence record. the vocals are gripping and the drums are intense and overwhelming. some of the sounds produced are wonderfully unfamiliar to me. the sound is very dynamic and it shifts quickly between being slower and heavier, and being quick and relentless. beautiful music and beautiful cover art.
Favourite Track - "På spidd"
Girlfriends
by Girlfriends | 2009 | Math Rock | Bandcamp
Girlfriends is a beautiful math rock record. it is an absolutely lovely album with careful and well put together sounds. the vocals are used in a unique way, with little in terms of lyrics but still maintaining powerful meanings. a perfect album with beautiful sounds.
Favourite Track - "Bernie Mac Attack"