This week's edition of I'm running out of room on my chart—
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Air Guitar by Sobs
Singapore's Sobs are back with their bedroom-dream-rock blissouts.
It's been four years since their last (fantastic) album, and compared to the wait this new record flies by in a blink— but what a blink it is.
Dare I say— catchier than the new Alvvays.
Friday Night is a banger.
I'm often wrong about this, but I think Sobs could end up being a big deal by the time their next record comes around.
They're just too good for the world to ignore.
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De Todas Las Flores by Natalia Lafourcade
After cataloguing the Mexican songbook the last few years, Lafourcade drops an original record inspired by the classics.
Very clean-cut/modern/minimalistic guitar, with an almost fado-like vocal approach at times.
You get this cavernous melancholic vibe reminiscent of 40s/50s Lisbon with those romantic saudade overtones, yet it stands on the backbone concepts of early Mexican folk (and... possibly Fiona Apple at times).
I mean... I can't fault this.
Timeless.
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Se Ve Desde Aquí by Mabe Fratti
Sticking in CDMX, Fratti's dipping her toe further into electroacoustic neo-classical-tinged art pop on this one.
Hypnotic yet slightly chaotic, you have to let it wash over you.
Stop caring about what's going on— sit, get hit by the waves—
It's about on the same plain as her three previous records, but this time with a higher production value.
Cello-core.
Amaryllis by Mary Halvorson
Ok this is not recent, it's from May, but a cool discovery nonetheless. Avant garde/chamber/third stream jazz from Halvorson who's a world class composer and guitarist.
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Ultra Truth by Daniel Avery
The reception of this one is positive but nothing special, however, I'm absolutely in love with ethereal techno soundscapes Avery created here. One of the finest electronic records of the 2020s and his best record imo.
Man With The Magic Soap by Persher
Excellent noise stuff with growls by 2 of the best DJs working today. Completely different than anything I've heard from either.
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Mr. Ten08 by Boldy James & Futurewave
It's the fifth Boldy album I've heard in the last three years, the man keeps on being a legend. Not his best, still a compelling listen.
Bluenothing by Worm
Ridiculously good death doom EP. Hints of Emperor as well as those tasty slow funeral doom riffs. Their LP was my AOTY last year and this is the same quality with additional symphonic parts thrown in.
Unison Life by Brutus (BE)
Passionate female-led alt/post-hardcore stuff from Belgium. Well worth a listen if you're looking for a slight 80s/90s throwback but with fresh, modern ideas.
Floating Points has another fun new single. Ahab and Ultha have teamed up for one of the coolest metal singles of the year.
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The new Weyes Blood is predictably very good. Similar to Titanic Rising with mebbe a bit softer sound, some more harmonies and a bit more ambient synthy stuff going on. On a first listen, this certainly sounds like being one of the year’s best albums. It’s very melodic, but you probably guessed that anyway.
Update: it’s a genuine AOTY contender, with at least a couple of SOTY contenders on there.
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Weyes Blood is dreamy cowgirl country popstar and she is somewhere else
Run The Jewels cannot be Bad Bunny, for it sounds silly — insert bunny go boom joke
Springsteen's cover album is in ultimate cool grandpa mode
Olafur Arnolds made another texturey piano record
Duval Timothy made an Olafur Arnolds record
Nas for some reason is good again not sure what happened but I'm pointing my finger at Droog
He needs more to rap about though
Junior Boys made an album that sounded like a very boring dream
Balka Sound comp good
Daphni bad
Takuya Kuroda needs less Hancock
Wiki / Subjxct 5 album too long but still being underappreciated
Che Noir needs more to rap about
Yodfather's too short
Droog has stuff to rap about
There's a solution somewhere here somehow
Birds In Row yell a lot and grindcore is having a stupid good year
So is Griselda
I mean—
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